In a Perfect world

Hello!  It's my pleasure today to show you my new favorite stamped saying from Quietfire:  In a perfect world you would live next door.  Don't you just love it when you see something like that and immediately think of several people you want to send it off to?  And then when it is perfectly written too - ahh, crafty bliss.  :)  

I kept it very simple (no surprise there!) with a watercolored die from Die-namites Hello Birdhouse and a softly sponged background.  There were 4 houses on this die so I trimmed a couple off and moved one around so that I would have room for my sentiment.  

In a Perfect World (mounted)

Off to make a few more and send them off!  Have a wonderful day!

CCNS46: No place like home

This week's challenge at Classy Card 'n Such is "Home is Where the Heart Is."  I just got back from a short vacation recently and truly, there is no place like home... It's our little space in the world where we can relax and just rest...and I really am a homebody.  So for this challenge, I used a little birdhouse die cut from  SB Precious Metals Craft Foil against a woodland scene created using  Memory Box Garden Birch Trees stencil.  At first, I tried sponging some blue clouds and green hills with the stencil but after lifted the stencil, it just wasn't what I pictured.  The  Dreamweaver's white embossing paste does a much better job showing the intricate branches and bark of the trees.  Here's a little crafting confession:  I am LAZY - once I sit down to do something, I hate to get up to get a supply that is not in my immediate vicinity.  I ran out of baby wipes and instead of running upstairs to get some more to clean off the ink from my stencil, I went ahead and used my embossing paste with the inked up stencil.  There wasn't much ink and I was careful not to pull the blue too far down and the green up but I LOVE the result.  There's just enough color to add depth and interest to the scene which I trimmed down using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics.  (But please don't tell my kids that laziness pays off!)  I added a tiny heart punch out of red cardstock and also added a strip of red to the side of my card.  I also added glossy accent to the heart which made it really hard to photograph properly but looks very nice in real life.  Thank you so much for looking and hope you can play along to win this week's prize!

Recipe:  

Dies: Die-namites Fancy Birdhouses, Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics

Accessories: SB Precious Metals Craft Foil, heart punch,  Dreamweaver's white embossing paste, Memory Box Garden Birch Trees stencil 

Bird Houses Sketch

I found the cutest die at the Scrapbook Expo last week.  I almost didn't get it because I had, um, blown gone slightly above my budget but I'm so glad I went ahead and got it.  It has so many possibilities - new home (add some numbers to personalize it), welcome to the neighborhood, wish you lived near...)  My Favorite Thing's Sketch and Color Palette challenge made this card come together so easily too.  I watercolored the branches and leaves and sponged the background.  I die-cut again in the different cardstocks for the houses.   

Recipe:

Dies:  Die-Namites Fancy Birdhouses

Accessories:  watercolors

Challenges I am playing in:

My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge 182

My Favorite Things Color Palette Challenge #6

Simon Says Anything Goes

   

Thanks for looking!