Christmas Village

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 We all love and dream of those snowy Christmas Villages with icicles dripping off the rooftops and windows. Sitting inside by the fire on a cold winters night drinking mulled wine or hot chocolate. 

This village was lots of fun to create and brought back memories of old favorite Christmas stories that were read and watched over the years. Let’s get started. 

Lots of grit paste was used to give the snow effect, and layered icicles to give dimension. 

Cover the base with crackle paste, leave it to dry. Then cover the first house in crackle paste quite thickly to get a reasonable crackle over the house. When dry then spray Pewter distress. 

For the roof, use a heart punch and punch out enough hearts to lay them on the roof upside down to give a tile effect. Use a light patterned fabric paper using tacky glue. 

Fix the roof to the house, start placing the die-cut icicles on, then the fun begins with grit paste! I use my fingers for this but you might want to use a fine paintbrush. 

Use a brown permanent ink to colour the next house, then using the crackle paste and a brick stencil to make the walls of the house. Then leave to dry overnight. 

For the roof, I added some dried moss and glued it on covering the entire roof. 

Then I sprayed it a dark brown and left it to dry overnight. 

Add some soft gel to the dried brickwork and sprinkle a fine glitter over it. 

Paint all the window frames and cut out a frosted translucent paper then use alcohol ink to dye.

This gives a warm glow to the windows. Then glue on and cut around the edges.

Start to assemble the bay windows and attach. 

 To make the third house, use crackle paste for the roof, let dry then use soft translucent gel and cover. Use a fine glitter and cover liberally to give it a nice subtle sparkle.use crackle paste for the rest of the house. Assemble the house together adding icicles and grit paste. 

Add the three houses to the base. 

Paint the trees black and highlight with a little rust paste. Add more grit paste where you think it might need more. Add the pond, which is tin foil with glossy assents poured over the top, to give a frosted pond effect. 

Enjoy!