Village Manor

I started this project ages ago, back when I found some of the Village Dwelling dies on sale at my local store. I added the Village Manor die to my collection to go with it and immediately started putting a manor together because the die was so new, I could barely find any pictures of finished projects online or videos showing how to assemble it. I have to say, the diagrams on the back of the packaging don't provide a whole lot of explanations, so you have to figure out a lot of the steps on your own. One of those steps was how to assemble the top of the tower on the house. It sits on the tower but gets crooked if you don't glue it in place. I got a little frustrated, plus I had to clean up my craft room so I put the project aside and pretty much forgot about it.

That is, until my niece visited, found the box with the pieces and asked why the house was not finished. She asked again when she visited later as it still was sitting unfinished in the box. After that second time she asked, I pulled the box out and put it near my desk to remember to finish it. So when I saw the Simon Says Stamp challenge (Anything Goes), I spotted the house and decided to give it another shot.

While looking through the box at the die-cut pieces I had, I spotted the two posts that are meant to be the beams at the front of the main dwelling house. I wondered if I could glue those inside the manor roof and use it to add it to the tower. The answer is yes, and it works really well! I used liquid glue so I could slide it in place and adjust before the glue set. I kept going on the rest of the house, almost took a break again once I saw how long it was taking die-cutting all the little pieces, but thankfully, I held on and two hours later, I can finally call it done! I can't wait to show my niece and see what she says,

A few details close-up:

• I used copper Nuvo crystal drops to make my door handles at the front.
• I stamped the door, the front part of the house and the porch with stamps from Gorgeous Grunge and Timeless Textures to give the cardstock a bit of dimension.
• I added vellum behind the windows so that we could not see inside the house (neater finish).
• See those little spiked on the rooftop? It's the top of the fence die. I used Copper Foil Paper so that it looked like it was made out of metal and the result if pretty cool.
• I found some textured paper at a local store (really thin, almost like crepe paper) and I added it to sturdier cardstock to make the roof. It totally changes the look of the finished house.
• For the walls, I used a crackled-paint patterned cardstock from Tim Holtz.
• You'll notice I added a few bricks around the house. They're the inside of the die-cut window frames that I reused!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Timeless Textures, Gorgeous Grunge (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Dapper Denim, Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake, Easly Espresso, Vellum
Ink: Dapper Denim, Early Espresso
Patterned Papers: Tim Holtz - Ranger, Unknown (brown roof paper)
Dies: Village Dwelling, Village Winter, Village Manor (Sizzix)

 

Comments

[Virginia L.]

Amazing!! Love this so much! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge! Awesome details and design! Super work!