New Home Card

This was a very belated housewarming card and gift for my friend Nicola who works at Wilko.  I was in Home Sense a couple of months ago and saw this lovely house shaped mirrored tealight holder which I thought would make a perfect housewarming gift.  I bought it home and placed it on a shelf in my craft room to remind me to make a card to go along with the gift.  Weeks and weeks later I finally got around to making the card!

I popped up the Memory Box 'Brevilla Houses' die cut - I love that the little doors open!  The words are from the MFT 'Label Maker Sentiments' stamp set.  I added a pop of red with three tiny punched hearts.

I used various images from the Penny Black 'Embellishments' stamp set to decorate inside the card and the envelope.  This is the inside of the card.

Here is the envelope.

As well as the tealight holder I bought a box of scented tealights and I wrapped both in tissue paper and placed them in a cellophane bag.  I made a tag and attached it to the bag with baker's twine.

Here's a closer look at the tag.  I love the subtle detail of the stitching!

Honestly, I MUST try harder to get things made in a more timely manner!

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT 'Label Maker Sentiments' set, 'With Love' from SU! 'Field Flowers' set, Penny Black 'Embellishments' set, Woodware 'A Gift for You'
CS: SU! Real Red, Basic Black & Whisper White (thick & regular)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: Memory Box 'Brevilla Houses' die, SU! 'Layering Squares' & 'Stitched Shapes' Framelits die sets, small hearts punched from SU! 'Owl Builder' punch
Embellishments & accessories: red & white baker's twine, SU! Dimensionals
Ruth

New Home Congratulations Circle Shaped Card

This sponged circle with the die cut borders has been buried and neglected in my 'to be finished' box for several months.  I had sponged Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy inks onto a white circle and then layered 3 Country Landscape die cuts with 3d foam pads.  That's as far as I got and it stayed on my desk for quite a while before it got tossed into the box following a tidy up.  I just recently needed to make a couple of new home cards and it would have been perfect but I didn't remember that I had this circle already made.  In fact, I didn't even remember I had the Country Landscape die, how shameful!  Anyway, I excavated the circle from the box and set about making it into a card.

I thought the image circle needed to shine on a card front without it getting lost in too fancy a design.  I simply matted the circle onto a larger patterned paper circle and made a scalloped circle shaped card using a Nestie die and Baja Breeze CS.  For my sentiment I knew I wanted something plain and simple and I chose 'congratulations' from the SU! Embellished Events set.  I stamped in Early Espresso ink onto Very Vanilla CS and cut it out with the Word Window punch. 

I die cut the Country Landscape die and then cut the CS with the scalloped circle Nestie die to decorate the inside of the card.  I decided to make a matching envelope from Baja Breeze CS so out came my Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate.  The finished card measures approx. 4 1/2" so I needed a 4 3/4" square envelope.  To make it I cut the CS to 7 1/2" square and scored at 3 3/8" on each side.  I added a die cut border to the front of the envelope to finish off.  So, that's one more 'bits from the box' item rescued and I now have a new home card in my stash!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Embellished Events set
CS: SU! Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Whisper White & Very Vanilla 
Patterned paper:  SU! Festival of Prints DSP
Ink: SU! Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy & Early Espresso
Tools: Memory Box Country Landscape die, plain & scalloped circle Nestabilities dies, SU! Word Window punch, SU! Simply Scored & Diagonal Plate, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: 3d foam tape

Two New Home Cards

My friend Kath asked me to make two new home cards for her and here is what I made.  I don't have new home stamps so I went searching for digital images.  I found these sweet coloured birdhouse images at Doodle Pantry - and they were freebies!  I printed the image onto Whisper White CS and used Petite Oval Nestie dies to mat and layer.  I embossed a piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations CS with the Woodgrain folder, scuffed it, cut it to size to fit on the Pacific Point A6 card and popped the oval up on top.  I printed a sentiment from the computer, punched it out with the Modern Label punch and attached it to the woodgrain layer with screw brads.  This card is for Kath's grandson so I thought woodgrain and screw brads were perfect for a masculine card!

I put a Whisper White panel inside the card and as Kath had told me she was including a cheque with the card I added a woodgrain pocket. I punched just a portion of the image for the envelope flap element.

Onto the second card which is a CASE of this fab card made by Doris which I came across on Pinterest.  I loved the idea of making a table/sideboard using the shape of the Top Note die, what a clever idea!  I went rummaging in my paper stash for something suitable for wallpaper and I also found some aqua woodgrain paper for my furniture.  I added a top strip and a drawer - I sponged the edges of these with Pool Party ink and added brads to the drawer as knobs.  I used the SU! Ornament punch and cut off the bottom to get my contemporary vase shape.  I punched 3 small Boho Blossoms flowers, snipped between the petals, shaped them and placed a gem in the centre of each flower.  I've used green wire as the flower stems.  The vase is glued flat to the card but I popped the flowers up.  I printed the sentiment from the computer and matted and layered using oval dies.  I made it into a hanging sign with some linen thread and attached it to the patterned paper with a brad so that it swings freely.  I then attached the whole front panel to a 5 3/4" square Riding Hood Red card base.

I love the pretty paper I used for the wallpaper on the card front and I couldn't resist putting more of it on the inside and on the envelope flap.   I tried out my new SU! Finishing Touches pinking edge die to make the red strip on top of the patterned paper strip.  I had such a lot of fun putting these two cards together and I'm very happy to report that Kath loved the cards!

 

Supplies for birdhouse card:
Stamps: None, birdhouse image is a coloured digital image from Doodle Pantry
CS: SU! Pacific Point & Whisper White, Early Espresso Core'dinations
Tools: Petite Oval Nestabilities dies, SU! Woodgrain embossing folder, SU! Adorning Accents Edgelits die, Modern Label & circle punches, paper piercer, sanding block
Embellishments & accessories: Woodware Screw Brads, 3D foam tape

Supplies for vase of flowers card:
Stamps: None
CS: SU! Riding Hood Red, Primrose Petals & Very Vanilla
Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 'Wild Flower'
Ink: SU! Pool Party
Tools: SU! Top Note die, Ornament & Boho Blossoms punches, Finishing Touches Edgelits die, Petite Oval Nestabilities dies, paper piercer, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Very Vanilla brads, silver brad, Linen Thread, Rhinestone Jewels, 3D foam pads