We have some friends who just moved into our neighborhood, so my husband said, “You need to make them a card.” I love how he appreciates my cards and encourages me to make them. As you crafters know, I would anyway, but I get the green light when it comes time to order. So, I started thinking of possibilities, and landed on the sheet of houses in the Just Add Color Designer Series Paper.

I cut a strip of homes that would fit the length of the 5 1/2″ card, and layered it on Island Indigo. It coordinated with the Bermuda Bay I had chosen for the card base. I didn’t want to cut off the tops or bottoms of the homes, so the width was pre-determined. The designer left a nice space between the rows, and my Stampin’ Trimmer made easy work of it. I hand cut one house, adding a bit of color with Watercolor pencils, Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point, and popped it up on dimensionals.

The necessary ingredient for this requested card was “Welcome,” which I found in the Banners for You stamp set. I stamped it with Basic Black ink, used a die from Bunch of Banners for cutting, and placed it on dimensionals. My card was almost complete.

I happened to have the matching Bermuda Bay ribbon to tie the homes together, so around it went. Four good things have come from making this card: 1. My husband will be happy I listened to him  2. I enjoyed making it  3. Our new neighbors will like it (I know they’ll like the wine that goes with it)  4. I get to share it with you!