Elements D'Art-Sweet Noel

Hello Bad Girls!!

I am getting super excited about the holidays coming up and I have been busy working on some festive projects. This project is in two parts. Maya Road came out with an adorable chipboard house with a clever little chip book inside. The house is the perfect gift box to hold the display i created. I used Cosmo Cricket papers, vintage music paper, thicker letters, fat ribbon and lots of clear sparkly glitter.

I started with the Noel display first. I covered the front and back panels with paper and cardstock. Then lightly sanded the edges, and added ink around the edges for a vintage look. I kept all of the papers relatively neutral or light in color for a cohesive look.

I made rosettes to back the letters. First, i cut 1 1/2 inch x 12inch strips of patterened paper. Then I started accordian folding the strip-about 1/4 inch for each fold.

Fold the entire strip. Place glue dots on the last fold and bring the ends together to form a circle. It will probably pop up, which is fine.

 

Now, punch out a circle from old book paper. This will be the center of your rosette. Glue the punch out to your circle. This will help keep it flattened. I made four in total and glued them down to my panels.

And then-all you have to do is adhere your letters.

At the ends of my display, I added diecuts that i covered in clear glitter. I used Glossy Accents to adhere the glitter. Let them dry for a bit before adhering to your panels. I also used foam tape to adhere them for a little dimension.

Last but not least-I tied two bows to the jump rings. Grunge up your ribbon by adding Distress Ink-it gives the ribbon a nice vintage look.

Next-you'll decorate your chipboard house. I covered the bottom with patterned paper, sanded the edges and added ink too.

I covered the roof with vintage music paper and added glitter to the whole surface. I also added the vintage paper to the little door with a gem brad and glittered that too.

Then-when everything is covered, tie a ribbon around it and add a diecut to the top. I added red pearls to the diecut-they look so cute!

I hope this little project motivates and inspires to get those Christmas projects started. I have a lot more to do myself and i plan to share more in the BG gallery.

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

xoxo Cari

Comments

[~amy~]

absolutely DARLING projects!!!

[Karen Dodson]

This is GORGEOUS Cari!!!

[Jess]

I love this project! This is wonderful Cari!!! I'll try to do it this afternoon ;)

[Beth Perry]

CARI, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE IT!

[Vicki Grobels]

Just stumbled onto your blog this morning via someone else's blog - OMG! Very cool stuff and the kits are fabulous - can't wait to purchse one, I haven't finished looking at everything yet as there is a lot of stuff here - keep it up girls!!

Victoria

[Julie Ann Shahin]

Totally cute, I think I might try this too!!!

[Karen Dodson]

Cari,
Every time I look at this I love it even more. Where can we get the house with the book inside? I really NEED to make one of these!!

[Robindefender]

Cute project, Wendy!

[angie backen]

can you believe i've never seen this little house w/ the cards before? omheck, this is too cute! i'm gonna have to run to my LSS & see if they have any of these! thanks for the inspo, cari! :)

[Davielle Huffman]

this is a darling project - I think it was posted by Cari, but Wendy - thank you for posting it. My stepdaughter's middle name is NOEL, and you can guess what we all try to give her each Christmas -- NOEL ornaments and decorations so that someday she'll have a Christmas tree and house FULL. :-) THIS is going on my "must try to create" list. For Sierra. xoxox -- Davielle