I only used my Cricut for the
fence rail. I wielded 3 fences together
in Design Studio for both levels. The
Fence is from Paper Doll Dress-Up and the three wiled together were cut 11.5 by
.75. I also used my Cuttlebug for the
roof (Mosaic Texture folder) and a Fiskars wood grain-embossing card for the
walls. It was a little tricky putting the
paper in the Cuttlebug to make the pattern cover the entire length of the paper. I had to turn it and put it thru on the other
end (I do not have the long boards for my Cuttlebug L ). After I embossed them, I scored the walls at ¼-inch
intervals so it would look like wood planks.
Some ribbon and a tooth pick for the flag, a circle punch, and a mini
square punch for the windows. I even
pulled out some decretive scissor for the grass around the base (I hadn’t used
those in a long while). Of course I did
some inking and glued everything together. 
The can of beans is the perfect weight for the base. I put an individual serving size can in the
middle level as well. 
I made the top open so I could put in a flameless tea light – after all, a lighthouse does need to light-up.
The hardest part was
getting the paper to fit snuggly around the cans at even intervals and figuring
the score lines to make it the hexagon shape fit. I have a ¼-inch flap on top and bottom of each
level so I could fold it over and have a surface to glue the sections together
with. It was also tricky figuring out where to place the red strip of paper so it would line –up just the way I wanted it. After a little trial and a few errors, the desired result was achieved.
I am very pleased with how it all turned out. Maybe I won’t get the beans back this time - J Hope you all like it.
