Build Your Own Distress Christmas Village
Hi Bloggers! Happy Friday before Christmas! If you’re anything like me, you’re feeling the holiday pinch a little tighter now and getting in last minute shopping & baking before the parties and celebrations begin! I instantly smiled when I saw this sweet village created by Nicole Wright, and thought you (our readers) would enjoy as well!
As you may expect, since this is Die-Cember™, there were a lot of dies used in making this village! See the supplies list below for the full list!
Join me in “visiting” this quaint Christmas village, won’t you? ….
Welcome to my little Christmas village. Well maybe not so little. Nicole here and I am thrilled to be a guest here and show you my Christmas Village. I’ve always wanted a Christmas village so this year I decided to build one. I used two 1 foot pieces of wooden plank and a 2 foot plank, painted white. This makes it easier for storing.
Supplies Used:
I cut grunge board with the artful dwellings die creating the houses. I cut each roof with chipboard creating a 1/4″ over hang.
All the buildings are layered with paper stash Christmas kraft resist paper. Then I used distress stain picket fence, weathered wood and iced spruce.
I adore enamel tags and use them on everything! The Christmastime remnant rubs are so fun as well.
The Christmas tinsel twine is a great addition to the houses and is a great way to hide the edging.
For this 3D luminary I tucked a little vintage Santa inside and used a cracked glass technique for the windows.
Using the movers and shapers mini wreath and mini soldiers covered in distress glitter makes the church festive!
Combining different movers and shapers brings these reindeer to life.
These corked domes are so versatile. Below I’ve used the cracked glass technique again and tucked a caroler inside.
More notes:
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The mini openings are a must for making windows lined with clear acetate. When the lights are on it creates a warm glow from within.
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I have a lot of trees. I found vintage ornaments at my dollar store and hot glued them onto the branches.
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A little battery operated string of lights weaves in and out of all the houses. There are also colored lights for the trees.
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At night all a glow this little Christmas village twinkles and sparkles.
Thank you so much for checking out my Christmas village. I invite you to swing by my blog to see more of my creations.
Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Nicole for providing us fabulous and unique inspiration!
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What a beautiful undertaking! Love all the details in your village!
That’s so awesom, lot of work but totally woth it.
it’s a stunning village, love it!!!
AAAAAh wie schön ist das denn, wunderbar ist das
lg gila
Wow, what a project!
What a wonderful creation! Much work involved I assume…
How beautiful!
This is so beautiful and u can imagaine being in that Christmas Village walking down the street seeing so much festivity. OMG! It has Tim Holtz wrote all over. TYFS Very Festive.
wow–this is a fantastic project.
Wow that is truly breathtaking and beautiful! So many cool details.
this is so cool – thanks for sharing!
Sandra ltb
This is amazing!
Wow, this is amazing. Look at all the details. Simply stunning!
Wow! So intricate :D
TFS!
I love any kind of Christmas village. Something about those little houses…
Oh, my it’s simply wonderful!
OMG !! This is one of the best creation ever !!!
Hugs from France
Lunéa♥
Absolutely fabulous, just so creative and beautiful to look at!!!
What a labor of love! And it looks like so much fun! Thank you for sharing your Christmas village!
Amazing and lovely
This is gorgeous–I can’t imagine how many hours it took to construct!
It took me 5 days to build this Village Sheri:)
Wow – it’s stunning! This has to be one of the best christmas paper craft projects I have seen to date. I love it!!!
Wow! Stunning Winter Village. I agree that the mini opening dies make all the difference. I’m so lucky to have these already, but the rest of the dies will be going on my wish list.
Fabulous, stunning, beautiful…..all that and a true labor of love! Wow!
amazing village!
Thanks for the holiday fun!
So very pretty! and so much detail! Great job!
AWESOME village! Very detailed, fun, and gorgeous. What fun this must have been to build …. !!! :)
Wow! Awesome creation, looks like it would have taken ages to make! x
Absolutely stunning!
Fabulous Village Nicole….ie…Canadian Nickel….you are so amazing in all thing creative….and this is breathtaking….love, love it. TFS
Amazing … to build and to keep for years. TFS ;-)
Hooray for Canadian talent!! :) Nice job!
WOW! What a lot of work. Gorgeous village!!!
Wow, this is incredible! It looks like it was a ton of fun to make, too!
Wow! that is just amazing! what a fun project for Christmas
This is simply AMAZING!
Would love to have this on my mantel, gorgeous project.
The village is gorgeous! Wish it was in my home this Christmas!
Wow! What an amazing project!!!
Absolutely amazing project. Definitely an idea for next Christmas.
What an undertaking this is!
Fabulous!
Carla from Utah
What a brilliant idea! I so want to make one! But I think I’ll wait until my boy is a little older and can build it with me. Still – pinning this idea!
This is just absolutely beautiful. What alot of work yet so creative and so lovely.
Merry Christmas to all.
Amazing project. I can’t stop looking at the first image, so many details. Amazing work!!
So fabulous with all the detail and glitter!
What a beautiful project!
What a cool village!
lovely Christmas village thanks for sharing it with us.
Wow such an awesome project!