crafting katie: MCT 12 Days of Christmas

Thursday, December 1, 2011

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"! You are in for a lot of fun for the next twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary! If you arrived here from Jeanne, then you are headed in the right direction. If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

For my project today, I made one of the adorable little houses from the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge. This could be used to house a cupcake or some treats, but I think it's just going to be some Christmas decor in my house for now! I began by cutting the pieces at 10", although I did use my Gypsy to hide some of the detail cuts that I knew I didn't want to use (the round window and the flowerpot). I then stamped the kraft base with my Papertrey Ink Woodgrain background stamp, using cream ink.

For the roof, I added icicle borders cut at 4" in width from the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art cartridge. I also hand cut some snow to go around the base of the house.

I cut the sign post 3 times - once in red and twice in kraft, so that I could trim down the kraft to put on the front and back of the red signpost. On each of the kraft signs, I inked around the edge with cream ink and then stamped "Merry Christmas" from Emma's All Around Christmas stamp set and the tree from her Anyday Bingo & Crossword stamp set.

The wreaths are cut at 2 1/4" from the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge. I added little bows made with Trendy Twine and popped up the wreaths with dimensionals. To make the windows, I attached 3" squares of vellum to the inside of the house.

I embossed the front door with the Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate before attaching a brad for the doorknob and adhering it down. The topiaries are cut at 2 1/2" from the Joys of the Season cartridge.

The tree is cut at 3 1/2" from Christmas Cheer and the cute bunny is cut at 1" from Winter Woodland.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Pinefeather, & Vintage Cream Cardstock
Bazzill Basics Paper: "Diamond"
Papertrey Ink Vellum

Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate

Papertrey Ink "Background Basics: Woodgrain" Stamp Set

My Creative Time "All Around Christmas" & "Anyday Bingo & Crossword" Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, True Black, & New Leaf Ink
Trendy Twine

My Mind's Eye: Lost & Found Christmas Brad

Imaginisce Glam Rock

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

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Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne. Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Jeanne

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Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki