Tim Holtz Village Rooftops - Paper Glitter Glue

When the Tim Holtz Village Rooftops dies from Sizzix arrived to my own real house, I was so happy because it added so much detail and personality to my little houses. I have used them on almost every house since then, I think.

Examples of Paper Houses using the Tim Holtz Village Rooftops

Bat Clock House

Bat Clock Halloween House — Bat Clock House with the Village Rooftops shingles. This die makes shingles that look like wooden shakes.

Raven’s Crest Clock House

Raven's Crest Clock Paper House — Raven’s Crest Clock House was made with the wavy-shaped die shingles.

Widow’s Walk Halloween House

Added Bonus from the Village Rooftop Dies

One cool thing I noticed is that the off cuts can be used for rooftops as well. You can see a little bit of that on the Widow’s Walk Rooftop where I used the off cut around the edge to give some spooky spikes to the edge.

Here are a few photos of the dies and how the off cuts can be used.

Rooftops cut out in cardboard.

Village Rooftop shingles for paper houses — Village Rooftop shingles cut out in cardboard

Rooftop off cuts. Can you see the potential for using these on a rooftop?

Village Rooftop shingle offcuts — Leftover cardboard after cutting out the Village Rooftop shingles

Off cuts separated from the cardboard at the sides. Now they are starting to look more like shingles.

Cardboard shingles from Tim Holtz Village Rooftops — Separate pieces of the left over cut outs from the Tim Holtz Village Rooftops die

Tim Holtz Village Rooftop shingles — Make a few cuts in the top leftover piece to make more shingles.

Rounded Shingles

Staggered shingles for paper houses — Stagger the shingles to add extra dimension to the roofs of your little houses

Staggered shake offcuts

Sometimes I combine these with the regular shakes so you don’t have to cut out as many.

Staggered Pointy off cuts

I think these shingles look a little spookier than the others. I have just the house for this one.

Spiky Shingled Halloween House

Rusted Roof Widow’s Walk with Spiky Detail

Rusted Roof Widow's Walk Halloween Paper House — While this little Halloween house has a rusted roof, I used the spiky detail to outline the Widow’s Walk.

So if you are cutting out a lot of shingles for your little houses, be sure to save the off cut pieces of cardboard or card stock so you can save time and have even more options for decorating your little houses.

As I have said before, I love this die. It has made making the roofs so much more fun. Now I don’t have to cut out shingles by hand anymore.

Tim Holtz Village Rooftops for halloween paper houses — Pin to your favorite Pinterest board for ideas on your next paper house. The houses in this photo are the Haunted Manor, Widow’s Walk Halloween House, Spiky Shingled House and Raven’s Crest Clock House.

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