I grew up with these cute little sparkly houses that would
get set up on top of the television at Christmas time with bulbs in the back of
them to light them up and that angel hair stuff as snow. I loved these
houses and I loved to play with them. I
don’t know where they disappeared to (probably hanging out with the elves
somewhere) but I don’t have any of them.
So I was so happy to discover many patterns for little houses available
in the Silhouette store; one of them caught my eye as it really looked like the
little glitter houses from my childhood.
It was called a “Putz” house – I had no idea there was a name for these
houses let alone collectors and websites that helped you restore them. After more research and many patterns I
decided that I would try to make one of these houses for my Mom for Christmas,
hoping it brings back good memories for her as they do me. So I made the Putz house, which is designed
by Samantha Walker. There are even instructions
on her site, which I didn’t find until I was almost done (of course), but they are very
good directions and every easy to follow.
So please join me on this journey to create a glittery Putz house ~
Ta da! I had originally neglected to put the vellum in the windows - but it makes a HUGE difference! |
What I Used to Make my House:
Silhouette CAMEO Machine
Glitter Putz House cut file by Samantha Walker (Silhouette Store)
12 x 12 piece of medium weight chipboard
Loose glitter in Hot Kiss by The Art Institute
Loose glitter in Dazzling Diamonds by Stampin’ Up!
Glitter Glue (the bottle is blank so I have no idea who made it)
The Crafters Pick “The Ultimate” glue
Spray Adhesive by 3M
Glitter Paper by Core’dinations “Glitter Silk”
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Ink in Potting Soil and Red Geranium
Glitter Putz House cut file by Samantha Walker (Silhouette Store)
12 x 12 piece of medium weight chipboard
Loose glitter in Hot Kiss by The Art Institute
Loose glitter in Dazzling Diamonds by Stampin’ Up!
Glitter Glue (the bottle is blank so I have no idea who made it)
The Crafters Pick “The Ultimate” glue
Spray Adhesive by 3M
Glitter Paper by Core’dinations “Glitter Silk”
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Ink in Potting Soil and Red Geranium
Gessoing the chipboard |
Uneven glitter :( |
The construction |
The roof was inked up using Wendy Vecchi’s Potting Soil. I just wiped the ink pad all around the roof
and then tried to do the same with the chimney using Red Geranium. It worked wonderfully on the roof, but
miserably with the chimney – I think because there were so many bends on the chimney
I couldn’t get the ink pad close enough to the chipboard. So I just put a few drops in a tiny cup and
used a paint brush to finish the chimney off.
By now I had found the directions since I had no idea how to attach the
chimney to the roof.
Once everything was dry, I adhered the windows and the door
to the main
house and glittered the roof with the Dazzling Diamonds (before
attaching it) – the glitter was supposed to look like snow, but too much of the
brown showed through to get the look I wanted.
So I had to move on to the chimney since it was my plan to use the no
name glitter glue on the roof to make it look more like icy snow but I needed
to attach the chimney first. Another
hiccup – I could not get the little tabs on the chimney to attach to the roof
the way it said to in the directions. I
ended up using masking tape and more glue (on the inside, where the chimney attached to the roof) than I should have, but it is
attached now. I put the hanging snow
around the chimney and used a rubber band to keep it all inline (a loose rubber
band – too tight and the chimney would be crushed and so would the house). I let the house sit overnight. I think we both needed a break.
My snow & chimney drying |
Roof & chimney close up |
Roof "scallops" |
Another view of the finished house |
Difficult to get a good picture of it lit |
I tried everything to get these pictures to stay even - they look fine in my view, but they get wonky in the "real" view - Sorry!
I would like to enter my glitter "Putz" house in the following challenges:
Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog (2w) - #166, Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (1w) - Anything Goes
*That's Crafty Challenge Blog (1/2/15) - Anything Goes
Stuck on Us Sketches (2w) - Anything Christmas Die Cut Challenge
Crafts 4 Eternity - #206, Anything Goes Christmas
Decorate to Celebrate - #90, Anything Goes
*That Craft Place - Anything Goes, Christmas
Eclectic Ellapu (m)- purple team, Anything Christmas (not a card)(runs til 2/1/15)
*Silhouette Challenges (m) - #20, Anything Goes
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Where did I find these awesome challenges!?!? At Challenges for Days!! An easy to read, easy to understand list of challenges that is posted every day ~ check it out!!
Erin Awesome hun you are an inspiration hugs Judith xxx
ReplyDeleteoh my, this is so fab, the tutorial is so clear as well, thank you for sharing x
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning :o)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Tracey
xx