Ashbee Design Silhouette Projects: Buildings

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12.29.2013

Ledge Village • Ski Lodge

Note: Cutting Files are available here!

Winter is here and time for a new addition to your Ledge Village. What better house than a winter ski lodge in the style of a Swiss Chalet?

Project Description:

The Ledge Village is series of 3D buildings and accessories that can be combined in a mix and match fashion to build tiny villages on small ledges around your home. The buildings are thin, with all detail on the front so they fit on small trim ledges. This tutorial is for another house style, the Ski Lodge in the style of a Swiss Chalet.

Other files in the Ledge Village series include:

3D Winter Tree • Tutorial
3D Fullerton House • Tutorial
3D Tower House • Tutorial
3D Haunted Mansion • Tutorial
3D Library • Tutorial
3D Fire Station • Tutorial
3D Store 2 and Park Bench • Tutorial
3D Dormer House • Tutorial
3D Train Station • Tutorial
3D Backyard Necessities - Outhouse and Swing • Tutorial
3D Store and Gazebo File • Tutorial
3D Barn File • Tutorial
3D School House File • Tutorial
3D Church File • Tutorial
3D Cottage File • Tutorial
3D Two Story House File • Tutorial
3D Greek Revival House File • Tutorial

And there are more to come!

Ski Lodge House Tutorial

Tutorial assembled using Silhouette Software Release 2.7.18. This tutorial assumes you already know how to use the Silhouette and Silhouette software.

Supplies Needed:

Template from Silhouette On-Line Store here.
Glue dots 3/16"- a few removable ones as well
Silhouette Cameo or Portrait
Card Stock

Steps for completing the Ski Lodge House:

1. Download the cutting file for your Silhouette Cutting machine from the Silhouette Online Store here.

2. Prepare the files:

The downloaded Silhouette file for the Ski House looks like this. Note this picture was taken before I added the 4 skis.

It is laid out on a 12 x 12" mat and needs to be split into separate files for cutting. Each file will fit on an 8 x 10" piece of card stock so it will work on both a Cameo and Portrait cutting machine.
The parts may be grouped together. Click on it once to select it, then go up to the OBJECT Menu in the Silhouette software and select UNGROUP. This will split it into the separate pieces which you can copy and paste into new Silhouette files (FILE Menu to NEW).

Copy the house front and shudders and paste it into a new file.

Copy all the other pieces except the tree and paste those into a new file.

Cut and paste the tree into a new file, rotate it and create two copies for a total of 3 trees. If using this pattern for a ledge village which will be mounted against the wall, cut only 3 trees. If you are creating a free-standing tree, cut 4.

3. Cut the files.

The settings will depend on the paper you use. I have been using white index card stock and cutting at a speed of 3, a depth of 33 and the blade set to 3.
Carefully remove the cut files from the backing mat.

4. Add all the details to the front of the chalet before assembling the chalet. Start with the shudders.

It is easier to add things before the house is glued into shape.
Start with the shudders. Add glue dots to the back side of each set.

Position them over the matching windows and press in place.

Before adding the porches, bend open each of the doors slightly.

5. Construct both porches and add those to the front.

Fold the bottom of the porch back. There is no dotted line here. You just fold it back right at the base of the fencing as shown in the image.

Each end folds back as well. Again there is no dotted fold line but there should be two uprights and one space on each end.
Fold up the tab and glue in place using a glue dot.
Do this on both ends of the porch railing

Next fold in the tab at the end and fold the tab on the bottom up and over it forming the end corner. Hold in place with a glue dot.

Repeat for both ends of the porch.

And repeat for both porch railings - both the short one and the long one. Note that I have added a section of fencing to the cutting file also. This is not a porch railing and there only if you want to add an optional picket fence to the display.

Attach the porches to the front of the chalet. The short one goes below the top door. The long one goes below the double doors.

6. Add the skis.

Also add the ski sets to the left and right of the lower door.
Use a round tool to slightly curl the tips like skis.

Add a dab of glue and glue the skis in a crossed arrangement.

Glue them to the wall of either side of the ski lodge.

That completes the additions for the front.

7. Construct the house.

Fold all the dotted lines backward away from the porches.

Tuck in the tabs along the bottom and use glue dots to connect them to the side walls.
Keep things square.

Next glue the tab at the roof peak together.

• Put glue dots along all the wall and roof edges and glue the house back in place.

Add glue dots to the roof and add the top roof. Note this photo was taken before I added the scalloped edge. Fold over the scallops to create the decorated trim so common in Swiss Chalets.

8. Assemble the tree.

Cut 3 tree patterns. Leave 1 flat and fold 2 in half.

Glue the pieces together matching the diagram below. It is a view from the bottom looking up.
The black line is one tree left flat.
The red line is the second tree with one half glued to the flat back tree. The blue line is the third folded tree with the other half glued to the back tree.

