Have you ever seen such a charming little die cut village?
I cannot get over how many different ways you can use this adorable little die cut village complete with seven sweet structures, including a little country church. This is called the Winter Village Die set but as you can see, it is totally adaptable to all our glorious seasons.
The Card Base and Frame
- Cut a white A2 sized card base and a 5.50″ x 4.25″ green layer.
- Attach the green layer to the card base using ATG adhesive.
- Cut the scalloped frame layer using light blue cardstock.
- Use the second die from the set to cut the inner frame opening. Pro Tip: I secured the die in place using masking tape to guarantee a centered cut.
- Cut the clouds using white cardstock and the 2 grass layers using green cardstock.
- Apply ATG adhesive to the back top of the frame and attach the cloud section.
- Apply ATG adhesive to the back bottom of the frame and attach one grass section.
The Scene Base
- Use blue cardstock to cut a blue layer for the scene background.
- Attach the second grass layer to the blue scene base using ATG adhesive.
- Apply mounting tape to the back of the frame and attach it to the blue scene background.
- Apply ATG adhesive to the back of the blue scene background and attach to the card base.
The Houses and Church
- Cut the church and houses twice each using white cardstock.
- Color one set of the two houses using blue markers.
- Color the roof sections of one set of the buildings using brown markers.
- Cut the roof sections off of the buildings and attach them to the second set of buildings using glossy accents.
- Attach small pieces of vellum to the back of both houses to cover the windows using glossy accents.
- Apply red and mustard yellow alcohol ink to a small piece of white cardstock to create a stained glass appearance for the church windows and blend the two colors using a clear alcohol marker.
- Attach the colored cardstock to the back of the church using glossy accents.
The Tree, Leaves and Tiny Flower Stems
- Use brown cardstock to cut one branch section of the tree.
- Use green cardstock to cut the tiny acorn bottoms, place them face up on the molding pad and form them using the leaf tool.
- Attach the leaves to the trees using glossy accents. Pro Tip: I love to use my reverse tweezers from my tool set to pick up and attach small pieces like the tiny leaves.
- Cut a second branch section of the tree die using green cardstock.
- Trim off several small tips of the branches to use as flower stems.
- Punch out several 1/16″ red circles and attach them to the branch tips using glossy accents.
Assemble the Die Cut Village Scene
- Tuck the houses and church in behind the grass sections and attach to the scene base using pieces of mounting tape.
- Apply a thin rope of double stick tape to the back of the tree and attach to the scene base background.
- Tuck the little flower stems in behind the grass sections and attach using glossy accents.
- Finish the scene by cutting a small flower section using yellow cardstock and attach it in behind the cloud using mounting tape.
Check out my Pretty Winter Slimline post to see this village set done in all blue and white with touches of green and red.
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I am really loving how many different little scenes I am picturing using these detailed tiny elements from this die cut village set!
Oh I love the dimension of the village, great clouds, love how it is all framed!
I adore little village scenes and this one is just adorable! Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration.