Hi all! Welcome to the very first
Samantha Walker blog hop! If you just came from
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Okay, so for my first project I used Samantha's
Christmas In The Kitchen collection from
Creative Imaginations. I love the warm traditional Christmas colors of the line, and the dark brown color of the "Chocolate Fudge" pattered paper, kind of reminded me of gingerbread - So I was inspired to create this little house ornament for my daughter's Kindergarten teacher.
For the roof, I used the
Silhouette to cut border strips from the "Scalloped Circle Border Set" file. I also used a border from the "Scalloped Border Set 2" on the back of the house to add a little detail, as you can see in the picture below.
I had fun embellishing the house with stickers from the 12" X 12," In The Kitchen Sticker Sheet. I applied them to the eve of the roof, the chimney, the bottom of the house and around the base of the ornament. I even used the small dots that were in the scalloped border sticker (used on the chimney) on the ornament too.
For the base of the ornament I used a recycled box lid. I punched a hole in the center of the lid then threaded a beaded tassel through the hole and secured the end with tape. The house was then adhered to the base.
Here's a close up of the
White Swirl Diecut Cardstock on the back of the house. I just love it against the brown paper - it almost looks just like frosting!!! Yummy! :)
Samantha Walker Products:
Other supplies:
Maya Road - Chipboard Mini Snowflakes
Maya Road - Leaf Trinket Pins
Maya Road - Crushed Velvet Ribbon
Jenni Bowlin - Button
Prima - Flower centers
Paper mache ornament, twine, beaded tassel and tulle ribbon - Hobby Lobby
After browsing through
Samantha's Silhouette Design Portfolio I fell in love with her antique clocks files. The one I chose to use for this project was the
Antique Inspired Clock 3. I decided to use the file to create a template, so I could cut the image out of wood. I simplified the shape of the clock slightly, to make it easier to cut, but the basic shape is the same.
The clock was cut out of 2 - 9" x 12" pieces of wood that were about 3/4" thick. I wanted the clock to be fairly thick, so it could stand. So once the pieces were cut, I adhered them together for he finished thickness of 1 1/2". The clock face and the red decorative piece near the bottom of the clock were cut out of layers of chipboard.
These little trees were cut using Samantha's 2 Christmas Trees and Pennant Banner file. And again as you can see I used the White Swirl Diecut Cardstock, but this time I coated the cardstock with glitter and added a few pearls.
Well, that's it for me! Thanks so much for hopping by!
Here are a few more close-ups before I go.
Samantha Walker Products :
Creative Imaginations - Harvest Collection 12"x12" Diecut Paper - Cream Doily
Creative Imaginations - Christmas Kitchen Punch-outs
Other Supplies:
Crate Paper and Collage Press - Patterned paper
Maya Road - Glitter and Chipboard (Gear and Scalloped border)
Pink Paislee - Chipboard numbers and large brad
Plaid - FolkArt Paint (Moon Yellow, Napthol Crimson and Deep Ocean Blue)
Plaid - Matte Mod Podge
Hobby Lobby - pearls, wood panels, finial and wood balls
