Home Sweet Home for What Will You Stamp?

Hello and welcome back to my blog.  Our challenge set this week over at What Will You Stamp? is Home Sweet Home which has the stamp set shown below as well as a coordinating set of Thinlits that make the most adorable little 3D houses.  The stamp set and thinlits can be purchased as a bundle which gives you an automatic savings of 10%.

Instead of making a 3D house I decided to make a house-warming card using this bundle.  I used the stamp set for the "home sweet home" and the thinlit die for the birdhouse.  The leaves are from the Falling Flowers stamp set.  My birdhouse needed a little bluebird so I used the retired Bird Builder Punch to do that.

Isn't this stamp set the cutest? 

Combined with the thinlits there are lots of choices for either cards or 3D projects.

Don't forget to head back to the WWYS Challenge Blog to check out everything the Design Team has to share this week.

If you would like to recreate this card I used the following products:

Sweet Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [140936] $21.00	Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies [140279] $38.00	Sweet Home Photopolymer Bundle [143516] $53.00
Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139556] $20.00	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203] $8.00	Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141414] $8.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $8.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $8.00	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318] $8.00	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105117] $8.00
Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $6.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $6.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $6.50
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731] $8.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] $3.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $5.00
Kraft Rope Trim [141996] $5.00	Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127821] $7.50

If you would like to purchase any of these products just click on the image and you will be directed to my Stampin' Up! store.  I would love to be your demonstrator!  

Thanks for taking the time to visit with me today.  I hope to see you back here soon.

Paper Pumpkin Promo & Sew You Kit

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I recently held a Paper Pumpkin class with several other demonstrators and we showed alternative ways to use five different Paper Pumpkin kits.  I made a couple of alternatives with the March 2015 Sew You kit and would like to share them with you.

 

This is what one of the cards looks like with no changes and it's super cute!

I love, love, love this Christmas card that was made by flipping the "YOU" over and turning it into "JOY".  I cut 1/4" strips of Real Red and Wild Wasabi cardstock and glued those onto alternating stripes to create my own Christmas designer series paper. 

On this next card I cut the striped card from the kit in half and glued that to the front of the Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay cardstock to create another layer.  I used those same colors and the Bird Builder Punch to make the cute little bird that is singing "Thank You".

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Thanks for stopping in to visit...I'll see you again soon.

Graduation Owl

I recently made a card similar to this for a dear friend's daughter to celebrate her high school graduation. The only difference was that her owl had a rolled diploma attached to the wing. Congratulations Gracie!

Stampin' Up! makes it so easy to create cute cards like this using their punches. I used the Owl Builder punch and the wings from the Bird Builder punch to create my graduation owl. I drew a sample pattern and then hand cut the graduation cap from that pattern. I hope you enjoy my feathery friend too.