Put the tree with the chalet and display.
You can also cut another smaller tree to add to the grouping.

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11.10.2013

Tea Light Village Tutorial

2015 Note:

I have continued to expand Tea Light Village and made the files available at my sister site. Visit 3dcuts.com for mote information about additional Tea Light Village Files. I have 9 buildings available now!

Project Description:

Tea Light Village is a tiny series of buildings designed specifically to fit over tiny LED Tea Lights so readily available these days. The lights provide a warm glow which brings life to the village display.

Warning: Only use LED Tea Lights. DO NOT use regular candle tea lights.

I gave my sister-in-law a Tea Light Village fore Christmas this year. She sent me this photo of it on the mantel in their beautiful log home in the Colorado Rockies.

This specific tutorial is for the simple buildings including the cottage, town house and village store.

Files can be purchased as a group at 3dcuts.com here for savings.

Files in the Tea Light Village series include with links to the cutting file at Silhouette:

There are 4 tutorials for the series:

Tea Light Simple Building Tutorial

Tutorial assembled using Silhouette Software Release 2.7.18. This tutorial assumes you already know how to use the Silhouette and Silhouette software.

Supplies Needed:

Templates from Silhouette On-Line Store (links above)
Glue dots 3/16"
Silhouette Cameo or Portrait
Card Stock
Wax paper
Glue
Scissors

Steps for completing the Buildings:

1. Download the cutting file for your Silhouette Cutting machine from the Silhouette Online Store (Link for all three files n the series located above.)

2. Prepare the files:

The downloaded Silhouette file for the combined town house and village shops looks like this. Each building will fit on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of card stock or can be cut from a 12 X 12" sheet depending on your Silhouette size and paper supplies.

To use a Portrait or smaller paper, copy and paste the appropriate pieces into a new file.
Note: If all the parts are grouped together, you will need to ungroup them to move them.
Select the image, go up to the OBJECT menu and down to UNGROUP. Then copy and paste the parts needed into a new document.

Here is the town house on an 8.5 x 11 page.

And here is a layout for the village shops: You may need to rotate and rearrange parts to fit everything on one page.

3. Cut the files

The cut settings will depend on the paper you use. I have been using white index card stock and cutting at a speed of 3, a depth of 33 and the blade set to 3.
Carefully remove the cut files from the backing mat.

4. Add wax paper scraps to the inside of all the windows. This will allow the candle light to have a more natural glow.

I cut rectangles of wax paper to fit the windows on each side.
Use regular paper glue to hold these in place.

5. Assemble the building.

First fold all dotted lines in ( toward the wax paper side).

Using glue dots, connect the side walls together.
Work to keep things square. Bottom edges should line up.

Place glue dots along the tabs for the roof. Apply then to the portion closest to the fold first and press the roof in place.

And then continue to the other side of the roof including gluing the tab that slides down by the side wall.

Add glue dots to the first roof and then glue on the roof cover which adds the overhangs.
Work to center the roof.

Now, make additional buildings and trees to make a complete village scene.
This same set of instructions applies to other Tea Village buildings as well including the town house and village shops.

Kate's Paper Creations

Pam at Get Silvered

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Tea Light Village • Barn

2015 Note:

Project Description:

Tea Light Village is a series of tiny buildings designed specifically to fit over small LED Tea Lights so readily available these days. The lights provide a warm glow which brings life to the village display.

Warning: Only use LED Tea Lights. DO NOT use regular candle tea lights.

This specific tutorial is for the Barn. The barn is in the same file as the cottage. A tutorial for the cottage is here and for the tree ( also included) is here.

Files can be purchased as a group at 3dcuts.com here for savings.

Files in the Tea Light Village series include with links to the cutting file at Silhouette:

There are 4 tutorials

Tea Light Barn Tutorial

Tutorial assembled using Silhouette Software Release 2.7.18. This tutorial assumes you already know how to use the Silhouette and Silhouette software.

Supplies Needed:

Templates from Silhouette On-Line Store (Links above).
Glue dots 3/16"
Silhouette Cameo or Portrait
Card Stock
Wax paper
Glue
Scissors

Steps for completing the Barn:

1. Download the cutting file for your Silhouette Cutting machine from the Silhouette Online Store here (Links to all three cutting files above).

2. Prepare the files:

The downloaded Silhouette file for the barn looks like this. The barn portion fits on 8.5 x 11" paper and can be cut on either a Portrait or Cameo Silhouette. You must separate it from the cottage.

Copy the shapes for the barn and paste them into a new file if you want to cut it from smaller card stock. Here are the two shapes needed for the barn.

3. Cut the files

The cut settings will depend on the paper you use. I have been using white index card stock and cutting at a speed of 3, a depth of 33 and the blade set to 3.
Carefully remove the cut files from the backing mat.

4. Add wax paper scraps to the inside of all the windows. This will allow the candle light to have a more natural glow.