30 Days of Crafting! Embossed Candlelit Houses

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Okay, so yeah... I love making little houses! I can't help it! These are super super easy and a quick way to add a special touch to a centerpiece, mantle or bookshelf. I used the super fun amber flickering battery candles, you can find these at any craft store. Now let's get to it!

You will need:

Embossalicious Christmas Elegance by Crafters Companion

4- 6x6 Pieces of sheet music or book pages (use new-vintage will not emboss or fold well)

Your Favorite Inks- Mine are Colorbox

Xyron Adhesive- Mega Runner 1/4 inch adhesive

Teresa Collins Stapler

Xacto knife

Pencil

optional:

Elmers Glue or Modge Podge

Small Paintbrush

Glitter

Xyron Creatopia w/ embossing insert

Cut out and emboss 4 pages of sheet music I used Embossalicious Christmas Elegance by Crafter Companion

I used my Creatopia to emboss and this is my "sandwich"-follow instructions for your embosser

Next I used my Colorbox memory Essentials Stylus and my Colorbox Ink to brush out the highlights on the embossed paper

next "eyeball" fold over, overlapping about 1/4 inch

Like so!

Now, watch carefully-I then meet the two folds I just made in the middle, and press down again. There is NO adhesive yet-we are simply making folds so we know where to cut our windows

Grab a piece of scrap chipboard and cut out a window template-free hand it! You can do it!

Now on each of the 4 sides-trace out your window, varying the heights-but not too low or too high!

OPTION: before you fold up take your brush and glue and LIGHTLY spread some glue on the inside and sprinkle with glitter

Now we are ready for adhesive. Run a line down the "extra" edge

now fold it back up again

fold back out to for a square

Close up the top, like wrapping a present

grab your stapler-and close her up!

When you open it back up- you can use a pencil end to straighten up the sides- you can create different house shapes by simply pushing the folds up higher or leaving them low

Finished! Now just pop it over a batter operated tea light

Or on second thought- hopefully you saw my option above and already added a little glue and glitter- I used a paintbrush and just dabbed some glue in and spinkled my glitter in- I just found it glowed a little more sparkly that way!

Look how cute they all look together!

-Have fun and Happy House Building!



Summer Fun with May Arts, Little Yellow Bicycle and Xyron

Today we are making some fun! How about hosting a crafty get together and create some fun accordion Mini Albums? That's just where I got the inspiration for these projects. My girlfriends and I have a monthly crafty get together- we are actually doing a round robin swap and these get togethers are where we "hand off" our swap to the next gal. We usually have a fun make and take we do and this month my dear friend Erin came up with a little bunting project. Now we made ours with lace and tulle-but mine was made of my stash of May Arts ribbon! My mini was made with Little Yellow Bicycle's Poppy Collection  and I put it all together with my Xyron Mega Runner and Create a Sticker 2.5. The album is SUPER easy to make and I included a quick video tutorial on how to make it! Have fun!

{here are my goodies!}

{Erin used her Mason jars for lemonade-I chose to use it as a vase. I have to admit I love anything in a Mason jar}

{The great thing about this little bunting is that I can reuse my ribbon at anytime! Just un-loop and press the wrinkles out! Win-Win!}

{These little books are so fun to make and great for little pictures!}

{so fun to open, it explodes with color and fun!}

{I like to keep it a little simple on the inside, espicially where the folds are}

{Here is one half- I used my Xyron Create A Sticker 2.5 inch to run my ribbon through}

{Don't you just love that oversized ric-rac from May Arts??}

{And the back can be done too!}

Now let's make and album!

                                         

Supplies-

Accordion Book:

Paper Little Yellow Bicycle Poppy Collection

Little Yellow Bicycle Naturals Wood Tags

Little Yellow Bicycle Velum Tape

Little Yellow Bicycle Cardstock Stickers PY-135

Little Yellow Bicycle Cardstock Stickers PY-140

Little Yellow Bicycle Naturals Layered Burlap Stickers

May Arts Ribbon

We are Memory Keepers Washi Sheets

Xyron Create a Sticker 2.5 inch

Xyron Mega Runner 1/2 inch

Jelly Jar Vase:

Little Yellow Bicycle Cardstock Stickers PY-135

Little Yellow Bicycle Velum Tape

May Arts Ribbon

Xyron Create A Sticker 2.5 inch

Bunting:

1 yard jute twine

May Arts Ribbon

Little Yellow Bicycle Naturals Wood Tags



Craft Room Tour of In My Blue Room

Tour of In My Blue Room from Denise Hahn on Vimeo.

Okay so I thought I'd do a little tour of my craft space while it was clean for a half second! This space is magical for me. I am always inspired and love to spend time in here, especially when it's clean!