Congrats on a New Home

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

Wow- it's been awhile since I posted on my Blog. It's not that I haven't been creating but life has been a busy. I hold an elected position in my community, and we just had our primary elections here in PA. So, I was involved with that. Then we went away for a few days to NY for my grandson's graduation. 

But, I have a fun card today that I made for my brother-in-law and his wife who are building a new home. I will give it to them when they move in along with a housewarming gift. My sister-in-law has even asked me to help her pick out new furniture for her home. I am excited to help there. 

Since I knew the theme of my card, I started off thinking about my background. I have a paper pad with different heavenly skies backgrounds. I selected this one with a blue sky and sun rays. I thought it would work perfectly with the die images.

The paper is 6" x 9" so I carefully cut it at 4 1/8" x 5 1/2".

Yellow Card base: 4 5/8" x 5 3/4"
Blue Layer: 4 1/4" x 5 5/8"
Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/8" x 5 1/2"

 

Next, I cut the birdhouse & bird images in cardstock with colors that would coordinate with the background paper.

I used an older die for my die cut phrase. It's the "Our New Home" die. I cut it in pacific point cardstock from Stampin' Up. 

Now that all my elements are cut, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the layering panel and designer paper to the card base with double sided tape.

Next, I attached all the images with dimensional adhesive. On the windows I cut a pale-yellow cardstock to give the illusion of inside light. I placed this in the window openings.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless. 

Card Details:

Paper: daffodil delight, balmy blue, pacific point, pretty in pink, polished pink, sahara sand, soft suede (Stampin' Up), heavenly skies dsp (Divinity Designs)

Paper Size: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Ink: rusty hinge, antique linen distress (Ranger)

Accessories: spring birdhouse cup, our new home dies (CottageCutz)

I am also entering:

1.  Allsorts challenge is anything goes. 

2.  Polkadoodles challenge is anything goes. 

3.  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge is anything goes. 

4.  Crafty Catz has an anything goes challenge. 

5.  Cardz 4 Galz has a background challenge.