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9 Dec 2009

My Little Christmas House....

I made a little Christmas house from Papertrey Ink's Home Made template and I just LOVE it!! *squeeaallllllllll!!!**



I still had the Copper Craft Foil out from my wine label project so I printed off the roof accessories, cut out the dormers' templates and traced them onto the copper. Isn't it pretty! I also used the My Mind's Eye Paper Kit - Merry Days of Christmas for my house covering...







This template isn't too hard to put together. I had some "doh!" moments, and some "I'm doing it this way" moments, but that is what is supposed to happen. Everytime I put it together I find a little different way to do it that is easier for me!

One of my *d'oh!* moments was when I discovered that I had stamped the window from the Home Made stamp set, upside down! eeek! and oh well.



You can see I didn't change it, because by this time I was just wanting to finish it up and get it to the recipient - lol! It doesn't look too bad and if you didn't know any better, you would never tell the difference!

Another *d'oh!* moment is right now when I see I didn't colour the door knob!......*D'OH!!*

I coloured in the windows a bit with some copic markers, to get a nice homey feeling, and then brandished them using the Martha Stewart fern punch and Zva Creative gems.



I hope you like it and I am off to deliver this sweet little house!

Stamps: Home Made (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Merry Days of Christmas (My Minds Eye); Kraft, Ivory (Gina K Designs); Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: lattice punch, fern punch (Martha Stewart); Zva Creative Crystals, Ivory Ribbon (Papertrey Ink); puff paint, Copper Craft Foil, computer


26 comments:

  1. MissyC18:08

    What an amazing job! The copper dormer was a clever idea! I didn't notice the upside-down window until you mentioned it. It just looks like you have a nice windowbox. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. WOW!!! This is absolutely stunning and so creative!! I love the copper roof! And as for the shutters stamped upside down, you can't even see it with the leaves and holly. This is just fantastic!!

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  3. Love the copper. On this and the wine label. I noticed the wine label had a texture to it. How'd ya do that? The dormers remind me of my parents house. It has a copper roof on a bay window. I'd never have known the window was upsidedown, the whole thing is super cute!

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  4. You did a fantastic job! It is so cute and I love the touches of copper roof and copic glow! Excellent. Now I have to go CASE it.

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  5. It's lovely, Bonnie. The copper looks fabulous and I love the lattice punch border. I love how everyone is making these look so different!

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  6. WOW, this is fabulous! You really went all out didn't you; I LOVE it!

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  7. Your home is beautiful! And if you hadn't pointed out that your windows were upside down, I would never have noticed. I've yet to make a complete home. Love your idea of using copper for the roof of the dormers.

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  8. Oh my!! You knocked this out of the ballpark!! Stunning!! wow!!

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  9. WOW WOW WOW!!!! This is the BESTEST example I have seen with this template! I Just LOVE it!

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  10. Absolutely adorable--love it! You really did a super job!

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  11. Beautiful! I love the copper foil on the roof parts, your house looks gorgeous!

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  12. THUD!!! What a delightful, adorable box! You added just the perfect details...beautiful in every way!

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  13. So super cute! What a work of heart!

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  14. Wow.....this is so stunning!!

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  15. Oh that is so sweet! You haven't made it to Timmins yet???? LOL!

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  16. Bonnie - that is so cute. I know the recipient will love it - I sure would. All the extra work with the copper - but what a nice touch!

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  17. Oh wow Bonnie...this is so pretty! Magazine worthy!

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  18. I love how you made your house Bonnie! The yellow light in the windows looks super and the punched edge along the roof - so fun and festive!

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  19. Holy cow Bonnie! That is fantastic! I love all the little details - the copper dormers and snow on the roof..perfect! Thanks for sharing! I am sure the recipient is stunned!

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  20. Wow! This is awesome!!! Great job!

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  21. Bonnie this is just DARLING!! Arent they the cutest little houses! I have 2 more I want to WHIP up! :)
    Happy Holidays!

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  22. beautiful house Bonnie!

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  23. WOW!
    A absolutely stunning job!

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  24. It took my breath away! BEAUTIFUL!!!

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  25. Yours is so cute! I haven't even had time to give it a try. I'll have to wait until this week is over and I'm off work for two weeks. Bliss!

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  26. Wow, this is absolutely Perfect! I love the way you put this project together. You're awesome!

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Thank you for your comments!