Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tissue Box House Tutorial


Today I thought I would do a tutorial on how to alter a chipboard house to make it hold a box of tissue.



I start with a plain chipboard house. I think most craft stores have them. I get mine at Hobby Lobby. It sells for about $4, unless I can catch it on sale.


First I take a box cutter and score the top of the chimney.


After I score the top I can start to remove the "square".



This is what it looks like after removing the "square".



Now It's time to cut a whole through the roof.



Now you can see through the chimney.



Now a small square box of tissue can fit inside.



Now it's ready to decorate.



It's a bit time coconsuming to make shingles, but I love the texture it gives the house. If you look at some of the other ones I have posted on my blog, you'll see some of them are painted, rectangular shingles or patterned paper. All of the houses that I've made I've sealed them with Mod Podge. It's gives them a nice sheen and strength to the shingles too.



I fill the windows with Liquid Glass which gives them a nice reflection. The window frames are created with square nesting dies, then just adding a small strip of paper for the criss cross. The front door is placed on a tiny hinge so you can open and close it.  For this house I thought it would be fun to add the little white picket fence. The patterned papers and butterflies give it a touch of whimsy.



http://ferrellgraph-x.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn-tissue-box-house.html

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http://ferrellgraph-x.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-tissue-house.html

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http://ferrellgraph-x.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-gingerbread-house.html

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I hope you liked them and are inspired to make one too. If you check out the links you will see some more photographs of the houses. I'm still working on trying to take better pictures. :)

This is being linked to Cheery Lynn Designs, Embellish Magazine, Tatertots and Jello and
Passionately Artistic.

42 comments:

  1. What a wonderful ideaea - thanks for sharing. =0)

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  2. WOW this is a great idea! Love the tissue box house! So great with those colors too! Thanks for participating in the Color Trends Challenge.

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  3. How cute,I love them all.Australia is not the best place for craft items and I have never seen any little houses like these .Sooo cute.

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  4. Lovely project, Jennifer. Thanks for sharing the idea!!

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  5. wow I'm speechless, this is amazing!
    Thank you so much for linking to Clear It OUt

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  6. These houses are just adorable!! I love this clever idea - you are a very creative lady. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration x

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  7. This is BEAUTIFUL and GENIUS! Thanks for sharing it! ;)

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  8. These are fantastic. Thanks for sharing them with us and for joining us at Stamping with the Dragon this week. You've definitely inspired me to give these a try.

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  9. Beautiful take on the theme this week at Stampin with the Dragon, thank you for joining us
    Hugs Kate xx
    PS I have candy if you are interested

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  10. WOW WOW WOW! This is absolutely stunning! What a wonderful idea! Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!

    Lauren

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  11. Wow! This is super! I have seen those chipboard houses at Hobby Lobby. What a good job you did.
    Thanks for joining Tuesday Throwdown this week.

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  12. Your tissue box is very very cute. Your card is beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge!

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  13. Wow! Fantastic. Thanks for joining us at Stamping with the Dragon!

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  14. very creative. Thanks for playing in the hearts challenge with the Friends of Speedy the cat. Wishing you luck in the drawing.

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  15. Your houses are just amazing, girl! I have had one of these unfinished in my craft room for over a year. You've inspired me to decorate it! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  16. Beyond awesome houses. I love them. Thanks for joining us at Stamping With The Dragon.

    Hugs,
    Beth

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  17. Please write on your post you ar join us at deep ocean challene blog!! thiis amazing!

    hugssxx

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  18. OH WOW!!!This is fantastic! I love this idea. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!
    Hugs,
    LIM :)

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  19. Your houses are wonderful! So glad you linked up at Craft Us Crazy!

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  20. WOW!!! This is a wonderful creation! I love the Christmas house and the lovely colours you have used. Thanks for playing along with CSAYL this week!!!

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  21. Phenominal!!! I love each and every one! Thanks for entering our CSAYL challenge!

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  22. Darling and beautifully done!! Awesome work!!

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  23. thanks for the comment and I will cross everything for us both to win
    Kate x

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  24. These are very cool. Thanks so much for sharing with Creative Belli!

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  25. Fun fun fun! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Stampin All Year Long!

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  26. This is absolutely amazing Thanks for joining us at Stamping with the dragon

    xx

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  27. Your boxes are just extraordinary! I love that you posted pictures for all of the work this took! Thanks for joining us at Stamping with the Dragon! Good luck,
    Tammy Louise

    You're invited to share in my blogversary candy if you collect :)

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  28. these are amazing! thanks for sharing them with us at AIF!
    Tammy DT Lead

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  29. OH MY GOSH!! OH... OH MY GOSH!! wonderful idea, is something... wow!! Great great job, and thank you for the "tutorial", really usefull! I saw your comment on Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, so I decided to run here for discover what you talkes about and... I SAW THIS!!

    Hugs,
    Elena

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  30. This is just awsome;) Sucha great idea and love how it turned out.Thanks for playing at Totally Gorjuss this week and good luck. Bettina

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  31. But please remember to link it so it is in the draw for a prize;)Bettina

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  32. WOW these are super delightful. I love all the different Holiday ones. That is so cool and so creative. Beautifully done. Thank you so much for playing along with Speedy's Friends. It is so much fun to come to see your work. Hope to see you again next week.

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  33. This is really lovely. Don't forget to link to By the Cute and Girly to be enable to participate in the challenge. Hugs, Hanna

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  34. Wow! Each one has such personality and I love them all!

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  35. WOWSERS!
    This is so gorgeous! Love the whole idea and it´s so cool to see the "smoke" coming out of the chimney :) Cool :)

    Thank you so much for joining us at DOC :)
    hUGS

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  36. These are such amazing projects! The details are great- like the shingles....! Fun fun! Thanks for joining us at the Belli Challenge.

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  37. Wow! This tissue box house is amazing! I love the matching card too!!! Thanks for the tutorial, and for playing along with us!

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  38. So cute and I love to alter the little houses! I have one sitting in my craft room waiting for me..but I may use it at Christmas time :)

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  39. Cute. Love your altered house. Congrats on Emblish shoutout.

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  40. Oh that is too cool! I have one of those houses from HL too, and I still haven't altered it. I love your ideas! Congrats on the Embellish card!

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