Hearts Come Home

I want to start by wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!  I am so blessed to have wonderful family and friends, and will be cooking a dinner for 8 of us--small this year, as I won't have my kids around (we get every other year with them), but grateful for my brother and sister-in-law, my husband's mom and sister, and niece, who will be celebrating with us.  I hope you enjoy a peaceful, happy, politics-free Thanksgiving!

If you read my last post, you see that I may not use stamps the way they are originally intended.  Such was the case when I needed a "new home" card for my sister-in-law.  Steph recently moved from Southern California to Sacramento, about 20 minutes from me.  So when we went to see her new home, naturally I wanted to bring a card:

Isn't that cute?

I used the coordinating framelits to the Hearts Come Home Christmas set.  The Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies are great--4 sets of houses, all different, so you can mix and match them to create a town.

I cut the houses out of a few different colors (Early Espresso, Garden Green and Calypso Coral) and then paper-snipped them and adhered them right over the Early Espresso ones to create a village of different-hued homes.

The card base is Whisper White Thick cardstock.  I attached a piece of Soft Sky to the top half, and sponged some clouds (difficult to see here, but they are there).  When I cut out the Garden Green houses, I purposely left more green at the bottom to create hills.  I stamped the hills with various stamps from the Timeless Textures set to create a grassy knoll.

"Welcome Home" is actually two stamps from the now-retired Places You'll Go--love that script!

My sister-in-law was thrilled, and is going to frame this card for her new home.

And that's the beauty of creating hand-made cards!  How many of you have had recipients of your cards tell you they just can't bear to throw your cards away?  And how many keep their Hallmark cards?  Just sayin'...

Create and send; I guarantee you'll make someone's day! 


Product List

Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[140514]

$28.00

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

$20.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

[101731]

$8.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

$6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131203]

$8.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.00

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102584]

$8.00

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122925]

$8.00

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

$32.00

Big Shot

[113439]

$110.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Hearts Come Home

After I received my Holiday Catalog order I fell in love with the Hometown Greetings Edgelits.  I made one card that I shared previously, and then I worked a little harder and created a second one, very similar to the sample in the catalog:

 Now I must admit that this was not a Level 1 card (easy); it's more like a Level 5 card (hard).  But I love the results.  And the edgelits dies are very easy to work with.  The hard part is snipping all those little Daffodil Delight "lights" in the windows and deciding where to place all the houses.  But it was worth the effort.

Let's take a closer look:

Look at the detail!

I started with a Pool Party card base, 4-1/4" x 11" and scored at 5-1/2".  Then, using Whisper White cardstock, I cut the dies.  There are three detailed "house strips" in this set (along with some other fun dies) and I used all three.

After adding the "lights" I began to stack the cutouts, with the one in the back glued directly to my card base, and using Dimensionals to pop up the other two layers.

I hand-snipped the final layer of "snow" across the bottom after stamping the sentiment.

The only thing I wish I had done differently was stamp the moon in the other direction.  Not sure why I did it this way...silly, right?  But maybe there was a lunar eclipse that night when Santa was flying by...😉

Anyway, terrific dies, and sure to please those of you who are willing to spend a little more time creating masterpieces!  You ARE out there, right?


Product List

Hearts Come Home Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145413]

$29.00

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145416]

$21.00

Hearts Come Home Wood-Mount Bundle

[146065]

$54.75

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Bundle

[146068]

$47.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

$6.50

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122924]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119683]

$8.00

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

$32.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

The Time is Now!

Yes, the Holiday Catalog is now live!  Time to pull out your wish list and order away.

I've been having such a good time stampin' with my new products, and I'm going to begin sharing a few of my ideas over the next few days.  First up:  Hearts Come Home with the Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies.

This was my first pass at using this set and the dies.  If you liked the little town you could make with last year's dies, you're gonna love this one!  More dies make for a bigger town!  And the houses are larger with more detail.

Let's take a closer look:

I started by cutting the row of houses/church/trees with Whisper White cardstock.  They are the perfect length for a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card front.  I used Daffodil Delight cardstock behind the windows to make it look like the "lights are on and somebody's home".

I adhered the row of houses to a piece of Night of Navy.  And then I added a slightly modified strip of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper over the bottom, to look like snow.  (Full disclosure--I carefully snipped away little slivers around the doorways of the church and the house on the right).  I also used little scraps of the Glimmer Paper and with the die and ran it through the Big Shot cutting out just the trees.  This made them look like they were covered in snow.

The sentiment was heat embossed with White Embossing Powder, as were the stars.  All that was left was to stamp a wisp of smoke (see the chimney on the right house?) using White Craft Ink.  So cute!

This bundle is now waiting for your order!  Save 10% by purchasing the stamp set and the edgelits together--you KNOW you want them!

Product List

Hearts Come Home Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145413]

$29.00

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145416]

$21.00

Hearts Come Home Wood-Mount Bundle

[146065]

$54.75

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Bundle

[146068]

$47.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

[101731]

$8.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119683]

$8.00

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

[135315]

$5.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

$32.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00