Victorian Christmas House

This is my fourth Papertrey Home Made house gift box.  I am making them to sell at my work to raise money for our Adopt-a-Family project. I seem to add more stuff on each house and this time I added a fence from Board and Beams and I love this new element.  

All the elements were stamped with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The images would be much sharper if embossed with black embossing powder but I hate how messy it is to work with. If you look close to the window on your left you can see a Christmas tree in the window.  It shows much better in real life than in the photo. I stamped the tree and then stamped the window image right over it with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The green ink was wet enough to hold the powder for embossing and that protected the ink  from running when I painted in the window with yellow the look of night light.

I painted Mod Podge on all the dormers and window elements and attached to the house.  All the bows and evergreen are attached with glue dots as the Mod Podge doesn’t like sticking to the embossing on the windows too well.  It works like cement though when attaching cardstock to cardstock. The evergreens were made with a Martha Stewart punch.

I stamped a continuous line of fence with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I used a black glaze pen to fill in each fence post to make it look like an iron fence.  I painted the bottom of the fence with white craft ink and embossed with white powder to create a snowy ground and put the same treatment on the bottom of the front door.

Back View

The snow on the roof is a combination of Sparkly Fluff and Flower Soft.  I painted Mod Podge on the roof with a brush (small areas at a time) and applied the Sparkly Fluff. After it dried I painted a little more Mod Podge to areas and added a the Flower Soft for a softer snowy look.  I used a double layer of mounting tape to attach the fence so it would stand away from the house a little and to add dimension. The shutters being left free add another element of dimension.

I hope you have a good week. 

Stamps:  Papertrey Home Made, Board and Beams     Paper:  Red, Olive, White    Ink:  Black and White Craft, Peeled Paint, Lemonade    Accessories:  Martha Stewart Punch, Paper Trey Home Made Template, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Mod Podge, Flower Soft, Sparkly Fluff, Brushes, Black Glaze Pen, Brushes, Glue Dots, Mounting Tape, Gingham, Bone Folder, Snips,

Comments

[Wendy Gorton]

1.

Morning Kittie,

Thank you for sharing all your wonderful houses with us. I ordered this template and I am waiting for my stamp set. Such a dope for not ordering them both at the same time. Now I have to wait. Anyway, it turned out to be a blessing because you are sharing the do's and don'ts in making these wonderful houses. I want to make mine gingerbread houses to house gingerbread men. We will see..... Anyway, your houses, like all your creations are just fantastic. Thank you again for the inspiration.

Your friend in stamping,

Wendy G.

[Kirsten Alicia]

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This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing it.

[Tammy Hershberger]

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OMGosh, I didn't think it could look more fabulous than the first one, but this is awesome! LOVE the house in green and the fence looks wonderful on there!

[Gabby]

4.

Good Lord Kittie! I nearly choked on my Halls when I saw this! Gorgeous doesn't even cut it! I have no word for it!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog... That too almost made me choke...lol...I was visited by one of my all time stamping heros! :O Thank you!

[Bonnie aka raduse]

5.

Kittie, your houses are so beautiful and definitely going to make some money for the charity. Have you thought about entering any of them into PTI's template contest? You would defintely have some major eye candy for Papertrey to judge.

[Conniecrafter]

6.

Fantastic, I am sure they will be selling very quickly!!

[nancy]

7.

WOW. I would buy this in a second. Your work is amazing. All the details are gorgeous. So if you want to sell this please email me. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT

[Joan Ervin]

8.

Absolutely FABULOUS, Kittie!!!! Each of your little houses are gorgeous works of art and how wonderful of you to sell them for such a great charity!!! Every little detail is just perfect!!! I have asked for this stamp set for Christmas so I can make some houses, too.

[Sue from Oregon]

9.

Your houses are just amazing!

[Cheryl L Rowley]

10.

Kittie, your houses are all so wonderful! I love reading about all the detail you've added to them! Wow!

[Broni]

11.

OMG, Kittie! This is amazing!! I love that you made the house an olive green. Really a show-stopper!! And the iron fence - wow!! All the details are fabulous!!!

[michele (mitchygitchygoomy)]

12.

WOW!! Kittie, what a treat to wander thru your creative journey from house #1 to house #4!! Each one just gets better and better with more dimension and realism. They each have a beautiful character of their own. Thanks for sharing them with us. Betcha have orders for more!!!

[TexasGrammy]

13.

Pack these up for sales, Kittie! Oh what absolute fun you've created in these projects!! No wonder you have enjoyed working with these!!

~Bev

[Teresa]

14.

love your house. Your work is amazing!

[Lisa]

15.

Kittie these are both true masterpiece of a creation . The state is planning to raise money for the homeless. And I am planning to use your wonderful idea with your permissiion. Can you email me where I can get and purchase the templates/stamps to create the home. Also I would to purchase a home from you to help raise money for the Adopt a Family program. Thank You

[Orlando Fl Golf Communities]

16.

This is beautiful Christmas home i am so glad to see it. You done a commendable job over here. Thanks for the sharing this amazing house pictures.