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   Carol November 11, 2025 at 3:20pm

   Looking forward to adding this project to my home.

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      Lia November 11, 2025 at 4:22pm

      @Carol

      I have made two sets so far, and they will be on my mantel this year!!:-)

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   Rakel November 9, 2025 at 9:35am

   Beautiful White Winter Village ❄️, I would love to make…….
   but all the score-lines (and there’s a lot of them) are on one mat 😩
   I’m I doing something wrong, or do you have to solve this huge puzzle
   every time ???

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      Lia November 10, 2025 at 9:02am

      @Rakel

      Hello Rakel. Did you attach each of the house groups to their score lines? This should keep the cuts and scores together. Try that and let me know if it works. I wish we could set it up for you on our end, but the software does not allow us to.

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   Denise November 3, 2025 at 7:02am

   There is an extra cut in the upper left window on the bay window house. I can’t seem to isolate the cut to remove it. Please help.

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      Lia November 3, 2025 at 9:38am

      @Denise

      The round window? I think I found it and fixed it.

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   Kyla November 19, 2021 at 3:53pm

   The link to the tutorial takes you to a different project? Is there a way to view the tutorial for the Christmas Village?

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      Lia November 22, 2021 at 9:37am

      @Kyla

      Hi Kyla, You can download the PDF for this project and it will give you the marks you need to assemble this village. Hope that helps!

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   Heidi November 27, 2020 at 2:25pm

   Hi Lia –
   When I uploaded the svg file to my Cricut Maker it seems to be reading the “scores” as “cuts” Is there a way to fix this or a resource in the membership that can help?

   Thanks in advance

   Cheers~
   Heidi

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      Lia November 28, 2020 at 10:49am

      @Heidi

      Hi Heidi! You will need to change those lines to SCORE in Design Space. We do have a video showing you how! https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/how-to-use-files-cricut/

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   Allison November 23, 2020 at 1:37am

   Am I supposed to alter the bay windows so that they fit inside? I’m assuming the side tabs take a valley fold and are glued inside so the seams are hidden and .the window pops out, but I cannot get it to fit no matter what I do! I am super excited to finish my Putz Glitter House Village!

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      Lia November 23, 2020 at 8:50am

      @Allison

      Hi Allison! The bay window tabs are folded inward and glued to the side of the house, but should not need to be altered in any way. Feel free to email a photo to hello@liagriffith.com so we can see what you’re looking at!

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7. 

   Peter February 13, 2020 at 12:33am

   that is an awesome 3d wall papers for christmas

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   Janett December 23, 2019 at 4:40pm

   need instructions how to put together christmas trees shown with christmas village. Your work is outstanding. Having so much fun.

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      Lia December 27, 2019 at 10:21am

      @Janett

      Hi Janett,

      To assemble the trees you simply take one tree with a slit at the top and one tree with a slit at the bottom and slide the two together 🙂

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9. 

   Janett December 23, 2019 at 3:53pm

   Can’t find pattern for the small trees with canal houses

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      Lia December 27, 2019 at 10:19am

      @Janett

      Hi Janett,

      The trees are included in the same pattern as the houses, please download the PDF and print. 🙂

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10. 

    betty September 5, 2019 at 5:09am

    great post

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11. 

    betty September 5, 2019 at 4:57am

    Wow! what a beautiful piece of art, keep it up

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12. 

    Elisa August 24, 2019 at 5:02am

    Great idea to create and 3d Christmas village i will surely try this one to create

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13. 

    Alex May 10, 2019 at 4:35pm

    How do you get the enlargement to print?? I enlarge it, but when it prints, it is still small. I’ve tried enlarging them 140%, 170%, and 200%, but it still prints out small. If anyone knows, please inform me. Thanks.

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       Lia May 11, 2019 at 2:54pm

       @Alex

       Are you enlarging it in the print dialog box?

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    Nidhi May 2, 2019 at 10:06am

    Oh WOW! Those are gorgeous!

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       Lia May 2, 2019 at 10:20am

       @Nidhi

       Thank you!

