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Haunted Holtzville – First House of the Halloween Village Dwelling Series

Lucy · August 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

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View of the distressed, crackle siding on the Halloween Village Brownstone paper house
One of the Tim Holtz Village Dwelling dies – the Village Brownstone – altered into a spooky Halloween House

Tim Holtz Village Dwelling Dies for Haunted Holtzville

Finally, I made one of the Haunted Holtzville houses based on the Village Dwelling dies from Sizzix and Tim Holtz. This one is the Tim Holtz Village Brownstone altered as a Halloween house. I am making a little village – Holtzville – really, Haunted Holtzville, with the Village dwelling dies. I am eagerly awaiting the Village Manor to complete the village.

First Altered Village Dwelling House for Halloween

You may recall the very first Halloween house I made with the Village Dwelling dies was this little paper house with the bat embossed roof on a spooky book as a base.
Ghost side view of Halloween Village Dwelling
Ghost side view of the Halloween Tim Holtz Village Dwelling

 

This Halloween Village Brownstone is second Village Dwelling house in the series for Haunted Holtzville. My plan was to unveil the entire village together but today’s challenge on the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge is “Make for the Border” and since the fence functions as a border to this little house it fits perfectly with the challenge (in my mind, anyway) I decided to go ahead and post it.

Altered Tim Holtz Village Brownstone Die

The basic house die is the Village Brownstone. I altered it by using 2 back pieces so I could make a different, less ornate door which you can see below.

Comparison of the Village Brownstone paper house die cut front and back pieces
Usual front of the Tim Holtz Village Brownstone compared to the altered Halloween Village Brownstone

Siding for the Village Dwelling House

Then I made rough sawn plank siding with the Tim Holtz torn notebook die and painted the pieces with black gesso covered with Picket Fence crackle paint. The edges of the planks were distressed with Black Soot distress paint.

View of the distressed, crackle siding on the Halloween Village Brownstone paper house
The crackle painted siding shows up well on this view of the Halloween Village Brownstone

Village Rooftops for Shingles

The roof is the Tim Holtz Village rooftop die that looks like wooden shakes. I love this die. I edged these shakes with some Picket Fence distress paint after painting them black with black gesso. It gives them a spookier dimension.

Fencing to Protect the Haunted Holtzville Miniature House

The fence – the border, rather – is the retired Tim Holtz On the Fence edge die, but sometimes still available online. It is made of 2 layers of cardboard glued together and distressed with Ground Espresso and Black Soot Distress Paint. Using a section of the fence I cut out 2 cross pieces to look make it look like a gate. I put 2 cardboard strips behind the gate section to make it stick out beyond the fence. I also drew in some nail holes just for a fun detail.

Halloween Village Brownstone Paper house or Halloween Putz house
Front view of the Halloween Village Brownstone house for Haunted Holtzville

Cardboard Base for the Little Cardboard House

The base is just cardboard built up in layers so the ground looks uneven. I painted it with an ochre acrylic paint and distressed with Black Soot and Ground Espresso distress paints. The leaves are from Tim Holtz Sizzix punches along with a few other miscellaneous leaf punches. I made the pumpkins from sculpey, but now Tim Holtz has come out with some Idea-ology pumpkins that would be perfect here.

Other Decor for this Halloween Village Dwelling House

The tree is one of my standard trees in the background – the Tim Holtz Branch Tree which is retired, I think. You can still get it online though on Amazon or Ebay. You can substitute the Sizzix Bigz Bird Branch as a tree. I’m going to do that on one of the other houses. You can see an example of the branch as a tree on my Red, White, and Bluebird Clock house. I love the little owl from the Sizzix Halloween shadows die. I wish they would make the owl and what I call the “mouthy pumpkin” into a punch because I use them so much. My Halloween crafting would be simpler if they did.
Halloween Village Brownstone paper house or putz house
Back view of the Halloween Village Brownstone showing the Branch tree with the Owl and some fallen leaves
Tim Holtz Halloween Village Brownstone view of paper house or Halloween putz house
Tim Holtz Village Brownstone altered to be a Halloween house in the Haunted Holtzville village
Mostly this miniature paper house I used Tim Holtz products because I love them so much. And because the Halloween options are so incredible.
Haunted Holtzville Village Dwelling, Village Brownstone paper house
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I hope you enjoyed the introduction this little house of the Haunted Holtzville series. More to come.

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  1. Karen Wade says

    August 21, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    Very cute! I am so in the mood for Halloween and Autumn.

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  2. debby4000 says

    August 24, 2016 at 8:38 am

    WOW what an amazing work fabulous haunted house.
    Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Luv
    Debby

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