Peonies and Paper Chains: Extreme Fairy House Makeover for the Pals June Hop!

06/11/2014

Extreme Fairy House Makeover for the Pals June Hop!

Welcome to the June Pals Blog Hop. This month we are excited to show off new Stampin' Up! products from the just released 2014-15 annual catalog and idea book. We hope you find great inspiration from the projects. Get your wish list ready!

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Michelle Quinno at Shell's Life on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below my signature will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

Today's very special project features the new Lullaby Designer Series Paper, along with the new Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow cardstock. There's a little Crisp Cataloupe and Old Olive, too.

And, as you could tell from my post title, today is the transformation of a fairy house. Regular readers of my blog may remember mentioning that I had picked up some shelves made to look like house late in the winter. My plan was to turn them into fairy houses for the girls for Easter but one cold winter day, I could tell they really needed a special project to do so I pulled out the houses for us to do together. Neededless to say the end result was not at all what I was imagining.

The girls love these houses and play with them regulary. And just theother week after receiving the Lullaby paper, I was able to convince Britt that I really wanted to do something to make her fairy house extra special. She agreed to it. Before I show you the details (and that is where the beauty lies), I want to show you the before and after...

Let's get to the detail beause that is truly where the magic happens with this project...

The grass roof is made of alternating strips of Mossy Meadow and Old Olive. The Fringe Scissors made creating the roof a breeze! The shine comes from the layer of ModPodge over top.

This floral medallion dresses up the house and I think the pearls are a sweet touch. Use my flower tutorial to create a similar one for a project you are creating.

The outside walls are adorned with some stamped on grass (from Gorgeous Grunge) and lots and lots of butterflies. To create the gentle crease to get the wings up, I laid the butterflies of my Stampin' Pierce Mat and then pressed down on the center with my bone folder.

The ceiling, walls, and floor (you'll see that next) feature a different print from the Lullaby paper. I added the Hello Honey "baseboard" and "trim" to help hide any places where the paper did not go on perfectly straight.

Here's a closer look at the floor and the fairies. Every fairy has her own name and Brooklyn had us make up a chart so the rest of us can keep them all straight (she has them memorized). And yes, for those looking really closely, that is a mermaid in the back left corner...she apparently has special abilities to be in the forest with the fairies!

As I worked away on the house, Britt said "wow, momma, this fairy house is so beautiful" and Brooklyn said she wants to me dress hers up too. We shall see as she changed her mind a few hours later!

WHAT? NO FAIRY HOUSE TO MAKE?! Even if you have no fairy house to decorate, I hope you'll take some of the ideas shared today and incorporate them into various cards and other paper crafting projects that you are creating! And be sure to add the Lullaby Designer Series Paper to your next order...it is beautiful!

The next stop is Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine on the Pals Blog Hop! Use the next button immediately below to visit Sherrie's blog or scroll down for the full line-up. Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month!