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    Save April 22, 2019 at 6:15am

    I made this village, probably around 20 years ago, give or take a year and they are JUST now getting tired looking! I’m so excited to find this website and the plans. I plan on reviving the houses that I have and making some new ones (the Church fell completely apart this year) and then I am going to make my sisters and my mother, villages because they have always loved my village and I think it would make a great gift! These were SO much fun to make, I remember. They are so much more portable and storable than the porcelain village houses that you can buy everwhere and so unique. I highly recommed these, if you are crafty and enjoy this kind of thing. One question I have, does anyone know what weight chipboard to use? I don’t remember and it doesn’t say it here. Thanks

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       Lia April 23, 2019 at 9:01am

       @Save

       I’m so glad you found us! These houses are just so fun to make and they do make perfect gifts. There is a link in the post to the paper we used (a heavy glitter cardstock).

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    Rose April 22, 2019 at 6:12am

    I wish these were in SVG format to cut them on a cricut machine. I love these, they are beautiful

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       Lia April 22, 2019 at 2:42pm

       @Rose

       There is an SVG at the bottom of the post available to download, under the PDF 🙂

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17. 

    Twila December 19, 2018 at 4:50pm

    Do you precut your Christmas village for tea lights and send by FEDEX so I can glue together?
    I live in the US Virgin Islands and no computer cutters are available.
    Hope so!
    Thanks

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       Lia December 20, 2018 at 7:35am

       @Twila

       So sorry Twila, the village is only available as a printable pattern. I cut everything by hand before I got a cutting machine, so it’s certainly possible to make these with scissors & an exacto knife!

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    Patricia December 3, 2018 at 7:50pm

    I can’t seem to find the ‘directions’ on how to construct, once the templates are cut . . . not sure I used the right paper either. Can you direct me? I love these as a new take on the old Putz houses!

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       Lia December 3, 2018 at 8:03pm

       @Patricia

       Check out the PDF template download for more details!

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          Patricia December 5, 2018 at 5:14pm

          @Lia

          Ah! There we go – thanks!

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       Jennifer December 9, 2018 at 5:51pm

       @Patricia

       New to this site…so, is the 3D winter village PDF the correct printable file for the 3D paper Christmas village?

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          Lia December 10, 2018 at 7:33am

          @Jennifer

          Welcome! Yes, that’s the correct PDF.

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19. 

    Eileen March 17, 2018 at 7:52am

    Hi there – very interested in your 3D Winter village pdf (I do not have a Cricut machine) – can you quote me on just that 1 file rather than joining as a monthly member??

    Thanks alot,
    Eileen Fain

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       Lia March 19, 2018 at 7:29am

       @Eileen

       Hi Eileen! We aren’t able to sell single downloads (yet!) Your best option is to sign up for a monthly membership then cancel before your month is up, after you have downloaded the projects you want.

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    Alexa December 11, 2017 at 1:55pm

    Do I have to become a member in order to download this template?

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       Lia December 11, 2017 at 2:35pm

       @Alexa

       Hi! Yes, a membership is required to download this project. Find out more here: https://liagriffith.com/membership/ You can always sign up and cancel your membership at any time 🙂

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21. 

    Jacquelyn December 4, 2017 at 10:20am

    Is there a cutting machine that you would recommend?

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       Lia December 4, 2017 at 12:12pm

       @Jacquelyn

       We use the Cricut Explore Air 2 and the Cricut Maker here in the studio!

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    Carol October 16, 2017 at 7:50am

    hi…the svg is coming into design space as though it is ‘open’…in other words, the lines are all there, but the entire image is checkerboarded…any ideas?
    thanks, carol

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       Lia October 16, 2017 at 10:47am

       @Carol

       Hi Carol, have you tried cutting yet? I just ran a test cut to be sure, and it cut just fine.

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          Carol October 17, 2017 at 6:51am

          @Lia

          no, i will try it..thanks for getting back to me…

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    Rosemarie December 5, 2016 at 2:26pm

    Love the idea, and I’ve very new to this. I have a Cricut machine I’ve used for one project that’s it.
    I’m so having trouble with glitter paper. Is there a secret? Applicate any idea’s and help, a little weary of watching youtube videos with no avail. Hey do you think I’m not holding my mouth far enough to the right?

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       Lia December 5, 2016 at 4:07pm

       @Rosemarie

       Ha! Some glitter paper needs to be cut on a different setting, so you should play around with some test cuts if you can (try a notch or two past Cardstock). Our favorite glitter paper is “glitzy” found at JoAnn stores, it doesn’t flake off and is very easy to cut!

