I have been starting to think about the display items for my upcoming Stamp-a-Stack on the 6th May. The theme of the day is ‘Summer’ and what is more summery than going to the seaside. In the UK some of the seaside resorts have a row of really cute Beach Huts, no bigger than a large garden shed, where you can change into you swimming costumes, eat your picnic, store all your beachy items and get a little shade or shelter from the rain! The huts are usually right next to the beach and are often painted in lovely colours.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!
I set to work to create 3 of these huts using the Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and the co-ordinating Sweet Home stamp set.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!
For the 1st one I die cut 2 of the large hut builder pieces using So Saffron cardstock. I die cut the opening door from the front panel then stamped the door image from the Sweet Home stamp set in Garden Green ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out using the die. I adhered the door panel onto the opening door part and added a tiny retired metal brad as a door handle. The door frame was cut from Crumb Cake cardstock and added using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I die cut a window on each side of the hut and at the back and added a Crumb Cake die cut window frame on top. I then folded and burnished all the score lines and add Tear and Tape adhesive on all the tabs to put the hut together. I added a die cut Whisper White banner to the front of the hut as a finishing touch. I die cut the roof shingles from Crumb Cake cardstock, 6 for each side and glued then on starting at the bottom of the roof slope and working my way to the top, overlapping and offsetting each layer. To finish it off I added a small strip of Crumb Cake cardstock, scored down the middle to cover the top of the roof.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!
The 2nd hut was made from Pool Party cardstock which was stamped repeatedly with the 3 line image from the Sweet Home stamp set in Pool Party ink giving a wood panelled effect. The door was also stamped in Pool Party ink and a Pool Party Enamel shape was added as a door handle. The door frame and windows were cut from Whisper White cardstock and the roof was made using some retired White Corrugated card. The hut was adhered together in the same way.
www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!
The 3rd hut was made using Pink Pirouette cardstock with a Smoky Slate cardstck door and door frame and Whisper White windows. A Pink Pirouette enamel shape was added to the door as a handle. The roof was made using strips of Very Vanilla cardstock, cut part way up using the (retired) Fringe Scissors.
I think the huts look fantastic and I can’t wait to start putting my display together.
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.
Mo x
Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Sweet Home
Dies
Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies
Cardstock
Whisper White, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla & Corrugated White (retired)
Ink Pads
Garden Green, Pool Party & Smoky Slate
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot, Platform and Cutting Pads, Bone folder, Paper Piercer, Fringe Scissors (retired) and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Tear & Tape
Accessories
Subtle Enamel Shapes & Mini Brads (retired)
Gorgeous projects Mo – Pool Party is definitely my favourite! xx