Build-a-House

As promised yesterday, here is how my Build-a-House turned out:

This was a fun and fairly easy project to complete. It is covered in retired holiday paper, Chocolate Chip cardstock for the trim, chocolate waffle paper for the roof, and Illuminate Smooch on all the trim to give it a glimmer.

I do have some tips on assembling the house:

1. The instructions say to adhere the paper to the chipboard before assembling. I would add one thing – since every piece has some sort of score line, I adhered one “face” at a time. I didn’t do that on the first piece I put together (the chimney) and because the paper was glued on so tight, it sort of cracked a bit at the bend. So on the remaining pieces, I’d glue, bend, glue.
2. Getting the roof on centered side-to-side and front-to-back is a bit tricky if you remove the backing on all the sticky strip for the roof. For future ones I’m going to adhere the front side first, and once I know it is in good position, then take off the backing on the sticky strip on the rear part of the roof.
3. A good part of the roof is exposed, so be sure to cover about 1/2″ to 1″ of the underside with paper too.
4. A coordinating marker does a good job of covering up the white edges of the chipboard. I used Soft Suede here. I also used the marker to color the inside of the chimney.
5. A flame less tea light inside may seem like a good idea, but it just makes it look like the house is on fire. Need to work on that idea bit – maybe cover the tea light up a bit?