Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi all! Today I'm sharing a glittery holiday decor piece I created for December's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. This month our theme is 'All I Want for Christmas'. We were challenged to create something using our favorite die - the one we'd want to receive if we didn't already own it. I had a really hard time choosing a favorite, but the new Iron Fence Pop Up is such an amazing die, I would definitely run out and buy it. There are so many ways you can use it!

You might remember back in September I shared a Halloween diorama that was inspired by my teammate, Raquel Mason. I knew while I was making it that I wanted to try a Christmas version, and this was the perfect excuse to make one. I needed something for the centerpiece and decided to create a sparkly little house, adapting Karen's Holiday House slightly to create a 3D version (you might remember a more rustic house I made a couple years ago with the same die). I took a few photos along the way to show you how it came together.

To make the house 3D, and also change the direction of the roof line, we'll actually be using the house die to make the sides, instead of the front. Cut the pieces as shown above. The long strip is used to give the vestibule sides, creating a dimensional front.

Cover white cardstock with adhesive and die cut three fences. Remove adhesive and cover with glitter.

Adhere fence pieces to a disk of styrofoam (I found a pack of two at my Dollar Tree).

To create the trees, die cut mint cardstock using one of the tree dies from the Evergreen Pivot Card die set (another one of my faves). Fold each tree in half and adhere to each other, back to back. I used four per tree. Cover with glitter and insert a toothpick.

After house is assembled, cover with glitter. Tie a length of tinsel twine around it and add a Christmas Typed Token. Tie a bit of pink twine around a little deer and adhere to disk. The snow is a combination of polyester batting and Martha Stewart's snow glitter.

I didn't glue my house down - I wanted to be able to add a battery-operated tea light so it would glow at night. So pretty! If you wanted it to be more stable, you could glue it down and cut a hole in the back and add a candle that way.

I added a bit more batting in the chimney as a final little touch. I just love the wispy look of it. I hope you enjoyed my little glittery house - I had so much fun making it! And I am so thrilled with how it turned out. I hope you're inspired to make one of your own.

Great news! The Holiday House and Evergreen Pivot Card dies are both on sale at Elizabeth Craft Designs right now! You can find the other supplies I used at ECD and Simon Says Stamp.

Karen Burniston Holiday House Karen Burniston Evergreen Pivot Card Iron Fence Pop-Up Soft Finish Cardstock 8.5" X 11" 270gr /100Lb 10 pack (PSF102) Soft Finish Cardstock, Mint Green Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 64mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6mm (506) Zip Dry PAPER GLUE Permanent Adhesive Paper Arts Tim Holtz Idea-ology DECORATIVE DEER Findings TH93337 Tim Holtz Idea-ology SILVER TINSEL TWINE TH93025 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMAS Typed Tokens Findings TH93327 Tim Holtz Distress Glitter CLEAR ROCK CANDY Ranger TDG39150 Ranger GLUE N SEAL 3.5 OZ Matte INK44994*

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure and check out Karen's blog Tuesday to see an incredible new tutorial, plus lots of inspiration from the team.

Have a great week!

I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp's 'Let There Be Snow' challenge and Frilly and Funkie's Home for the Holidays challenge.