The Rabbit of Caerbannog

Happy Saturday everyone! Connie here with a tribute to one of my favorite movies – Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  In the film, the Cave of Caerbannog is guarded by a bunny with nasty, big, pointy teeth and a vicious streak a mile wide. When King Arthur and his knights are attacked by the killer rabbit, he shouts for them to 'run away'! 

This project started with a GSL Bagatelle Box 3 by 4 inch which assembles easily with a bit of tacky glue. The exterior paper I chose for this project is from the fairy tale related Once Upon a Time stack by DCWV.

I couldn't resist setting the bunny in front of a medieval castle image framed with a neutral gray paper from Tim Holtz.

Other elements used in this project are from the GSL Stackable Labels Shape Set, House Jewelry Pieces and Gothic Cross Miniatures.

I painted the base of one of the Stackable Labels black and glued a printed Run Away image to the top layer.

For a knight's abandoned shield, I turned one of the house jewelry pieces upside down and painted it white, then added a red gothic cross. Something so simple makes me giggle.

For this little shrine's feet, I painted wood ball finials with black acrylic paint. A tip for painting them is to pop each one on a Q-tip. They are easy to hold while painting and you can hold them in a small container while the paint is drying. The rabbit is a plastic Schleich toy with a bit of blood red paint added to his mouth for effect.

To finish the piece, I set him on a carpet of thick grass colored felt and glued down a few bones I cut from one of those dollar store plastic skeletons.

Where's a holy hand grenade when you need one?

Thanks for stopping by!

Gypsy Soul Products Used

Bagatelle Box 3 by 4 inch

Stackable Labels Shape Set

House Jewelry Pieces

Gothic Cross Miniatures

Other Products Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

DCWV Once Upon a Time paper

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology paper

Castle image

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Felt scrap

Wood ball finials

Schleich rabbit

Plastic skeleton

 

A Quiet Meadow

Hello crafty friends!  It's Susan today, here on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts blog to share a quiet space with you.

There are 6 different Bagatelle boxes available in the shop.  Here I've used the 3x4 box.  I like the 1 1/2" depth of these little trinket boxes - so much can fit!

I measured and cut the bird cage paper for the outer back and side.  See the gap between left side and back in the photo below?  That's to compensate for the folded edge (I marked with a pencil and used a scoring board).

The extra bit on the left edge was a "just in case I cut too short".  Once the paper is glued on, I can trim any excess with a blade on a self-healing mat.

Since the birdcage paper was a scrap and not long enough, I measured and cut a strip to cover the other side as well as the top and bottom.  I used white glue to put the box together, and Mod Podge to cover the outside.

Once dry, I added interior papers, too.

The Leafy Tree - Small comes as a set of two different trees.  This is the smallest in the set.  I painted the leaves and trunk, and coated with a crackle paint to give the tree texture.

This is a quiet meadow, and I'm sitting here silently, waiting to see who wanders in.

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Used
Bagatelle Box 3x4 #ED6F
Leafy Tree- Small #D14E

Other Supplies Used
Prima paper
Wood base
White glue
Mod Podge
Acrylic paint - brown, cream
Dresden trim
Moss