Welcome to Your New Home Sweet Home!!
Hello Paper Crafters!! I have two really sweet projects for you today. The first is another card designed around a family event. My brother Dale and his wife Sandy have just finished having a new house built for them in the hill country surrounding Austin, TX. This has been a dream of theirs for some time now. So being a card maker, what else could I do but make a card for the occasion? I designed this New Home Sweet Home Card for them. All the products, with the exception of the bundle are current products. You could easily substitute the “Pop on By” bundle on page 41 of the current catalog. I tried to get the colors as close as possible to their new home. I had so much fun creating the faux stonework for my New Home Sweet Home Card.
New Home Sweet Home Card
There is an abundance of limestone in the area and is used on many homes.
Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
My second card was inspired by my first attempt to stamp and emboss the background for card #1. I didn’t get a clean image across the entire piece of Balmy Blue cardstock. The right side of the piece was useable so I decided to cut off the part that wasn’t good. I don’t know about you, but when I am creating a card I always end up with perfectly good pieces that I didn’t use. With the best of intentions, I put them in a baggie to be used later. I have gobs of these baggies lying around. So today I decided I was going to use that piece to make a card. The rest of the pieces came from my scraps collection. I ended up with this sweet card. I added a couple of embellishments and I have a super cute card!!
Tip: I keep a sandwich baggie, one for each color, with the full sheets of card stock to use for punching or die cutting.
To see another card I made using a TIEF for the background click here.
Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
The Color Palette
Card #1
New Home Sweet Home Card
Recipe: Paper. Images. Embellishments.
Paper: Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Merry Merlot, Basic Gray & Smoky Slate card stock
Images: Home Sweet Home bundle, Lovely as a Tree stamp set, Woodland TIEF, Basic Gray, Tranquil Tide, Crumb Cake & Merry Merlot Ink Pads
Embellishments: Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Shimmery White embossing paste, Crumb Cake ink refill, Smoky Slate & Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends
Extras: Stampin’ Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Big Shot, Sponge Daubers, Palette Knives, Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals & SNAIL
The Project (#1): New Home Sweet Home Card
Step 1:
Cut your pieces.
- Whisper White card stock: Cut to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼”.
- Balmy Blue card stock: Cut card stock to 5 ¼” x 4”.
- Smoky Slate card stock: Die cut house.
- Merry Merlot card stock: Die cut heart.
- Basic Gray card stock: Die cut circle window.
Step 2:
Stamp & Emboss your images.
- Balmy Blue card stock: Stamp trees image upside down with Tranquil Tide onto the embossing folder (the side with the Sizzix logo) then insert card stock and run through the Big Shot.
- Smoky Slate card stock: Stamp roof & door in Basic Gray. Die cut roof & door.
- Smoky Slate card stock: Stamp banner & words in Merry Merlot. Die cut banner.
- Die cut house: Use the Simply Scored tool to create siding. Start at the bottom of roof line and score 6 times every ¼”.
- On the bottom portion of the house use the “brick pattern” in the mask set to apply embossing paste colored with the Crumb Cake ink refill. Let the embossing paste dry before the next step.
- Watch this video on how to use the embossing paste.
Step 3:
Color your images.
- Use the Stampin’ Blends to color some of the bricks in Smoky Slate and Crumb Cake.
- Use a sponge dauber and the Crumb Cake ink pad to color the embossed tree trunks.
Step 4:
Putting it all together.
- Whisper White card base: Use SNAIL to adhere Balmy Blue piece.
- House: Use Multipurpose glue to adhere roof, window, heart, banner & door. Use dimensionals to adhere house to right side of card front.
New Home Sweet Home Card
The Color Palette
Card #2
Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
Recipe: Paper. Images. Embellishments.
Paper: Whisper White Narrow Note Cards, Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Tranquil Tide & Night of Navy card stock
Images: Lovely as a Tree & Eastern Beauty stamp sets, Celebrate You thinlits, Woodland TIEF & Tranquil Tide ink pad
Embellishments: Linen Thread, Frames Elements, ¾” & 1 ¼” Circle punches
Extras: Stampin’ Trimmer, Big Shot, Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals & SNAIL
The Project (#2): Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
Step 1:
Cut your pieces.
- Balmy Blue card stock: Cut card stock to 2 ½” x 4 ½”.
- Tranquil Tide card stock: Die cut “You”.
- Night of Navy card stock: Punch 1 ¼” circle.
- Whisper White card stock: Punch ¾” circle after stamping.
Step 2:
Stamp & Emboss your images.
- Balmy Blue card stock: Stamp trees image upside down with Tranquil Tide onto the embossing folder (the side with the Sizzix logo) then insert card stock and run through the Big Shot.
- Whisper White card stock: Stamp “love” and then punch with ¾” Circle punch.
Step 3:
Putting it all together.
- Whisper White Narrow Note card: Wrap Linen Thread around bottom of Balmy Blue piece 3 times and then use SNAIL to adhere to card base.
- Using dimensionals adhere punched and die cut pieces to card front.
- Wood Heart: Use Multipurpose glue to adhere in center of “O.”
Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
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Project #1: New Home Sweet Home Card
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Project #2: Lovely as a Tree Love You Card
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Lois Avellanet
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