Inside of the "Escape"

Here are some of the ingredients for inside of the "Escape"

First I measure and cut out the scrapbook paper to fit inside of the box (below).

I use Mosaic Mosaique Stickers for the tile floor, I get these at Michael's   

Then I cut the last row with a shank cutter to cut the tiles until I get a perfect fit.  I then put up on the fireplace. Notice that I cut off Santa's boots, coming out of the fireplace and I cut a fire out of some fabric that I had and put it in the fireplace instead.  I also had fabric of cut wood, and put that beside the fireplace.                                                                                                                                                                         

 Then I added a small Chair.  I am happy with it so far.........

 I took a picture frame (from ebay) that I had, and cut out a section from an older Christmas card of a nativity scene that I liked, and used it as the picture above the fireplace.  Now, its done!!!!!!

 The final finished product.

 I also added a lamp above the chair, as a reading light.

Christmas "Escape"

Inside Cover

 I cut a piece of fabric and put mod podge on the book  and put the fabric over it.

Then I found a Christmas card that I loved, and  I took a chipboard window (from ArtChix Studio) and cut out the dividers that made the windows (so it would be one solid window, and I sanded down the parts that I cut,and I painted the window edge brown).

 Then I traced and cut out the portion of the card that I liked.

 I glued the card to the fabric, then the window frame to the card.

 The next step was to take some lace that I had and glue it to the fabric, with it covering part of the window, to look like a valance.

 To finish this page of the book, I put a border sticker on the top, to look like a border, and added the Jolee's Christmas tree and gifts to the bottom of the page.

 Here it is, and I am totally happy with it.  Now for the inside portion of the book..............check back!!!!!

 Christmas "Escape"

This is the picture that I have chosen for the front of my Christmas "Escape".  I painted the front of the book box white, then I mod podged the gold netting on first, then the red lace on top of it.

I apply mod podge on the back of the miniature picture then place it on top, and put a weight  on top of it, until it dries.

After it is done drying, cut off the excess, around the edges.  While it is drying, you can pick out your trims, and button or knob to open it with.  

I will probably go with a simple white "bloomers" trim to bring out the images in the picture. (The one on the left).  You can see that the sparkly ones are too much. As soon as it dries, cut off the excess, and glue on your trim.   I decided to put on 2 trims this time.

One tip that I discovered is that if you apply clear nail polish to the ends of the trim, it will keep it from fraying. So here is the finished cover.   I also added a blinged embellishment.  Please comment!