Today I'm sharing one last project for Christmas featuring a mixture of some darling papers from several of my favorite Doodlebug collections.
I have been wanting to create a Christmas village ever since I received these sweet Sizzix Village dies earlier this year. I knew if I didn't do something with them now they might become buried under a pile of other things on my rapidly growing "someday" list.
Knowing these would take some a bit of time to create and wanting them to last year after year, I started by first cutting my houses from some heavy weight chipboard. I then cut them again from some of my favorite Doodlebug Petite prints and other small prints from various 6x6 paper pads. Because of the thickness of the chipboard, I needed to cut my patterned papers apart at the corner seams so that the windows and other openings would line up properly on all four sides. To get around this, I matched the patterns with a corner piece that I created for each corner using a small piece of paper, scored and folded in half.
To add a fun detail to my roofs, I turned to various scalloped border dies in my stash, cutting them from 1/2" wide strips of patterned paper. To keep the layers from blending together, I inked each edge with a bit of distress ink using a foam applicator.
One of the die sets come with the pieces to cut the snowy rooftops. I started by cutting them all from white cardstock and then coated them with a Marvy Uchida Snow Marker. Before heating them with my heat gun to puff them up and make them look real, I sprinkled them with Doodlebug's Lily White Sugar Coating Glitter. When heated, the glitter becomes permanently adhered and it left them looking so sparkly and pretty!
I completed my houses, with simple wreaths created with a couple metallic pipe cleaners wrapped around a pencil and adhered with a little liquid glue. I love how they added a touch of green and added even more sparkle to my scene!
To complete my scene I picked up some miniature trees and an iridescent garland at Michaels to act as a filler in the background, while hiding my miniature strand of battery powered lights.
I hope I've inspired you to think outside the box and mix papers from different collections on your next project. ;)
Before I go, I would like to thank everyone at Doodlebug for allowing me the sincere pleasure of sharing projects using their adorable products for these past four years. It has been a dream of mine since I first discovered Doodlebug back in 2003 and I while I must step away for now, I hope to be back again someday soon. They are truly the best of the best and I feel so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to work with them!
I would also like to wish each one of you a very merry Christmas filled with lots of wonderful memories!
Interested in the products I used to create my projects today? To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included).
Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)
