We send cards for all sorts of occasions – we like to honor birthdays, babies, Christmas and weddings. We also send cards to show sympathy, to celebrate wonderful achievements or to say “thanks” to our friends. With all of these occasions, it’s understandable that we are sometimes left without a good “new home” stamp set. This year, we’ve got it – and this one is REALLY good. I used the colors from this week’s Paper Players challenge (Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist) for this sweet home card:
So, my card isn’t exactly a “congrats on your new home” card. There are so many ways to use this fun house – welcome to the neighborhood, congrats on the new addition to your family, or thanks for your hospitality. I used a sentiment from the In the City Host set to make this a perfect way to thank you for opening your home to us. Here’s the banner for LeAnne Pugliese’s sweet color challenge that inspired my card:
- Home Life Bundle. This stamp set and coordinating are just amazing! Three photopolymer stamps, filled with flowers and leaves, build the framework of this house. Not only can you stamp all three and cut them out with the house-shaped Framelit, but there’s also a die that allows you to just cut out the flowers. It’s easy to switch up the colors of the flowers, but I kept mine yellow to coordinate with the Paper Players’ color challenge. In addition to building the house, there’s a sweet pot, hanging pot and fun flowers,too. Here’s a look at this must-have bundle:
- Multiple Dies and Video. After I stamped the three images to create the shape of the home, I stamped another set of Daffodil Delight flowers on Thick Whisper White. I used the die to crop out the flowers from the design. It was so easy to line up the flowers on the stamped house – best new product to get me there? Mini Dimensionals. These tiny Stampin’ Dimensionals were adorably helpful when it came to adding these little flowers. Here’s a closeup of the layered flowers on my card: Stampin’ Up! created a super-fun and super-helpful video to showcase this bundle. Have a look-see:
- Layout. This sweet house deserves a a sweet backdrop. I used the colors from this challenge to create a blue sky and the green grass on which the house rests (without being obvious that it’s grass and sky). The thin band of Pool Party that extends across the grass base showcases a sentiment from the In the City Host set.
Stamp Sets: Home Life, In the City Papers: Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Thick Whisper White Inks: Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Archival Basic Black Accessories: Welcome Home Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Dimenensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you’ll pop over to the Paper Players site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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I love this card, Brian. The DSP for the house is genius! The popped up flowers, the strips of CS and the great sentiment make a perfect card. Have a great day!
Thanks, HJ. Just wanted to clarify – the house is stamped with the Home Life stamps – there’s no DSP on this card. Thanks for your kind comment!
This is really cute ! Love the colors and I guess this set goes on the list !
The video is very helpful in pointing out stamping tips too !! Glad I took the time to watch it !! Yay for me !!
Hi Brian. I love this card! I also love the new Lemon Lime Twist ink but didn’t really know what I could do with it since it’s so extra bright. Now I know it can be used as a great background color. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Could you please post a link to the video from SU on using this stamp set? I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance and boy, my wish list is going to take me a year to fulfill! LOL
Grace – here’s a link to the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7c0WHllQOHE?list=PLCgx4panAESh0-XhkwMl_GBf6zpAmjPEV If you open the video on my site, you can just select “view on YouTube” to see it there. Yay! Thanks!
Thanks so much Brian. I couldn’t find any link to open the video on the blog. I’m so hopelessly computer illiterate. 🙂
Love this card, Brian. It says happy and TY in the most adorable way!
Fresh colors and stunning way to show off this adorable “house” stamp set!
Love this so much!!!
Brian, your cards are stunning and always an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your creativity with the world. Truly a blessing.
Great I will enjoy sending this type of card, great idea!
If someone sent me this card I would know that I had been an awesome hostess. I love the colors they work together so well. I love the depth using the dimensionales gave the card. I simply love the card
Beautiful! This stamp goes on the list too!
It really looks like DSP. Gives many options for color
Choices!
Totally adorable Brian! I am in love with Lemon Lime Twist, such a fun colour 🙂 You’ve paired it beautifully – as always xx
Awwww, lovely , everyone needs a home surrounded by flowers ?,
Perfect,
Tfs,
Hugs Frenchie
I am so happy to see this stamp set highlighted here, Brian! You showed it off to its fullest with these bright colors and it is just SO pretty! I think SU has a winner with this set! Thanks for playing with my colors this week at the Paper Players!