Violets on the Roof

Spring Paper House - Violets on the Roof

I kind of go crazy if I don't make a house about every week. I thought of this house to go with a specific challenge, but then realized it didn't fit with the challenge rules. Fortunately, Simon Says Stamp to the rescue! The Monday challenge is "Things with Wings" so it fits here.

I finally a made a pattern for this house - it's the Spring Blossom Fairy House. The windows are different, but the structure of the house is the same. You can find the free in the April 2020 section of the Paper Glitter Glue library. It's design number 82.

Violets on the Roof Easter House front view

Violets on the Roof Easter House. The violets are made with heavy watercolor paper that was curled and painted.

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How to make Realistic Paper Violets

I figured violets on the roof would be perfect for Easter so I made a bunch from the smallest flower on the Tattered Florals Tim Holtz die. I painted a piece of watercolor paper with Wilted Violet Distress Paint then cut them out with the die. I indented the center of each flower on a piece of foam with an embossing tool and then curled the petals around a small metal crochet hook to give them more dimension. I painted the centers with a bright yellow. I would have preferred some paint which made a better blob in the middle but I didn't have anything else. I could have used gold, yellow works better here with all the chicks in the windows.

Make the stenciled surface on the Violets on the Roof house

The house was painted with Tumbled Glass Distress Paint and then stenciled with texture paste with one of the new stencils by Stampers Anonymous called Bubbles. I am eagerly awaiting the one that mimics stone, but it's not here yet. I colored over the stenciled areas with a Broken China Distress Crayon.

DIY Easter Grass

The window frames are all from the Village Manor where I cut out the cross pieces to show the birds in the windows. Some of the cross pieces were used in the front extension which you can barely see in the picture above. Also there is the Easter grass. I wanted the base to look like it was covered with Easter grass, but I didn't want to buy any.

So I made my own DIY Easter grass by running green card stock through my shredder. If you do that, be sure to run the shredder back and forth to get the regular paper out of the blades before you cut your colored paper. I put a piece of plain cardstock inside the shredder to catch the green cuttings. I am quite tickled about the Easter grass.

Bunnies - every Springtime or Easter house needs Bunnies, right?

The bunnies were punched out of thick card stock. I glued about 3 layers together to make them stronger then drew on a little pink nose and dots for eyes.

Bird's eye view of the Spring Paper house

The underlayer of the roof was painted with Peeled Paint Distress Paint. In retrospect, I should have used a watered down version of Mowed Lawn to match the grass better. Mowed Lawn is a greener green. Peeled Paint is an olive green.

Bird on the paper house roof along with the violets

Bird on the Roof

The bird on the roof is a Tim Holtz punch by Sizzix. I couldn't get it to stand up very well so I used some tiny flowers to brace the bird on each side. The chimney is stamped with bricks from a Stampendous stamp set called Cottage Home.

Another view of the front addition roof with smaller violets

The smaller flowers on the front extension are from an EK Success punch.

Back view of Violets on the Roof paper house

I still generally put a light hole in the back like traditional putz houses have, but I also made a hole in the base where an LED light can be inserted easily.

Well, that's the "Violets on the Roof" house. Again, I am tickled about the Easter grass. I think it adds a nice dimension to the base and the bunnies look so cute embedded in the grass. I am sharing this with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Feel free to pin this to your favorite board.

Lucy

Violets on the Roof - Spring Paper House

P.S. There is not a pattern for this house at this time. I do intend to make one, but I am not sure when.

Spring Paper House - Violets on the Roof

How to make Realistic Paper Violets

Make the stenciled surface on the Violets on the Roof house

DIY Easter Grass

Bunnies - every Springtime or Easter house needs Bunnies, right?

Bird on the Roof

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