A Little Hut

Beach Hut?  Well, South Pacific actually...For this week's Paperartsy inspiration, Michelle has decorated one of the wooden houses that are available at Paperartsy... to say it is stunning, is an understatement. It took her two weeks... so no surprise that I have't decorated mine (I received one for Christmas)

I do however, have a Beach Hut (or Portaloo as it was called for a while in Twitterville)

I started with South Pacific Fresco paint.  I should have mixed it with one of the opaque paints too, because when I added a layer of Crackle Glaze and then Haystack, it didn't crackle very well...

 (that may be me, rather than the translucent paint)












This is it after the Haystack was applied - the cracks hardly show... also I think the layer of Haytstack wasn't thick enough (the thicker you apply the top coat, the better the cracks you get)
I sanded it back, which helped the look.

 I took a babywipe and wiped a thin layer of Beach Hut Fresco over it to knock back the Haystack a bit.

Then it was time to decorate it. Couldn't achieve anything to Michelle's standard,  but I found some half flower pots in my stash - painted them with a mix of Brown Shed and Chocolate Pudding. Took some flowers from my stash - I have loads of these, which I haven't used for years ... Different styles for each side of the hut...

The butterfly is coloured with alcohol inks on this side..

 and this little fella is wood, painted with a thin layer of Claret Fresco paint.

I quite like these flowers!

 Time for inside - I wanted a little figure to be standing in the doorway, but don't have one. So, as I received my set of Paperartsy stamps (Lynne Perrella set 6) that I chose as my random prize from last week's inspiration, today I stamped one of the images on Paperartsy Smoothy paper (it is great for stamping on!)

I used Portfoleo pastels to colour her, blending with my finger.

So there you have it! Nothing like Michelle's house, but I did take inspiration from her. Thanks, for making me think, Michelle!