Christmas Tree Ornaments from Tree Town

I designed the tiny village for Tree Town with the idea that crafters could use the files in many ways. Patty Lake just sent me photos showing how she used the files to make a series of Christmas Tree ornaments.

Christmas ornaments by Patty Lake

Tea Light Village 2023

If you have been watching my site you will know that I did indeed design 2 new buildings for Tea Light Village for 2023 awhile ago. I haven’t done any announcements- they have just been there for those of you in the know to discover. This week I spent some time doing updated photographs of the entire 2023 village and made the download of this complete collection.

Tea Light Village 2023- by Marji Roy 3dcuts.com

For 2023 I added a library with a pillared portico and a funky bookshop. These will be my last 2 additions to the village. With over 25 buildings it has gotten so large it requires so much space to display.

To Download the entire village go here

To download just the 2023 additions go here

To find the tutorial pages for assembly go here.

To find past years individual additions go here.

Tea Light Village by Marji Roy of 3 cuts.com ©2023

Paper Choice is Everything

We each have our own color sense and I am often amazed at the paper and color combinations other crafters use on my files. It is through the photos people send to me that I have learned I am very conservative in my choice and others do a much better job. Below are some photos sent to me by Terri Adams of Colorado. She sure has had fun exploring paper and color combinations!

Terri sent me the following hints: “I wanted to mention a few of the things that I did with the Candle Cake card. For the base paper I used a metallic embossed Kraft cardstock and embossed the icing cardstock with a swirly pattern. The flames are cut from holographic paper. To decorate the solid color cardstock used for the candles I had my cricut draw dots with a metallic marker. Lastly, I created a folding topper layer with a number and a print-and-cut happy birthday banner and attached to the center section.”

Zig Zag Nativity by Kaylene Arkcoll

I recently received an email with pictures from Kaylene Arkcoll sharing her modifications to my Zig Zag Nativity Card File.

She explained a little about the variations in the email -

“Often we design the our card from scratch, but as soon as we saw your card we knew our family and friends would love having it on their tables and window ledges.

We’d done a white-on-white card last year, so we rearranged the panels in your design to enable us to make a colour version. The three lengths of fence and the rear of the building are now a single piece. The three blue hills are individual pieces, as is the central manger scene. We also separated the cow and sheep to reduce the hand colouring and to add extra stiffness as we weren’t double layering the fence.

The pieces were cut using a Cameo 4 plus. We used the Cameo to write the message on the back panels before they were cut using a font called Belle Fonte.

The message says, “A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love."

I love watching creativity spread!

Cutting file is here - https://3dcuts.com/christmas-projects/zig-zag-nativity

My assembly tutorial is here - https://3dcuts.com/zig-zag-nativity-tutorial

Hoop Nativity

Pat Cohen did a beautiful job crafting my Embroidery Hoop Nativity file. She shared this photo of her finished project.

Nativity Hoop completed by Pat Cohen. Cutting file from Marji Roy @3dcuts.com

She said “I put rose gold glitter spray paint on the dark blue cardstock, and used the side of a magic marker tip to define the cut pieces.” It is an excellent combination for a starry Night.

  • Cutting file is available here.

  • Assembly Tutorial is here.

Winter Wreaths

Suzanne Hayes inquired about reducing the size of Tea Light Village Buildings. I sent her some hints on how to reduce the size and after doing so she sent me this photo of Tea Light Village added to a holiday wreath.

 
 

I wrote back to Suzanne letting her know about Tree Town. As I made the buildings for Tree Town I knew they would be appropriate for a wreath application, Not only are they designed with a thinner format but they also have sealed bottoms. The next day Suzanne sent me another photo. She went right to work!

 
 

  • Cutting files for Tea Light Village are here.

  • Cutting files for Tree Town are here.

Tree Town - creative additions

Tree Town is one of my new Christmas files this year. People are making them for the first time and I have started to get photos from crafters sharing their finished projects. First came one from Susan Roland. She added snow, holly and berries and stained glass in the church!

Mary Fender added a wonderful topper. It really finishes it off nicely. She also added festive wreathes to the buildings.