Tim Holtz Bell Tower Die with Shari Carroll
Happy Saturday everyone and welcome back to the blog! For the last couple months I’ve been making paper houses to display as decoration for the holidays. I’ve created a Surf Shack, Victorian Manor, Haunted House and Gingerbread house, all very different with various techniques and treatments for you to try.
I worked with the Tim Holtz Bell Tower die to create a clean and simple church to add to village. I wanted to keep it pristine looking so I added soft colored printed papers from the Prima Salvage collection to create a vintage look without being too grungy.
I added thin strips of paper to the sides of the structure to look like shiplap and was pleasantly surprised to see how it looked once I put a battery votive inside. The spaces between the strips allowed the light to glow through.
I have filmed the entire process of how to create my project, you can view the video below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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I hope I’ve inspired you to create a village for the holidays! Thanks for stopping by!
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These are fun to look at!
That is utterly stunning…so serene and winter white. Beautiful job! Cheers.
Very beautiful! Love the white color. Reminds me of the pretty churches in Goa!
Love this church!!!!
Beautiful. Nikki
This is so beautiful! I’m curious how much time it took you to make? My co-worker loves shiplap. Wish I had a little more time this holiday season to recreate one for her.
I just love these village houses. This one is so pretty in white with the touch of pattern paper on the roof.
That’s just stunning! I love the siding that you added.
This is so beautiful. Love these village houses. thank you so much for sharing.
What a lovely little village church Shari! It will look sweet with some of the other style houses for a holiday mantle.
Beautiful church and looks like a lot of fun to make!
BEautiful! I’d love to see a whole village of the paper houses!
You really pulled off the country church look with the siding technique. Love the glow the votive gives.
So beautiful and hard to believe you die cut these.
What a great project!
This is adorable Shari. Reminds me of an old one room school house. Your little village will be beautiful for the holidays!
this is beautiful and i luv that you made it light up such a fun decoration idea
Sweeet project! Every year I ‘have plans’ to create a village, however it hasn’t happened yet! But your project has inspired me to get started on one later today…hopefully!
Love all of Tim Holtz’s buildings.
Love, love, love your little church project! Why buy pre-made when you can create your own little village!
I LOVE this gorgeous bell tower! This is a beautiful piece to a little Christmas village!
Holiday Hugs!
Michele
Absolutely stunning! Wow!
Shari, your little church is just lovely!
This is too cute. Perfect to top any winter decoration.
Absolutely love this little church. I’m totally obsessed with miniatures. Great job.
This is a beautiful project! I love the all white little church. That would make such an adorable little Christmas village.
Very nice! Love how you added the light to make it glow!
You inspired me so much Shari with your tut for the gingerbread house. so much so that I have just completed the bell tower and village Winter to go with my gingerbread house.
Thank you!
Festive hugs. Donna xx
Lots of work with a great look -love it! TFS
Awesome video showing “how she did it” Love how thi turned out with all the addons
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Love the church and so pretty when the vetiver is lit!
OH SHARI! THIS IS GORGEOUS!!!! I have been wanting this one & I haven’t taken the plunge yet, but my husband saw this as I was watching…… So, even he said, “You’ll have to get that!” LOL ;) I JUST LOVE MY HUBBY! LOL He is QUITE the “enabler!” ;)
very cool.
Beautiful. Its your added details that make the whole project. I would love to do one of these.
How do you store them after the holidays?
Hours of fun and entertainment with these fab dies – thanks for sharing:)
Love the village church with the ship lap! Wonderful job.
Wonderful project, worth all the hard work!!!
Wow! Just absolutely stunning!
Beautiful! I wish they made these smaller to fit cuttlebug!!
So beautiful! Must’ve been a lot of work even with dies.
OH MY GOODNESS Shari, I ♥ THIS! The light shining through is gorgeous! This is SO like something I would make! What a beautiful collection you must have by now! A great job!
Amazing! I especially love the light shining through – surprises abound.
Thanks for the great video on how to construct the church! I love your shiplap and the muted tones you used for the windows and roof. It makes this project so versatile. I keep thinking how beautiful it would look as part of an Easter centerpiece.
Wow! Stunning project!
So very neat & very cool! Thanks, Denise
I love this tower die!!
I’ve always loved little villages! The church looks so neat lit up.
Great project! :)
So much inspiration…so pretty! I just got my first house die…..it’s sitting there, looking at me, waiting to be played with!