Haunted House Construction Photos

Yesterday, I showed you the Decor Accents Design-a-House that my boys and I created.  Today, I'll show you how we did it.  The house comes white, pre-cut and pre-scored with easy-to-follow instructions.  You can cover your house with cardstock or designer paper, or you could ink it up as we did.

My 4-year-old Timothy and I started with the walls of the house, and decided that we wanted to make the outside a brownish-orange.  We first used River Rock Classic Ink, and swiped the ink pad directly across the outside of the house (aka direct to paper technique) until we were happy with that first coat:

 

Next, we added Crumb Cake Classic Ink, again using the direct to paper technique: 

Here's Tims deciding it needs some Pumpkin Pie ink:

But, first some Soft Suede Classic Ink:

Then, the Pumpkin Pie, both inside and out:

Once we had the color we wanted, we stamped on the outside using the Batty for You and Extreme Elements stamp sets:

We stamped some vellum and adhered that inside using Tombo Multi, for frosted, spooky windows:

Once all the windows were in, we used Sticky Strip to attach the walls to each other:



The house comes with a cute door knob -- we installed that in the front door:

For the roof, I forgot to take photos as we were working, but we used the same direct to paper technique.  We first used Rich Razzleberry, then Basic Gray, followed by Basic Black Classic and a little Basic Black craft.  Again, we used Sticky Strip to attach the roof to the walls of the house. 

And, last but not least, we inked up the chimney to match the house, and attached that to the roof using Sticky Strip:

Hope you are inspired to create your own Haunted House!  If you need supplies, please visit my online store:  http://www.michellevanwiggeren.stampinup.net/ (click shop now to visit the store). 

Thanks for stopping by!

- Michelle

Michelle VanWiggeren