And ended up with this

I made two of these...one for each of my sisters.

 

To make a glitter or putz house, I started with a small cereal box and a pattern (thank you Debbie Jones!). I used the following items:

 

Tacky Glue

Aileen's Super Glue Gel (the best!)

Modge-Podge

Snow Tex

Folk Art Metallic Paint--Ice Blue

Deco Art Metallic Paint--Splendid Gold

Glamour Dust, Ultra Fine Glitter Paint--Ice Crystal

Glamour Dust, Ultra Fine Glitter Paint--Gold Glitz

Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Glitter Paint--Turquoise

Martha Stewart Iridescent Glitter--Crystal Mint

Tree House Extra Fine Glitter--Disco

Testor's Model Paint--Metallic Gold

Czech Glass Beads--Turquoise (for tree and wreaths)

Gold holeless micro beads (for tree)

Large white sead bead (snowman's hat)

Off-white bottle brush tree

Model railroad white picket fence (porch sides)

Heart punch (shutters)

Hole punches (snowman's hat)

Decorative scissors, scalloped (trim around the base)

Pearl beads (snowman)

Scrapbooking paper (door and windows)

Gold pipe cleaner (wreaths, bow on gift)

Gold Kreinik braided thread (snowman scarf, tree)

Bunka (bow on gift)

Embroidery floss (bow on deer)

Silk ribbon (bows on wreaths)

Decorative toothpicks (porch posts)

Notecards (shutters, base trim)

Balsa wood (gifts)

Plastic deer

Mini eyelash picot braid (trim)

 

 

 

Done