I just got the new Village Brownstone by Tim Holtz and Sizzix. It's a very nice die that makes it easy to make a little building. It certainly adds to Village Dwelling series and makes me look forward to the future variations.
I decided for my first one I would make a rather traditional Putz house - a Christmas Church. Making the steeple and tower is the hardest part. The building structure itself is a breeze to make. The windows are lovely. My only comment about the windows and doors is that they make it harder to modify the building, not impossible, but a little bit harder.
I decided to use Snowtex on the roof because my seams for the steeple tower didn't look good. I didn't paint them well enough before I added glitter so they looked kind of grey. I added the flowers around the base to give a little more color but also to try to cover up some gaps for where the light goes underneath. You can see a bit of a gap in the photo above. The house is kind of narrow so the standard LED light just barely fits. I can do better camouflaging it in a later version. This was just a test version because I was so anxious to use it. Oh, and the roof shingle die is absolutely fabulous. It is so nice not to have to hand cut the shingles which is what I've done on many other houses.
So have fun with the Tim Holtz Village Brownstone. You will think of MANY ways to use this die.
Julie D Star
Is it possible to get the measurments of the brownstone? I have been searching for it and it is no longer available but still would like a template please.
Lucy
Yes. I can get the measurements for you which I will post here and in the blog post. If you would email me at [email protected], I can give you some more information.
Lucy
Julie,
I measured the long width of the Village brownstone house at 2 5/8th inches. The skinny side is 1 7/16th wide. The height to the peak of the gable is 4 3/8 inches. The height of the body of the house is 3 1/16. The cutout arched doorway is 2 inches high and the door that goes on top is 2 1/4 inches. The width of roof (across the long axis of the house) is 3 inches wide. And the long axis of the roof with the score line in the middle is 4 1/8 inch. The score line on the roof is at 2 1/16 inches.
So obviously, if I was going to make a house with similar proportions I would make the front 2.5 inches x each skinny side 1.5 inches across. Then the height at the gable would be 4.25 inches high. The height below the gable would be 3 inches. And I like my roofs to have more of an overhang than Tim's houses. He has size constraints that I don't have. I would make the roof 3.25 inches wide and 4.25 inches long with the score line at 2.125 inches.
I just realized that I have two patterns with very similar proportions - the Plaster House and Halloween houses Nos. 10 and 11 from the 2018 Halloween series. Both of these houses are a little taller, but you could make them shorter easily enough.
I hope that helps you. Let me know.
Lynn Koeppen
So European looking!
Mandy
Gorgeous Church Lucy! It's so cute, love it 🙂
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx