Wednesday, September 22, 2010

I am a Guest Designer on She's a Sassy Lady today! NOTE, FILE HAS BEEN ADDED ABOVE!

Hi everyone, today is my day to be the guest designer on She's a Sassy Lady.  It seems like just yesterday I was a guest designer.
Today I want to share with you a 3-d house made with my favorite cart, George.  Some of you might recognize the project out of the SU mini catalog.  I thought it was an awesome project, and I thought it would be perfect for my post today, so I hurried up last night and recreated the house using my Gypsy and George.  Here is the finished project,


I really love making 3-D projects from George for all of you readers that don't have some of the other carts.

Supplies needed are Gypsy or DS
George
2 Sheets Poster board
12x24 mat
2 sheets of cardstock color of choice
score board
5/8" circle punch
Red Ink
Sentiment of choice

I started by cutting out the house images from the poster board.





The first tab is the cut tab in the file, and the second tab is the score tab.  I did not unload my mat prior to scoring with the 2nd tab.  I just turned my blade upside down, and "cut" page 2.  I then unloaded the mat and I had my score marks already in place. 

I then loaded 2 pieces of 12x12 cardstock on my mat, both pieces being the same pattern, turned my blade right side down, cut, turned my blade dull side up and scored again, do not unload mat in between these steps.

I attached the printed cardstock to my poster board.



Then assemble the house.



The roof tab in the file needs some work, so I had to tweek it to get it to fit the house.



Attach the roof to the house.  Take your 5/8" circle punch and start punching circles out of the excess posterboard.  I am sure you are asking why I didn't use my cricut, and I thought it would be a lot faster with the hole punch, but you could use your cricut.

I punched a whole lot of circles, 4x as many as in the pic.



I then glued them to the top of the roof in a "shingle" type arrangement.

Stamp sentiment in red ink on the poster board and cut out in a banner shape.

I took a 12x1" piece of coordinating cardstock and scored it every 1/4" on my score board. Then I glued the ends together to form a circle.

I also cut some scallops from my cricut, but I didn't use George. 

I attached all of this to the front of the house. I cut some rectangle piece of cardstock and glued them inside the windows.

I was in a bit of a hurry to finish so I did not get to decorate to it's full potential.  This house would look great with tissue paper glued inside and then a small light placed on the inside of the house.  It would also look cute decorated for Fall, any season really.  Just think of the possibilities, and all you need is George.

As soon as I get the file the way I want it so you want have too much trouble making this project, I will post for everyone.  Hopefully by the weekend.




Thanks everyone for joining me today, and thanks Sheila, you are a great blogger and friend.
Beth

5 comments:

mfc.melissamade2 said...

Beth this is so clever! I love it the roof is just amazing!! Thanks for sharing.
Melissa

Barb Craft said...

This is tooo cute!! sometimes I forget about good ole' George.. thanks for reminding me!!
Barb :)

June said...

What an adorable house!!! I love that roof and what wonderful tips on the blade!!!! Thanks for sharing and the inspiration!!!!

Debbie10 said...

Thanks for sharing. I just love this. I would love love the gypsy file once you get it the way you want it. Thanks also for the tips on the blade.

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Amber said...

That is so cute!! You can do so much with that lil house!!! I wish I had a Gyspy!!!

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