Happiest Christmas Houses for JAI #797

 

Happy Friday and welcome!! We are almost two thirds through Spring in October and how many birthdays are there in October?! So many!! Including mine yesterday which was a mini big birthday - a 5 rather than a 0 one. It was a fun and relaxing day!

This week at Just Add Ink, Lou would like us to Choose Two or more out of Numbers, Letters, Spots and Stripes. Our design team have created a fabulous variety of cards to inspire you so I hope that can pop on over and be inspired to join us. You have until Wednesday 4th November to create your project and enter.

For my card I've chosen to add Letters and Stripes. And, if you look between the snowflakes there are also "Spots" so there are 3 of the 4 items on my Christmas card this week!!!

No, these houses are not the new ones in the current catalogue. These are from an older Stampin Up suite. But they are similar and these houses, die cut from the DSP,  do meet this week's challenge as each house has stripes going one way or another.
And one of the things I love dearly is the little VW, as I still have a silver one parked outside my house too.

The die cut snow bank is stamped with a sentiment to fulfil the Letters part of the Challenge and then raised up on dimensionals so that the Striped houses - die cut from the DSP and also card stock for strength - can sit slightly underneath it. The trees are also die cut from the DSP and card stock. A holly wreath is added to each house.

In Australia and New Zealand most houses still add a wreath to our doors but often it's made of tinsel as real holly doesn't grow as it's Summer here. Ours is actually a wooden hoop with a spray of holly and other decorations hot glued to it and it has a tiny string of lights that wrap all around the hoop and looks fantastic esp at night. I will try and find a photo...

Thanks for popping by today! I hope that you can be inspired to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the cards our design team have created to inspire you and you have til the evening of Wednesday 4th of November to enter your project. I look forward to seeing what you create!

Card stock: Basic White

Designer Series Paper: Trimming the Tree (retired).

Stamps: Coming Home (retired) Dashing Deer

Inks: Misty Moonlight, Momento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine, Home Together Dies, Basic Rhinestones

"Til next time,

Jan