×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Do you know someone who loves castles or princesses or knights and dragons, then this Easy Castle Pop-Up card is perfect for them.You can make it easily with your Cricut or other cutting machine. Or by hand if you are so inclined. The pop-up mechanism is simple enough that you could use it with cutting dies or other cut outs.This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.Table of ContentsDownload the free pattern from the Paper Glitter Glue library.Cut out the pattern pieces for the...…×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Do you know someone who loves castles or princesses or knights and dragons, then this Easy Castle Pop-Up card is perfect for them.You can make it easily with your Cricut or other cutting machine. Or by hand if you are so inclined. The pop-up mechanism is simple enough that you could use it with cutting dies or other cut outs.This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.Table of ContentsDownload the free pattern from the Paper Glitter Glue library.Cut out the pattern pieces for the...WW…

×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Once you have completed your miniature cardboard house, you need to make a good solid cardboard base that supports the house well and allows you a good way to add light to the windows. Since I want to be able to add lots of embellishments around the house and be able to vary it for different seasons, I made the base pretty big. It's about 9.5 inches wide x 7 inches deep. That gives me room to add lots of bottle brush trees and probably a stone wall later on.You can find this free pattern for this house and many more in my Paper Glitter Glue...…×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Once you have completed your miniature cardboard house, you need to make a good solid cardboard base that supports the house well and allows you a good way to add light to the windows. Since I want to be able to add lots of embellishments around the house and be able to vary it for different seasons, I made the base pretty big. It's about 9.5 inches wide x 7 inches deep. That gives me room to add lots of bottle brush trees and probably a stone wall later on.You can find this free pattern for this house and many more in my Paper Glitter Glue...WW…

×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!This fun Christmas wreath is made with the 12 Christmas houses from the 12 Houses for Christmas challenge. It's a great set of patterns for learning how to make Putz Houses.What is a Putz house? The name for Putz houses evolved from the German word "putzen" which means to clean or to decorate. And the name was acquired by little houses that were placed around the nativity scene for Christmas decorations in the early 1900s. Yes, these adorable little houses have been around for about 100 years. Designs and materials have varied dramatically...…×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!This fun Christmas wreath is made with the 12 Christmas houses from the 12 Houses for Christmas challenge. It's a great set of patterns for learning how to make Putz Houses.What is a Putz house? The name for Putz houses evolved from the German word "putzen" which means to clean or to decorate. And the name was acquired by little houses that were placed around the nativity scene for Christmas decorations in the early 1900s. Yes, these adorable little houses have been around for about 100 years. Designs and materials have varied dramatically...WW…

×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!This delightful little Gothic Halloween house gift box can hold candy or treats. It's another fun paper craft project for Halloween that you can make quickly. But remember you can always change the colors to make it suitable for another season.This is the third house in my series of candy boxes or gift boxes. I call it a Gothic Halloween house because of the exaggerated angle of the roof.Here's a link to the first candy box. And here is a link to the second version of the candy box. What I like best is the roof shingles. There are a several...…×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!This delightful little Gothic Halloween house gift box can hold candy or treats. It's another fun paper craft project for Halloween that you can make quickly. But remember you can always change the colors to make it suitable for another season.This is the third house in my series of candy boxes or gift boxes. I call it a Gothic Halloween house because of the exaggerated angle of the roof.Here's a link to the first candy box. And here is a link to the second version of the candy box. What I like best is the roof shingles. There are a several...WW…

×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!When I needed Christmas cards this year, I decided to make them based on my previous Amsterdam canal houses designs. So these are based on those incredibly interesting houses along the canals in Amsterdam. And I am so happy with how the Amsterdam House Christmas cards turned out.If you want to read the fascinating history of the Amsterdam canal houses, you can read more here.And if you would like to see the other paper houses made with these shapes, check out these versions:This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click...…×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!When I needed Christmas cards this year, I decided to make them based on my previous Amsterdam canal houses designs. So these are based on those incredibly interesting houses along the canals in Amsterdam. And I am so happy with how the Amsterdam House Christmas cards turned out.If you want to read the fascinating history of the Amsterdam canal houses, you can read more here.And if you would like to see the other paper houses made with these shapes, check out these versions:This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click...WW…