Christmas At Home

I used this stamp set to make a Halloween/fall card  here  as part of my team swap.

Today I used the same stamp set to make a Christmas card.  I just love the way it turned out.

The image of the door was stamped onto Whisper White and die cut using the "At Home Framelit dies".  I found it easier to die cut the inner door (the one that opens) before I cut the door jam. After die cutting the windows in the door,  I added a Whisper White piece of card stock behind the entire door providing stability to this unit. A piece of window sheet was adhered to the inside of the door window

Using blendabilities, the door was coloured Cherry Cobbler; the jam Slate Gray.

The base card is Real Red, layered with Slate gray card stock embossed with the Brick embossing folder. Some Basic Gray ink was sponged lightly over the surface of this embossed surface to bring out the features better.

At the bottom I added a 1" piece of Hardwood DSP - this was the porch floor.  A welcome mat was stamped and die cut and added to the door threshold.

A Christmas arrangement in a planter was placed on the floor on each side of the door, and a candle lamp was also attached to the upper wall - also on each side of the door.

An over the door wreath was coloured, die cut and hung over the top of the door. A wreath was also added over the door window.  A piece of Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine was tied into a bow and added to the wreath.

Open the door and you are greeted with a message: "I Feel at Home when I'm with You"

To finish off I added to Lacquer to the lights, door handle and lock, Christmas arrangement pots and some Wink of Stella to the berries and flowers that had been coloured red.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  At Home with You
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blendabilities, Crumb cake and Old Olive markers
Papers:  Real Red, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Wood Crate DSP
Accessories:  At Home Framelit die, Brick Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella , Lacquer (non SU), Window Sheet, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine.

Here's the Fall/Halloween card I made using the same stamp set:

At Home with You - a fall birthday team swap card.

This is my swap card for the team meeting yesterday.  I used the At Home with You stamp set and coordinating framelits. And since I am starting to work on my fall cards I decided to give this card a Halloween/Fall vibe.

These are the 5 cards I made.  It took me a while, but it was well worth it.  Below is a single card:

The door is stamped with Black Memento ink onto Island Indigo card stock.  I die cut the entire door and then came the tricky part - die cutting the actual door in suck a way that the door opened the right way.  Four out of 5 times I got it right.  Hint:  feel the cutting edge of the die for the door only.  One edge is duller than the other.  This side does not cut.  It might be a good idea to mark that side with a marker so you don't make costly mistakes like I did.

On the door front a fall colored wreath with a ribbon made with double linen thread was added.

On a piece of Whisper White cardstock placed behind the door, I stamped the sentiment. Open the door to read the sentiment.

The door was adhered to the card front which was Smoky Slate card stock embossed with the Brick wall embossing folder. At the bottom of the embossed layer I placed a piece of the Wood DSP. The welcome mat was adhered just below the door and onto the wood DSP.  On the upper wall to the right of the door I placed the lantern light which I had colored and die cut.

On the left I placed the pail with the sunflowers and pumpkins which I also colored and die cut.

You can't really see it in the pictures, but I applied some clear Wink of Stella on the sunflowers, pumpkins, wreath and lantern light.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  At Home with You
Inks:  Black Memento, SU markers
Papers:  Island indigo, Basic Blue, Smoky Slate, Wood DSP, Whisper White
Accessories:  Linen Thread, Brick Wall embossing folder, At Home framelits, dimensionals, glue dots, Clear Wink of Stella