Angela Holt Designs Creative Design Team Hop: Glass Door Cabinet and Mini

Hello friends!  I'm so excited to be part of the Angela Holt Creative Design Team.  I get to share a post using my all time favorite company, Graphic 45!  YIPEE!  The Graphic 45 Collections we'll be working with through December are "A Proper Gentleman" and "A Ladies' Diary".
Se sure to hop on over and visit Angela Holt Designs and just click on the names below to see what the Creative Design Team has for you :)

 Be sure to visit each blog in the blog hop to get your secret word. You will then email the complete phrase to Angela Holt by sending it to thealteredpage@yahoo.com and put blog hop contest in the subject line!!  My word is "Graphic".

Angela Holt Designs

Virginia Dare Burnett
Jan Holland Hennings (you are here)
Jennifer Stahr
Shanna Shands
Scrappin Madge

I wanted to make an extra special project for all of you today so I designed my own Glass Door Cabinet.

I used "A Proper Gentleman" line, medium weight chipboard, Clear Polyester Super Sheets, Shadowbox die, Gold Spines by 7 Gypsies (Discontinued), Victorian Shrine pieces, Metal Brads and Hinges.  Label die and punch, Corked Vials, Antique door plate and knob, wooden beads, Black acrylic paint.
A closer look.

Album

Album opened

Top of album

Bottom of album

Close ups of the cabinet

Inside

One Life Shelf

Drawers

Right side of cabinet with an album

Knob

I've used a couple adhesives to hold it all together.  Helmar 450 Quick Dry works well for the chipboard and paper.  Beacon holds all the metal and polyester sheets in place.

I hope you're enjoying the hop and be sure to stop next week to see my "Ladies' Diary" Wardrobe!

Nutcracker Sweet: White Christmas Challenge

Hello friends!  I shared a much larger Ice House a couple days ago and wanted to show you a smaller version today.   I am entering the little cutie in the "Berry71 Bleu" White Christmas challenge. The papers are Graphic 45, Nutcracker Sweet Collection.  The Gingerbread House is an Accuct die.  With the die, because it  is a "Build an Album",  there are no sides or the roof, so I simply cut the needed size and PRESTO :)
I've used Beacon Glass, Metal and more adhesive and ordered the polyester sheets through Dick Blick Art Studio.

close up's

Nutcracker Sweet Ice House

Hello friends!  I have been busy as a little beaver making projects and here is one I recently made of acetate, or clear polyester sheets.  It's important to use an adhesive that is made for glass and it is a slow process, as each joint has to dry completely, without slipping so you don't get the adhesive in areas you don't want it.  I used Beacon glass, metal and more adhesive.  I used an x-acto knife to do my cutting.
Graphic 45 has their December Contest going on and you'll need to use their Nutcracker Sweet Collection. Spellbinder's has Explore Beyond:  Craft to WIN contest, so this is my project for Graphic 45 and Spellbinder's.  I've used Spellbinder's Snowflake dies (now retired) and Labels 10 die.  I used an Accucut Gingerbread House die on the polyester sheet to impress the house image so I could cut it to a larger size'

A ballerina hangs from the chandelier.

more close up's.

The back deck