A Wendy house

Have you ever heard of a Wendy house?  If you're British you're probably quite familiar with them.  If you have no clue as to what I'm talking about check out this link that explains a Wendy house.  Seeing as how I am such a huge Wendy fan and delight in all things Wendy, I thought it only fitting to make a Wendy house.

From the base of the spool to the top of the tree, this little display stands about 6" high.  I made the spool from scratch and used some architectural scrapbook paper I had tucked away (for the scrapbook I need to make showing all our home improvements).  The 'create' acts as a signpost in the front yard and is attached to a square toothpick.  The heart is a brad.  Do you like that hammer and its near perfect scale to the piece?  I got lucky there.  I traced around a cookie cutter onto black shrink plastic, shrank it, then put drywall tape on the handle.  On top of the spool is a Dutch Boy paint chip. 

Wendy's house stamp is not symmetrical so it was a bit fiddly measuring the walls and roof but it is truly a 3-D chipboard house.  The red door I just love!  The roof is also chipboard that I smeared with Distress Embossing Ink before mixing up several colors of Distress Embossing Powder that were sprinkled over the wet ink.  I drew lines through the powder with a stylus to create shingles then heat embossed it. 

Wendy's tree was stamped on acetate with olive and sepia archival inks.  I glued it to some blue cloud paper that I had in my remnants drawer.  The Glossy Accents caused some of the ink to smear but I think it just enhanced the look I was hoping to achieve.  After cutting around the tree I adhered it to the back of the house so it could stand tall and proud.  I don't know if the scale of the house and tree were planned but they sure work well together, don't you think?


Don't you think a village would be just over the top with both sizes of houses????