Now that the base is dry...

So, now that our base is dry, and our frame is glued to the paper and it's all whitewashed and dry... let's play a bit more...

First thing you need to do is cut away any excess paper from around the shape of the house pieces. 
Don't forget to cut out the windows and door as well.  Bend all the score lines, and don't be surprised if you find the paper rips along those lines.  I wasn't real sure how I felt about that the first time I saw it happen, but in the end, with all of the glitter applied, you really don't even notice it.  Glue the tab that should be on one short edge of the house to the inside edge that has no tab... and check it out.. you have a basic house shape... oh, but we are no where near finished yet.

This little house has a support designed to go at the peak of the house.  I highly suggest you DO NOT skip it.  Trust me on this one... I won't give you the gory details, but let's say... learn from my mistakes, you really will need that for the support.

Now, sit that off to dry and let's play with the roof... or at least a part of it.  Looking at how the roof is going to sit on the house I realized that there was going to be a good deal of overhang.  Realizing that, I also realized that I really didn't want the red Coke packaging to show.  Well, obviously that would have to be dealt with.  Best possible way I can think of is to glue paper to it.  Yup, I like that.  Now.. what color shall I make the roof?

I don't want a bright shade of red, but I don't want a pink either... so I mixed some red, a bit of pink... and when I wasn't totally satisfied with that I added a little bit of orange.  The only caution I would give here is that, if you choose to mix your own color, really look at the amount of surface area you are going to be painting, realize that you will likely need to use at least  two coats to make sure the color covers well, and mix accordingly.  I'd much rather have too much paint than have to try to mix again.  Especially if I'm using three or four colors to create the shade I want. Paint all of the pieces you need to, in this case the roof and the roof for the porch, and sit them aside to dry.

Here's where you can create some really interesting effects.  I don't want the edges to be really plain as they are in the photo.  Talk about boring, right?  What I do want are some cute little "gingerbread-ish" sort of edges.  Best way to do that, and add a bit more color... scrapbook paper and decorative scissors.  Of course, I didn't get photos of making those, but it's really simple... I cut strips of a double sided, heavier weight, decorative scrapbook paper.  I really didn't measure how wide the strips were, but I'd bet somewhere just a wee bit past half an inch.  One edge of each paper strip was cut with plain scissors, since both sides didn't need a pattern... after all, they are going to be glued under the edge of the roof... and I had no inclination to fight those decorative scissors to make both edges. I used a scalloped edge, and then I decided that it would be even more cute if I used a wee hole punch to make a hole in the scallop.  Quite pleased with the effort, I made plenty of the edge to glue under the roof sections and around the chimney.

Next comes the assembly... so we'll do that in the next post... I have a whole bunch of the "do as I learned" not the "do as I did" sort of hints for that!