Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 1 – Peppermint Candy House

Christmas Candy Cane House from Sizzix diePeppermint Candy Christmas House from Sizzix die

I’m delighted to be part of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop featuring 60 designers. That’s 60 designs with instructions each week.

Christmas is just 7 weeks away!  Can you believe it? I chose to make a Peppermint Candy house since the season is so close.

It was really fun to make so here are the materials you need as well as the instructions.

Materials:

#656836; Sizzix Scoreboards Pro Die – House, 3D, by Eileen Hull

Sizzix 12×12 matboard, white

Sizzix Big Shot Pro die cutting machine

1/4 yard red/white stripe fabric

Beacon Fabric-Tac Glue

White batting

Red acrylic paint

Paint brush

Yellow and green card stock

Assorted red and white buttons

Pencil

Instructions –

1.  Fold tabs areas of the house back and trace the outline of the house on the back side of the stripe fabric with a pencil. Cut out adding 1/4″ all the way around the house outline.

2.  Lay the fabric right side  down and glue the house to the back side of the fabric.   Cut an X in the window and door areas, cutting from corner to corner.  Fold the pieces back and glue to the back side of the house.  Fold edges around the house back and glue to the back of the house.  Cut pieces for the door and windows from the card stock and glue to the back side of the house. Fold house and glue together following instructions with the die.

3.  Fold batting in half and cut a piece of batting the width of the roof and adding 1/2″ to the depth.  Lightly glue the batting together between the layers.  Align raw edges of the batting to the back edge so that the fold is over the front edge of the roof.  Glue the batting to the roof.  Put a line of glue on the front edge of the roof and press the batting over the edge. Glue the window and door frames in place.

4.  Paint the roof and door of the small house red and paint red dots on the front. Paint the fence red. Fold house together and glue on the roof. Glue the small house to the larger house, overlapping by 1/3″. Glue buttons to house. Glue fence to attach to house.

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Phyllis

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26 Comments

  1. Very festive Phyllis! I really like the buttons and the bright colors!

  2. Very, Very cute, Phyllis! Love the peppermint look to the house….!

  3. Cute, cute, cute! Love the red and white, so crisp and clean and wintery.

  4. So nice and crisp Phyllis! Love the colors and festive feel 🙂 Thanks for working with my house 🙂

  5. I’m loving the red and white, very fresh and fun! Congratulations on a very cute project!

  6. Putting the little annex to the side . . . brilliant! I love how festive this is. Fabulous!

  7. This is awesome – so cute!

  8. Love how festive and bright! So cool!

  9. Adorable! The final touch of buttons is my absolute favorite.. so cute.

  10. Phyllis- absolutely stunning! I love your version of a candy house

  11. Phyllis, This is so cheery and such a nice clean design. I love what you did with the fence! I’ve always wanted a red fence!

  12. sooo cute! love the colors! makes me long for candy canes! I also like how you used the trees as a back ground prop!

    ~Michelle Cummings

  13. This is so crisp and wintery…love it!

  14. Simple and sweet design. Like the way you placed the pieces.

  15. So pretty! I love all the colors you used.

  16. I’ll bet this will be on a mantle at Christmas time. It would fit perfectly in with those collectible villages!

  17. Love the roof. Makes me want to snuggle up under a big soft, warm blanket!

  18. I love your house, so colorfull and cute!

  19. The bright colors are fantastic. I like the snow effect created by the batting.

  20. What an adorable little Christmas house. It looks so like the little houses we had under my tree a hundred years ago!

  21. Oh so very sweet!! Love the roof, it looks like real snow!!! TFS!!!!

  22. Batting makes a perfect snow covered roof… what a CUTE Peppermint Candy House, TFS!

  23. What a CUTE HOUSE!! It really does remind me of peppermints and holidays.

  24. Your red and white cottage is fabulous! Mahalo for sharing your creative design.

  25. How cute is this! Great job!

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