I bought a set of stamps last year that I thought would could be turned into a nice little bake shop. I finally came up with a design that I like.
Here is the French Bake Shop or La Patisserie.
I am sharing this project in Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Use Your Favorite Tool". My favorite tool?? Dies. I love dies. I love things that cut stuff out for me. The ironic thing about this project though is that the house itself is the simple gable house that I cut out by hand. Here I used dies to cut out the windows. Second favorite tool? Cardboard! Maybe it's not a tool, but it is the substrate that I use for almost all my projects. I LOVE CARDBOARD. As I said in a post a long time ago, I am a cardboard connoisseur.
Third favorite tool? Stamps. I am beginning to appreciate stamps and what you can do with them. There's no way I could have gotten the lovely bakery items in the windows without stamps. These stamps are designed by Claire Brennan of Gina K designs.
I painted the house with Ranger's Spun Sugar Distress paint and Walnut Distress paint for the doors and woodwork. The awning is Ranger's Picked Raspberry and Tumbled Glass. I stamped the bakery goodies on clear acetate with permanent black ink that I heat set gently so the acetate would not warp, but the permanent ink would actually dry and not smear. Then I painted the stamped side with more distress paints. The smooth backside of the acetate was glued to the front of the window. I did that to protect the paint and stamp outlines which are now on the inside of the building and can't be scratched.
What would I do differently next time? There's always something to do to improve every project. I would make curves on the roof to match the awning. That's not really that hard to do. The front awning itself would look better if it was cut out separately and gently curved and backed so that it stands proud of the front of the shop. I think the window on the door would look so nice if is was cut out too. The baked goods actually look better when they are backed with white. I might try stamping them on velum to see if that would make them show up better because they have such nice detail.
That's it for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge project. I am working on some flowers for the Wednesday challenge which is "Fantastic Florals".
Mary W
So you stamped the design and then made it into a house, did you stamp the sides as well? It sort of looks like its stamped but I cant tell.
And Yes it's so cute!
Small too, about what size is it?
Mary
Lucy
Mary, I have more photos of the French Bake shop that I didn't add because they weren't great photos. I will try to update them and add a few photos of the sides. No stamping on the sides though. I did stamp on the acetate in the windows to show a cake. I am so glad you reminded me of this house. I had forgotten about it. Next time I make it, I know I can make it so much better. It's only about 2.5 inches wide I think. I'll look at the stamp and let you know.
Mary W
On thing I've done in the past is stamp the stamp on paper and then scanned and enlarged it to fit the card I was making better. You might try that.
Mary
Lynn Koeppen
So cute! I can smell the treats baking!
Lucy
Thank you Laney and Emma. This was a fun and quick project. I think I am going to make another one soon.
Laney
Lucy this is amazing!! I don't even know where to begin to comment on what I like about it. The shape, the design, the colors, the details - it's all good!
Emma Williams
Love the design of this project and adore the idea of a little French patisserie...it's perfect! Thank you so much for sharing and for joining us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... 🙂