Best of Luck Card and Candy House by Pam Bray

Hi all our Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts fans!!! Welcome to the first Saturday of March. I hope to inspire you with a fun "Best of Luck" Card and a Cabana Candy House using some of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts which include the Tudor Rose Singles, Feeling Lucky Charms Set and Cabana Row Houses.

I began my "Best of Luck" Card by first adhering pattern paper to the front of a square card base.

Emboss the one of  Tudor Rose Singles and a couple of the charms from the Feeling Lucky Charms Set using two shades of embossing powder and Boss Gloss.

Repeat using the Rust embossing powder.

Adhere to the front of the card base.

Add a journal block from the Place in Time Collection along with a couple of the sentiments.

Make a bow from green ribbon and twine.

Fussy cut a couple of the stamps from the Place in Time pattern paper. Layer together with pop dots. Add to front of card with pop dots.

Add to the front of card with one of the prepared Feeling Lucky Charms.

Cover one to the Cabana Row Houses with pattern paper.

Decorate the front of the Cabana House with a journal piece from the Place in Time pattern paper and a prepared charm from the Feeling Lucky Charms Set.

Add  some ribbon and paper borders to the roof and around the bottom of the Cabana House.

Add a tag from the Place in Time pattern paper along a chipboard tag.

Make a bow from ribbon and twine and add to the top of the roof. Thanks for stopping by today. Hugs Pam

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Supplies:

Tudor Rose Singles

Feeling Lucky Charms Set

Cabana Row Houses

Other Supplies:
Graphic 45 Place in Time 8" x 8" Paper Pad
Stampendous: Boss Gloss, Rust Embossing Powder,
Jade Embossing Folder and Clear Lime Embossing Powder
Distress Picket Fence Paint
May Arts Green Ribbon and Brown Twine
5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Kraft Card Base
Adhesive

Vintage School Desk by Gloria

Hello, it is Gloria with you and it is my turn again on the blog! I had a blast creating the Vintage School Desk and matching mini album! THE VINTAGE DESK AND MINI ARE NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE.

The desk is an adorable representation of the desks used in one-room school houses all across America! I used Graphic 45 vintage school papers to cover the desk and the mini album. The mini sits on the seat in the front of the desk.

The desk is approximately 6" tall and 6" deep, and 5" wide across the seat. The mini is 4 3/4" x 5 1/4" with rounded corners.

The back of the desk shows the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts attention to detail! Check out the pencil holder and the ink well. The desk also has some storage inside! Simply adorable!

Here is how you make one for yourself!

1. Prepare the desk pieces by wiping them with a cloth and sponging the edges with brown ink.

2. Cover the inside surfaces of the desk side and seat pieces with decorative paper.

3. Cover the outside surfaces of the desk and seat pieces with contrasting paper. I did not cover the bottom slats or the desk top as I wanted them to look like wood. I sponged brown ink onto those pieces.

4. Use a strong glue to assemble the desk. Sponge the edges with brown ink. Cut a ruler image from the G45 Place in Time paper and glue it to the top of the desk.

5. Select the pieces desired from the Vintage School Shape Set (coming soon).

6. Use various inks to color your shapes.

7. Sponge the frame and five pages of the mini album with brown ink.

8. Choose vintage school papers to cover each of the five pages of the album, front and back.  Glue the frame to the front of the first page. Decorate as desired. (See each page below.)

Page 1: Cover the front of this page with Graphic 45 ABC Primer (1, 2, Buckle My Shoe) paper. Glue the frame to the top of the page. Decorate with the Vintage School Shape Set and images cut from the paper.

Page 2:  Cover this page with Graphic 45 ABC Primer Jumping Joan paper. Add a belly band (G45 Place in Time September) and flash card image.

Page 3: Cover this page with Graphic 45 Children's Hour September Montage paper.

Page 4: Cover this page with G45 ABC Primer The Three R's paper. Add a tag cut from  Children's Hour September Collective paper.

Page 5: Cover this page with ABC Primer Bedtime Stories paper. Glue a scrap of  G45 Place in Time September paper to the chipboard book. Add the quill.

Page 6: Cover this page with Graphic 45 Children's Hour September Collective reverse paper. Add a belly band cut from the same paper.

Page 7: Cover this page with ABC Primer Happy Go Lucky paper. Add a belly band cut from Place in Time paper.

Page 8: Cover this page with ABC Primer The Three R's paper. Add a tag and postage image cut from Place in Time paper. Add the ink pot and quill.

Page 9: Cover this page with ABC Primer Alphabet Soup paper. Add the 1-2-3 chipboard element and a postage image cut from Children's Hour September Collective.

Page 10: Cover this page with ABC Primer Games and Playtime paper.

Thanks for looking!

~ Gloria:Scraps of Life

Supplies Used:

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts:
Vintage Desk and Mini Album
Vintage School Shape Set (coming soon)

Partner Products:
Graphic 45:
ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Edition
Children' Hour
Place in Time (retired)

Other: ink (white, silver, green, brown, black, yellow, red), gel medium, glue, foam tape, tape runner