GSL Cuts: turrets set of 4

Sunday, March 29, 2020

House Front Letter Box

In the midst of the worlds current craziness I find I'm having issues concentrating. While it seems that now might be the perfect time to tackle a big and complex project, I just can't seem to muster the gumption needed. A little distraction on the other hand... totally doable.

So I've taken a House Front Box Kit and made a wee box for the mail that is still managing to get through. I love getting mail, if you have little ones maybe they'd like to get some mail too.

I don't have a video tute for this project, but I do have some step-by-steps you can follow.

1. Clean the edges of the pieces you'll be using and orientate the pieces of House Front Box Kit so that you know how they'll fit together.

2. Cover one side of the slotted base and cut out the holes using a sharp blade. This will be the top side of the base.

3. Cover the bottom side of the side. No need to cut out the holes on this side.

4. Glue the box together.

Note: Consider tracing the house shape of the front of the box onto your decorative paper before gluing pieces in place.

5. Cover the inside and outside of the box with decorative paper.

Note: I covered the little holes on the sides of the box. If you want to add a handle, string or ribbon, you'll want to poke those holes open.

6. Prepare your decorate elements.

• Paint the door included in the House Front Box Kit, a little "Letters" Plate, and a turret from the Turrets Set of 4 with red acrylic paint.

• Paint window frames from the House Front Box Kit and a Mini Crest Sign black.

7. Add a non-discript picture to the window frame. You might also want to sandwhich a layer of clear plastic between the frame and the image to give the shiny appearance of glass.

8. For the mailbox I simply sliced one of the little turrets in half. Cover the exterior with paper to hide the curved opening then cut with a sharp blade.

9. For the top piece, apply the prepared Mini Crest Sign, add a bit of paper to the back of the "Letters" Plate to make the lettering pop, and then add a Faux Metal Number Plate

10. Pop your window, door and mailbox in place.

11. Fill with letters and notes for those that you're quarantined or locked-down with!

Here's all the bits you'll need:

House Front Box Kit
Turrets Set of 4
Mini Crest Sign
"Letters" Plate **CURRENTLY LINKED TO ALPHASTAMPS
Faux Metal Number Plates 1 to 25

Scrapbook paper

Black and red acrylic paint

Glue

Plastic for windows (optional)

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Endangered

Since my husband and I started keeping bees a few years ago, several species have been classified as endangered. I'm here to share a little piece dedicated to one of our most important insects.

This project started with a GSL Mini House Shadowbox 1 and my box of colorful paper scraps. The shadowbox is easily assembled from a rear wall, two side walls, a floor and two roof pieces. I used the rear wall piece as a tracing template and inked the paper's edges with Ranger distress ink before gluing it in place.

I painted the front edges in a cheerful teal blue acrylic paint and added a blue star paper for the floor.

A bee sticker was placed inside a GSL 3 Inch Cage with Solid Back that I painted gold and papered with a yellow rose floral paper scrap.

I used two of the GSL Turrets Set of 4 for the guard houses. The interior surfaces were painted teal, the roof pieces were painted purple and the exteriors were painted apple green. I added a piece of star shaped glitter to the front of both houses.