Mid Summer's Night Blog Blitz - Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of my summer projects. I made this one a few weeks ago, but haven't posted it yet. I love SVGcuts.com. Mary's kits are fantastic and cut like a dream. When I saw the debut of the Seaside kit, I bought it within the first hour. I had the pieces cut and began assembling without an instruction video to go along with it. Luckily, Mary makes them pretty straight forward so I soldiered on.

Once the assembly was complete, all that was left to do was embellish (my favorite part)

Prima released these great resin pieces to coordinate with their Seashore line. I also stamped images from Graphic 45's By The Sea sets

I added some lantern die cuts to the front of the house (Spellbinders)

I made another lighthouse using Prima and FabScraps papers. It's a little more vintage looking. It's on display at Urban Scrapbook ( my awesome fun part-time job).

Thanks for popping in again, I have a few more projects in the wing, so keep checking back.

12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 4

On the 4th day of Christmas, my true love of paper gave me - an accordion card using Karen Burniston die cuts.

Each panel is embossed with a different folder. I wanted to use traditional Christmas colors on this one as well as some of my favorite stamps.

All the embossing folders are from Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Stamps are (L-R) Stampa Rosa(retired many years ago), Stampers Anonymous, Stampendous, and TPC Studios.

I made it reversible too. On the backside, I used movers and shapers die cuts from Tim Holtz and the awesome alphabet die set from Brenda Walton for Sizzix. I was trying to figure out how to leave a space for signing the card, so on the "L" panel I cut and folded some paper to create a flap. I think it worked out rather well.

I really like the way the card turned out. It's super sturdy too with all the layers of paper on each panel.

It's more a decoration than a card, but that's the fun part, you can get as simple or as over the top as you want. 

Thanks for surfing by today. 

Ahhh 3 weeks til Christmas. Pass the Ativan please. (just kidding-sort of...)