It seems like folks are either coming or going from our neighborhood. Last week I showed you a Farewell Eclipse card made for a neighbor and friend who was leaving our community and this week I'd like to share a "welcome" card I made for a new couple who are moving in this weekend.
I designed this template a couple of years ago when I earned a Hostess stamp set from Stampin' Up! called In To The City. I fell in love with this set because it has so many bits and pieces that designing a card or creating a story book page is so much fun.
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| This retired Hostess Set called In To the City is photopolymer and has so many pieces it's incredible for creating scenes. The first and second generation stamps make the images easy to colour. Love it! |
Here's the original card I made:
This card starts with a base measuring 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4". I've cut two pieces of Old Olive card stock for the 1st layer on the front and on the inside of the card. They measure 5 1/4" x 4". For the next outside and inside layers I cut two pieces of Crumb Cake card stock measuring 5" x 3 3/4".
I stamped my design on the card and coloured it and then laid out the alphabet dies from my EK Success Alphabet dies set to spell HOME. Once the letters were cut out they were popped up on Dimensionals and then placed back into the negative cut spaces and attached to the card. The little banner was cut from a scrap of Old Olive and the "Welcome To Our Block" sentiment was stamped in Versa Mark ink and embossed with White Embossing Powder.
For the inside of the card I stamped some additional houses and greenery and stamped the sentiment "so glad you're hear" in momento black ink.
Although I may change up the houses I stamp this has pretty much become my template for designing "welcome to your new home" cards. Now that the Coming Home stamp set from Stampin' Up! has arrived I'll probably change up my housing styles using that set.
Here's the card's I made today.
I always like to make duplicates while I have the inks, stamps and card stock out.
As you can see in these photos, I changed up the alphabet lettering arrangement a little bit for each card. This was simply exploring different styles and not for any particular design issue. I really like using these broad and bold alphabet letters because they stand out so well on the card front.
My pledge for 2020 has been to purge and use up retired card stock and accessories from my stash, so I used the retired More Mustard for the sandwich layer and sentiment, and the card base was cut from Real Rust card stock.
For this particular card template I generally choose a neutral card stock such as Natural Ivory, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake or Very Vanilla for my stamped layers. Sometimes I pre-stamp several image layer scenes and when I have nothing better to do or want to do something relaxing I pull them out and just colour in the images. I usually don't cut out the alphabet letters until I'm ready to finish the card. It's always nice to have extras on hand for when you don't have time to do something from scratch.
I coloured all the houses and trees with Stampin' Blends. When you stamp on craft or Crumb Cake card stock the colours are a little murkier than they would be on Very Vanilla or Whisper White neutrals. I like that look, as it makes the cards look a little more rustic. The blends I used for the newer cards are Pool Party, Old Olive, Mango Melody, Gray Granite, Crumb Cake and Cinnamon Cider. Although you can't see it well in these photos, I did randomly splatter some black Momento ink on the images. If you look at the original card they show up better.
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| If you want to get a free gift from me, apply the November hostess code to orders under $200 before s&h before leaving my store. If you place an order of $200+ before shipping and handling, don't need to apply the hostess code as you will automatically receive your own Stampin' Up Rewards based on the total of your order. |
