I have used the Humble Home Bundle several times and love it more each time. It is great for simple and for layers. Today’s card is more layers, but is still extremely simple to do.
STAMPS and PUNCH BUNDLE
This house is different than the previous ones I have created using the Humble Home Bundle. I now really like the look of the brick for the house. Adding the roof was very easy since these are photopolymer stamps. I will say holding onto the windows and door can be tricky! They are really small! My trusty Take Your Pick tool with the putty end was a lifesaver! And since I am still on the Christmas card kick, I had to use the wreath from the set to highlight the eaves of the house. The house is punched using the bundle punch. And then raised using Stampin’ Dimensionals to give it depth.
PAPERS
The Country Woods Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalog may be a surprise on a Christmas card. But for this more rustic one, it works perfectly. Plus it has the colors I wanted. I based all of the colors, except the wreath, from the wood look DSP piece.
The card base is Crumb Cake, which is always a good rustic starting point. Then I pulled the darker brown from the paper that I used on the roof line of the house. The house itself is Pecan Pie, and is in the paper if you really look. Then I went back to Crumb Cake for the “window” layer. I did not like the look of placing the house directly against the wood paper. So I pulled out a piece of Pool Party and add it behind the “window”. That seems a much better look to me. The pool party is also the sentiment layer just to tie things together.
EXTRAS
The most important part of this card is the “window”. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies for this. The stitching left around the window is an added bonus. Plus the square that gets cut out has the same stitching for a future project. I believe the square Die used is the next to largest one.
To give a bit of emphasis to the window, I added a Bakers Twine bow. This is the darkest of browns included in the Essentials Bakers Twine multi pack. To give it a little more oomph, I made it a double bow. It is not big, but adds to the card in my book.
For the bling, I wanted rustic again. I ended up with a retired product. Sorry!! I added one of the Speckled Dots in the Pecan Pie down on the sentiment. Speaking of retired….I did not realize that the Horse & Sleigh had retired from Online Exclusives. My apologies. The sentiment used is from that set.
BONUS
There is a bonus for you today. I used this card in a class over the weekend and made a pdf for it. Hopefully it is clear enough to be helpful to you. If you would like to view / print it. Click Here
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Jackie
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Online Exclusives
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Great color combo! Thanks for sharing.