Tim Holtz Village Dies: The Mansion!
Welcome everyone! It’s Shari here with another installment using the Village series dies. I’m looking forward to building a collection that I can put on display for the holidays…like my mom always did with little porcelain houses, all lit up on a blanket of snow.
So….If you were a Victorian house… what kind would you be? I think I would be a colorful artsy one like the one I’ve created with brightly stained resit walls and silver accents. This… makes me Happy!
I’ve only made one alteration from the original “Mansion” design. The suggested roof top is to use the top portion of the fence, but I opted to use the Lace Thinly Die to create my own. I think it gives the house a little more of a dainty look.
So… the roof shingles, these are one of my favorite parts, they are realistic looking with a bit of walnut stain added to the edges. The Village Rooftop dies have three styles, and a roof vent piece too!
For the walls, I used Brushed Pewter Distress Paint to stamp the word images and then used Distress Stains for color creating a resist over the paint.
I’ve created a video which shows how this all comes together that you can watch below , or on our YouTube channel here.
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The victorian House in my second in a series that I’ll be doing through December. If you missed my first “Surf Shack”, you can view it HERE.
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Such a beautiful house! I LOVE it xxx
I love these dies! It would be so cool to use these dies to make a Christmas village for my fireplace mantle :)
Wow!!
Wow, what a great project!
So beautiful.
That’s amazing!
Lovely!
Wow this is awesome! Such an amazing Mansion :)
I love the colors of the mansion. Very cool
Wow–love this!
This is astonishing! You have created a beautiful piece!
Wow!!! Love it!
The Victorian house is just beautiful.
Great siding application on your mansion! Changing the roof trim does give a happier feel, more in line with your mansion’s look.
I love this mansion and the entire Tim Holtz Village series. This one is now on my wish list. Your creation is amazing!
I could see this as an awesome spooky Halloween prop. Great ideas for Christmas decorating too. How cool!
Shari, the Mansion AND the Surf Shack are perfection. Amazing!!
Awesome house and love Tim Holtz!
Amazing project. Love all the beautiful details.
Oh my goodness!!!
Wow Shari! This is an amazing creation! I really enjoyed watching you put it together! Thank you big bunches for sharing your creative process! Hugs Lori
I love the color of your house, it’s awesome. I do love it. Thanks for sharing.
What a super cute house. I love the idea of making a Christmas village too.
Wow!!! Tim Holtz is so creative but your house colors and design is mindblowing!!
I so enjoyed watching you put the house together. The creative way you colored it, etc. is what makes it so special. Really love the idea of putting a Christmas village together.
WOW, a great job Shari! I saw the Surf Shack and loved that as well. A lovely job on the mansion, looks sweet!
Wow, wow, wow!! Such an elaborate creation…love it!!
Shari, you are so unbelievably creative! Such a stinkin’ CUTE lil house!
Wow! What an amazing house! Love the textures and colors!
Wow-simply gorgeous!
Wow! This house is fabulous.
WOW that mansion is awesome, I love the colors and all of the textures.
Oh my this is wonderful!
I love all the aspects of
it. Gorgeous colors and
the shingles are awesome.
Carla from Utah
so in love with this!
Beautiful house!
WoW Is that ever beautiful. Just love it! Thank you for sharing how it was put together. Lovely.
Such an elegant & beautiful house!!! I love the Victorian look!!
Lovely house.
Absolutely gorgeous mansion! I love all the different techniques you used. Such a great tutorial – Thanks for sharing :)
those houses are super cute. what fun they would be to build
thanks for sharing
Great houses!
Wow ! This is amazing! So different to the surf house and so beautiful!
Pretty awesome project!!!
Shari your house is just wonderful. I need to get that die. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow… That’s amazing!
Holy Moly this is stunning:)
Love the house. If I were a victorian house, I would be white with clapboard and a colored trim.
Such an incredible house and fantastic tutorial, thanks Shari!
OMG, LOVE this! I thought the Surf Shack was awesome… this one is just as awesome! TFS!
How fun!!! So many possibilities!