Happy New Home

 This week I made some Happy New Home cards for a couple of my friends that are moving.  I saw a similar card online from The Dining Room Drawers and decided to use some sewing and painting on my card! 

So I stitched down the papers with my sewing machine for a unique look and then took out some watercolor paper and painted the "sky" color for the background of the house.  I colored in the house and cut it cut along with some clouds out to give the card a bit of dimension.  I love the happy colors on this card.

Of my friends just bought a new home with some woods in the backyard.  She said that in the summer she would like to have a fire pit and have friends over for s'mores.  The other day I saw this photo taken in Boston this winter by Fox 13's Paul Dellegatto.  I sent it to her saying that she doesn't even need to wait until summer!  Let's do some shoveling and have those s'mores in the snow.

Using the New Stamp Set

Although I love using all of my stamp sets (and I do have a lot of them!), it's always fun to get a new one.  This stamp set, Work of Art was given to all of the demonstrators who attended the Catalog Preview night.  Strangely enough it was held at the Crossgates Mall in the movie theater!  Go figure that one.

I wanted to use a purple palette for this card and just kept adding embellishments until I was satisfied with.  It's got washi tape, ribbon, punched leaves and flowers, some painting, a jeweled brad and some rhinestones.  Oh yeah, I also sewed the edges!  Maybe that's why I like it so much.  :)