Charming Double Entry Bright Blue Scratch Made Cardboard House schoolgirl cut paper The lid of one features

The lid of one features an archer in green and burgundy on yellow horse

and tiny tiny nails where the stretchers meet the legs

or maybe as a hand of mercy

and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving

Charming Double Entry Bright Blue Scratch Made Cardboard House schoolgirl cut paper The lid of one featuresNot so old this super sweet scratch made cardboard house was dated 1973 on the underside though of course now the 1970s were a fairly long time ago now, especially for a cardboard house! It has held up beautifully, surely due to the love and care with which it was made. Each window pane cut by hand with clear film in each window, every shingle strip cut and coated and laid individually on top of the next, etc. And then this fabulous painterly cobalt