Silhouette: How'd you do that? Putz-Style Glitter Houses

Thanks for popping in today!

If you've been reading the blog this week, you've already learned how to assemble a few of these glitter houses using your Silhouette cutting machine with my house files from the Silhouette store:

putz-style glitter house: peaked roof

putz-style glitter house: castle roof

http://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/?page=view-shape&id=52537

Today, I have a cute little red one to show you. 

Here are the steps I took to finish my house:

1. Ungroup your file. Select your house piece and put in the live cutting area.

2. Cut the house piece in your desired color, I chose red for this house.

3. Cut the windows, roof in another color.

4. Cut the base in white (or green for a spring variation.)

I assembled it using American Crafts glitter card stock. It is as thick as thin chipboard and requires setting your silhouette machine blade depth to 9 or 10. It also requires use of a fairly new blade. Some glitter papers aren't quite as thick. You may find one that you like better. Just know that not all glitter paper needs the blade to be set that deep. Also be sure your mat is still sticky and that your paper is secured.

You can also use a thick non-glitter cardstock and add glitter to your house with glue. I recommend putting the glitter on the house before it is assembled.

5. Gather your cut pieces, and glue the window frames around each window, and glue the door onto the front. You can use a hot glue gun, or a paper glue that works with glitter.

6. Crease all the fold lines.

7. Put glue on the tabs, and glue to the side walls of the house. You will be able to hold the tabs to the sides through the rectangle on the bottom of the house.

8. Glue the side wall tab, and close the house sides.

Notice how my house has the unsightly barcode showing from the back of the card stock? I included a wall backing piece just in case you run into this and want to cover it up. You could also put patterned paper here and "wallpaper" the interior of your house if you desire. This piece is not necessary for everyone, so some will find that it ends up being an extra piece.

9. Glue the optional wall backing piece to the back wall with a glue stick or other smooth paper glue.

 10. Glue the roof on starting at the center, then do one side, then the other. I used a hot glue gun so I wouldn't have to wait for drying. If you have a very thick card stock the glue gun works great. This is not a great option for thinner card stock as your glue lines will end up chunky. Just say "no" to chunky.

11. Notice that there is a little overhang on the roof. Make sure you center this.

 12. Now glue each side of the roof into place.

 13. Glue the house to the base…make sure to leave more room in the "front yard" and only about 1/2 inch in the "backyard".
14. Add one or two bottle brush trees to the front yard.
15. Add a wreath to the door if desired. I have both versions below:

Happy Crafting!

Silhouette Tutorial: How to make the Castle Glitter House from my Putz-Style House Series

Yesterday I showed you how to make the little pink glitter house with your cutting machine. Today, I'll show you how to make a castle style glitter house. The technique is about the same, though the shape is different. I hope to offer you a whole village by the end of the week. ;) 

This design will be available as a .studio or SVG file format in the Silhouette Online store. 

http://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/?page=view-shape&id=52459

1. Ungroup your file. Select your house piece and put in the live cutting area.

2.  Cut the main castle piece in your desired color, I chose a happy yellow.

3. Cut the windows, roof, and chimney in another color. I chose white.

4. Cut the base in white.

I used glitter cardstock (it's like a light chipboard) by American Crafts. It is very thick. If you use this medium, use a newish blade, set the depth to 9 or 10 and select double cut. You will need to adjust your machine according to your material.

You can also use a thick non-glitter cardstock and add glitter to your house with glue. If you do this, I recommend putting the glitter on the house before it is assembled.

5. Gather your cut pieces, and glue the window frames around each window, and glue the door onto the front. You can use a hot glue gun, or a paper glue that works with glitter.

6. Glue the bows to the wreaths, then attach the wreaths to the house.

7. Fold the house piece as shown above. 

8. Glue the side wall tab, and close the house sides.

9. Put glue on the bottom tabs, and glue to the side walls to the bottom of the house. You will be able to hold the tabs to the sides through the rectangle on the bottom of the house, or use wonder clips until it is dry.

10. Fold the roof piece with the glitter side up and the tabs folding upward. 

11. Put glue on the back side of the roof tabs, and carefully insert into the house top, move it around until the tabs run parallel just underneath the castle top edge.

12. Hold the tabs of the roof against the inside of the house until glue is set, or use clips.

13. You may also apply extra glitter to the interior of the castle top as I did with my castle below. To do this, just put glue on the back side of the "castle" roof edge, and dip into glitter.

14. Glue the house to the base with a hot glue gun, so that the majority of the base is in front of the house and only 1/2 of an inch remains at the back of the house. 

15. Glue a couple bottle brush trees to the base with hot glue.