Altered Tesco advent house...share yours here.

[stinky-pearl]

I am dying to see everyone elses completed house!

This was an exciting project for me and I sweat buckets over it. So, heres mine. I hope everyone is winning with their decorating - I stalled many a time but it was worth it I think just to see the finished product.

I hope you like it.

[Anne C]

Beautiful I have not even started mine

[bees]

That is beautiful, I havent even got over to Tesco to get one yet, by the time I do they will probably have sold out.

[ptcruiser999]

Watching this thread with interest as i only managed to purchase mine yesterday and now feeling a bit daunted.

Where to start



Yours is beautiful, well done

[frizzy]

Bought one yesterday -also feeling dauntedmjust need to get stuck in that will probably be the right word. Yours was lovely well done.

diane

[MiniOwner]

Yours is gorgeous, Pearl. I'm hoping to pick one up today.

Sue x

[stressed]

its great ive not seen these can i ask how much they are.

[scrappingthemagic]

wow - that is beautiful it must have taken so long to do ...
I would love to have the time to do one of these for my children ( but would not have the time to make 3 - 1 for each of them! )

thanks for sharing

[niknakscat]

Hey Stressed, check out http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/...65#post5879665 thread hun xxx

They cost £5.

I've got one but I haven't started it yet!

[bevb]

Wow thats fab!!!!! Mine is nearly done, just doing the last few bits & have run out of glossy accents ( using on the numbers) trip to The Range for me tomorrow

[stinky-pearl]

Originally Posted by ptcruiser999

Watching this thread with interest as i only managed to purchase mine yesterday and now feeling a bit daunted.

Where to start



Yours is beautiful, well done

If it is any help I proceeded to sand mine as advised in one of the other posts. I stopped sanding to test whether the original paint would show through if I just painted over it. Low and behold a £1, dulux tester pot was covering it no problem. The sadning was taking a whole load of time up.

Start by choosing your paint to cover it then decorate your roof.

I used rasberry bellini and satin bow by dulux. Great colours for a little girl. Im just in the middle of completing my second advent house. This one is for a little boy so I have used melon sorbet and first dawn colours also by dulux.

I hope this gives you something to go by just to get you started off. I was the same as you when I first started out but once I hade the paint and roof done it gave me an insight in to how I would vandalise it completely with my embellishments.

Good luck.
Linda

[stinky-pearl]

Thank you for the kind comments. Im chuffed to ribbons if I dont say so myself as its one of my better crafts.

I'm just dying to see everyone elses - I love this thread!

[ScottishThistle]

The photos are Fab! but to see it in real life it's even MORE fab!! You could honestly stand and look at it for hours - there is so much detail in it!! I'm her mum.
Haven't started mine yet - and now that I've seen Linda's I reckon it will put mine to shame!!

[darm]

wow thats great well done!!

[bevb]

Pearl, where did you get the little gingerbread men & snowmen etc from? I've been looking all over for something siliar but no luck ( the little gingerbread menn)