Snowy Holiday House

1. Windows

• Carefully pop out all window openings.

• Fold all 4 sides of house along score line including side flaps. Also fold down roof supports.

• Open house flat and place face down on your work space.

• Using vellum cut windows measuring 11⁄2” x 21⁄2”.

• Draw“windowpanes”using gray or blackmarker (fig1-a).

• Place adhesive around window opening and attach to chipboard house.

• Note: windows are attached to inside of house.

2. Shutters

• Using green decorative cardstock cut 1⁄2”x2” strips. You will need 2 per window.

• Attach shutters along both sides of all the windows.

• Nudge shutters over window cutout slightly (fig. 1-b).

• To give the shutters dimension, attach cardstock to a piece of chipboard 4”x8”. You may also use the window pop-outs. Glue sticks work best for attaching large pieces ofcardstock to chipboard.

• When the adhesive has set, trim around the cardstock and cut into 1⁄2” x 2” shutters (2 per window).

3. Door

• Apply adhesive to chipboard door and attach to green decorative cardstock.

• When adhesive has set trim around the chipboard.

• Punch a door knob using round paper punch and carefully attach to door.

• Attach door to house.

4. Assembly of House

• Carefullyfoldscore-lineonsideflapofhouse.

• With house face up, apply adhesive to flap. Use enough adhesive to secure a tight bond.

• Fold the corners of house in and attach flap to inside of house.

• Secure corners with clips and allow to set.

• When the bond has set attach white decorative trim to corners (see #5).

5. Decorative Trim

• Using rotary trimmer with scallop blade or decorative scissors, cut 2 strips of white trim 1” wide and at least 9” in length. Set these aside. You will use later to cover the edge of the base.

• Cut out a chimney cap using the Chimney Cap template. Also set aside.

• Cut 4-5 pieces white trim 1⁄2” - 3⁄4” wide.

• Cut 4 pieces of the narrow trim 6” in length.

• Fold lengthwise and crease.(Using a straight edge or ruler score trim by mark a line down center of strip. Press lightly to indent the trim. This will make folding the trim much easier).

• Apply adhesive down center of trim and attach to corner of house.

• Trim away any excess.

6. Roof

• Fold center score line of chipboard roof creating the peak. Also fold the score lines on the fascia (front edge of roof).

• Apply adhesive to flaps and secure fascia to under side of roof creating a secure roof.

• Attach clips to corners and allow adhesive to set.

7. Chimney & Dormer

• Fold scored lines of chimney. Apply adhesive to side flap. Fold chimney in and secure tab on inside of chimney.

• Attach clips to corner and allow adhesive to set.

• Trim corner edges of chimney using the same technique used on sides of house.

• Fold score lines of chipboard chimney cap.

• Apply adhesive to corner tab and secure on inside of cap. Again, secure with clips until adhesive has set.

• Trace the score lines onto the white Chimney Cap that you set aside, using the template as a guide. clip where indicated.

• Fold and secure corners with adhesive to form a cap.

  Attach to chipboard cap.

• Apply a small amount of adhesive around rim of chimney and attach cap.

• Carefully attach chimney to roof by inserting chimney tab into small horizontal slit in roof.

• Fold score-line of Dormer.

• Carefully attach Dormer to roof by inserting tabs into roof.

• Using “snow” template as a guide, cut out “snow”. Attach randomly to roof. Follow guidelines to fold over fascia of roof & dormer.

• Attach “snow” to peak of roof and dormer following guides on templates.

8. Attaching House to Base

• Cover 9” cake round with white cardstock and trim.

• Using the pieces of 1” trim you set aside, cut lengthwise down center so you have trim pieces that are straight on one side and scallop on the other.

• Carefully draw the trim over the edge of a table. This will slightly curl the trim for easier attachment to the round base.

• Apply tacky glue to the edge of the cardboard base and attach trim to cover the corrugated edge.

• Apply adhesive to bottom of house and place on covered base.

  Press in place.

• Follow instructions on Template Guide to create tress.

• Apply adhesive to bottom of trees and attach randomly to base.

• Punch Holly using green cardstock and attach to shutters, door and peaks of house.

• Using Red Stickles Glitter Glue or Nuvo Crystal Drops, you can add berries to the holly.

• Punch circles of gray cardstock for walkway....set aside.

9. Snow

• Mix equal parts SHAVING CREAM (not Gel) & WHITE GLUE to make snow

• Thoroughly mix Puff Paint with flat paint brush 1⁄4” - 1⁄2” wide.

• Apply paint to corner trim on house.

• Continue applying Puff Paint to all pieces of paper “snow”.

• Swirl brush to give snow texture.

• Cover dormer and peak of roof as well as chimney cap.

• Apply dabs of snow on top of windows and door. (fig 3-a)

• Spread Puff Paint to base swirling around trees. Apply to base of house as well.

• Press gray circles you set aside to create a walk way in front of the door.

• Sprinkle glitter on “snow” while it is still wet.

• Snow will puff up as it dries.

• Allow snow to dry overnight.