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11/04/10

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 1 : Vintage Inspired Christmas House!


Greetings!
My name is Michelle Cummings and I'm extremely excited and honored
to once again be apart of another Sizzix Blog Hop!
This time around, 60 artist's will be sharing their creativity
with dies designed by:
Eileen Hull, Karen Burniston, and Brenda Pinnick!

The premise of this Blog Hop is to inspire YOU!
Every Thursday...for 7 weeks,
One die will be interpreted 60 different ways!
Exciting! Isn't it? :)


Featured this week:
Sizzix Scoreboards Pro Die- House, 3D, by Eileen Hull

With Christmas soon upon us, I thought it would be perfect to make my own
Vintage Inspired Christmas House!Supplies used:
Sizzix Scoreboards Pro Die 656836 - House, 3D, by Eileen Hull
Sizzix 12x12 mat board, white
Sizzix Big Shot Pro die cutting machine

Fiskars Threading Water border punch
Generic glittered scrapbook paper, pink & aqua
Tacky Glue
6 silver brads
Ranger Stickles in pink, aqua, silver and crystal.
Colored iridescent cellophane
1 flickering (battery operated) tea light

What I especially love about this particular die, is it's versatility.
The die leaves you room to think "out side" the box.
You can cut more windows,
add extra house additions,
make a home, store, haunted house or even a whole village!
To create the roof "shingles" I used the border punch and layered each piece,
starting from the bottom, working my way up.
To leave room for corrections, I made the layers longer than the roof.
Then once everything was glued securely, I trimmed off the excess.
The stickles came in handy to cover up missed white spots or exposed house seams.

I glued 3 layers of the cellophane to the inside windows.
This helped enhance the candlelight effect from the flickering tea light.
All in all I'm really happy with how my little house turned out
and I hope I've inspired you to make one of your own!

To begin visiting the other designers, please click on the
Triple Play Blog Hop button to the right of this post....
or visit the Sizzix main Blog here.
Happy Blog Hopping!
See you next week! :)
~Michelle
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26 comments:

  1. Laura BrayNovember 4, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    This looks just like the Vintage houses! I love the shingle idea-brilliant!

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  2. Karen BNovember 4, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    This is shiny-riffic! The detail on the roof is amazing. Love it!

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  3. Candice WindhamNovember 4, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    This looks like something I'd like to take a bite of!

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  4. LindaNovember 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    This is just great, so many possibilities of materials.. Love the style. Nice work.

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  5. UnknownNovember 4, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    It doesn't surprise me that your colors are so good - I love this, and that roof is amazing!

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  6. Tiffany WindsorNovember 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    Love the beauty in the simplicity of your color and design. Perfect!

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  7. Jen GoodeNovember 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    so much sparkle, it's magical!

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  8. Melony BradleyNovember 4, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    So glittery and sweet- love the simplicity

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  9. LesaNovember 4, 2010 at 4:36 PM

    Love your color combo and so beautifully sparkling!

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  10. Teri BarefootNovember 4, 2010 at 6:24 PM

    I really like this one also
    thanks,
    Teri

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  11. Colleen SchaanNovember 4, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    pretty!

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  12. eileen hullNovember 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    Michelle, this is glittericious! So cute and vintage-y. Love the roof idea and candle inside. Thanks for creating with my die :-)

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  13. madelinesthoughtsNovember 4, 2010 at 10:07 PM

    Yes, so much like the vintage holiday houses - perfectly glittered for the holidays. With all the wonderful border punches, just imagine how many different shingle designs.

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  14. CherylNovember 4, 2010 at 11:19 PM

    Love all the sparklies! Great idea on the roof.

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  15. Roxi PhillipsNovember 5, 2010 at 7:16 AM

    So sparkly!

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  16. Einat KesslerNovember 5, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    So cute and sparkly!

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  17. AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 8:45 AM

    Love your little Christmas house! The music sheet adds a nice effect!

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  18. JessicaNovember 5, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    I love glitter.... so I love love love your house! It's so cute.

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  19. BUZZY BEE DESIGNS and GRAPHICSNovember 5, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    WOW. Thanks for being part of the hop
    Rebecca Minor
    buzzybeedesignsATyhaooDOTcom
    http://buzzybeedesigns.blogspot.com

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  20. ibecircled.blogspot.comNovember 5, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    So super nice color's!!! TFS!!!
    http://ibecircled.blogspot.com
    Rexann

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  21. milkcanNovember 6, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    Love all of the sparkly wonderfulness!

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  22. LyneenNovember 6, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    Sweet this reminds me of the houses I played with around the Christmas tree when I was little simple and glitery... thanks for the memory!

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  23. UnknownNovember 8, 2010 at 12:37 AM

    I am grateful for talented people, like you, who create beautiful things:)

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  24. Becky MooreNovember 8, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    Terrific!

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  25. HawaiianLibrarianNovember 10, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    Shiver me glitters! You are a glitter sister after my own heart! Mahalo for your super shiny shingly house.

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  26. GretchenNovember 11, 2010 at 4:20 AM

    Beautiful! It' all sparkly and pretty!

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