Anything but a card challenge 8

Welcome back to another challenge at Anything But A Card
The challenge is anything that represents Light or Sun/ Christmas or December Holidays...

I know this is sort of a stretch...

But my handmade house is also a luminary!

Well I think it is, I didn't get a chance to try it out before I had to head out to work,

The stained glass looking window in the top is actually a piece of vellium

which should make a pretty glow coming from my little house when a candle is inside.

Like I said before, this little house is all hand made. 

I had a couple of 8 x11 sheets of chipboard

(the back piece of the notepade that we use at work, and get tossed on a daily basis) 

which I just hand sketched

the house parts onto, and then cut them out.

I then cut some pieces of Basic Grey paper and modge podged them down

overlapping eachother.

I used some teal washi tape on the inside to put all the walls together,

for the roof I really loved this striped piece of Basic Grey,

And had to use it on the roof. 

I added a piece of aluminum tape to the top because the gap was rather large,

and I couldn't get the pieces to line up.

The tape was dabbed with alcohol  ink (which is now all over my fingers)

I also used the alcohol ink on the window.

Finally for the door I cut out another piece of the chipboard,

added a piece of plain red Basic Grey paper, and a button for the handle.

I did doodle some wood looking strips on the door, but they didn't show up in the pic.

To me this house screams Country Christmas,

I may try another one tomorrow as I'll finally be off work for a few days!

Also entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp and Show: House Rules

Paper Issues: 50 Shades of Basic Grey

Tuesday Alchemy: Anything But a Card

Smudgy Antics: Alter Something  (that would be the chipboard!)

Corrosive Challenges: Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenges: 3d Holiday Challenge (my window was done with a die cut)