Book nook

Picture heavy post this week. Before the main feature, here's the update on the stitch. 

Now onto the main event. I bought some book nook kits from craft box, and they arrived the other day so I got cracking! I bought three, and did the village one first. 

Part one was to add brickwork, by using an old tim holtz brick wall strip die out of foam, adding it to the house front, then painting it to make it look like brickwork, which utilised paints and antiquing fluid, and then painting and glossing the doors and windows. 

Same thing here, with different coloured brickwork. Also the roof is again foam and a tim holtz die. 

I decided to use minimal brickwork here, and instead use concrete texture paste. 

This is the pavement and road. I used the negative space from the brickwork for the road, and also concrete for the pavement. You'll notice some greens in there, which I think add to it. 

Here's the finished piece. You'll notice a sign and lantern, which were just painted and waxed. 

Until next time

Ems