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24. 

    Glitterunicorn December 4, 2016 at 12:28am

    I think these will be excellent to put in your room for Chrismas! They fit in with the theme of Christmas perfectly!

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    Denise November 29, 2016 at 5:19pm

    Hi Lia,
    I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your 3d Christmas Village. I sized the houses down on my cricut to make the houses the same size as some other glitter houses I have made. Yours will fit in just beautifully! The remind me of some of the lovely old homes i have seen here in Portland. Thanks so much for your amazing patterns!

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       Lia December 1, 2016 at 12:56pm

       @Denise

       Oh that’s a great idea Denise! I’m so glad you made it work for you 🙂

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26. 

    Mirna July 15, 2016 at 9:33pm

    This is way too confusing, so beautiful! But I don’t understand about cut lines and score lines. I just don’t. Guess this project is not for me. I always need instructions and there are none included. 🙁

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       Lia July 19, 2016 at 11:58am

       @Mirna

       I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this one! As my team and our capabilities have grown, we have started adding more detailed instructions to our projects, but this is just one that we weren’t able to get to. If you have more specific questions that we can answer, feel free to send an email to hello@liagriffith.com!

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27. 

    Veronica December 31, 2015 at 2:01pm

    I helped my fiancée make these for my mother this Christmas – they turned out absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing them!

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       Lia January 4, 2016 at 6:48pm

       @Veronica

       I am so glad to hear that!! I hope it was a lovely Christmas for you and your family 🙂

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    Barb December 13, 2015 at 5:19pm

    I love how natural it looks – what is the fabric under the houses?

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       Lia December 14, 2015 at 10:55am

       @Barb

       Just a piece of fluffy wool felt 🙂

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    Rosemary November 22, 2015 at 9:15pm

    I should have known. I have been searching the Internet for one year to find templates for houses. I found the templates, but did not want to cut them out. And here are the perfect houses on my very favorite website. I just needed to be patient. Guess I should make my granddaughters Happy Birthday banner first ? Thanks so much for reading my mind.

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       Lia November 24, 2015 at 12:53pm

       @Rosemary

       Wonderful!!

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30. 

    Annabel November 21, 2015 at 7:58am

    Hi, total newbie here. Is there some place i can get instructions on how to do this on my new Cricut Explore Air. I’ve been following your designs for a while and love them so i’ve just subscribed. I don’t understand the previous question about saving cut lines to fold lines to cut lines and then grouping – what is that all about? I’ve downloaded the file, changed my material size to A4, loaded the scoring pen but the machine doesn’t know to score. Any pointers would be appreciated!

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       Lia December 2, 2015 at 3:39pm

       @Annabel

       Congratulations on your new Cricut!! Under “Options”, you have to designate certain lines to be score lines and certain lines to be cut lines. I would say that this is a better question for Cricut customer service. I also know that there are some helpful YouTube video tutorials that are floating around…good luck!!

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31. 

    Loann November 18, 2015 at 8:44pm

    Hi Lia,

    This is the cutest project and can’t wait to make it, but I need help. 🙂

    I have the Cricut Explore machine. I loaded the SVG file and uploaded to the Design Space. I then transferred the file onto the Design Space, then I ungroup the whole project and saved each fold as a “cut” line then I change it to a “fold” line. Afterwards, I highlighted all the images and attached them together. However when I went to print, it is still showing a page where there is just fold lines. I can’t figure out if I should just upload the images and just press “go” or am I thinking too much into it and shouldn’t be messing with the “cut” or “fold” function? Thank you for your help.

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       Lia November 20, 2015 at 3:01pm

       @Loann

       Make sure you group all the cut lines and the score lines together and it should work! 🙂

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32. 

    Pia November 17, 2015 at 7:28pm

    Lia
    This is inspirational.
    It would gorgeous on my study window – north facing & full of sun (in the Southern Hemisphere).
    Hang on . . . . I could put some fairy lights along the sill and fit them inside the house. How cute would that look?
    Woo hoo!
    <3
    Pia

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       Lia November 18, 2015 at 11:07am

       @Pia

       That is such a great idea!! Feel free to email some photos so we can feature your creation on our page 🙂

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