Sweet Home Housewarming

This card is for some friends in England who have just moved into their new home.

What could be behind the door?

They actually have two beautiful grey cats with tigerish markings but I could only fit one cat onto the card - the other one must be off exploring!

A house full of love!

The front door opens to a house full of love.

My thanks to Petra Tailor of Tailored Craftiness for inspiration!

Thank you for visiting.
 'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents ony)

Sweet Home Photopolymer Bundle

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Totally Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Sitting Here Photopolymer Stamp Set

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In The Meadow Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141859]

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

[141479]

Builder Owl Punch

[118074]

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

[141488]

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

[131292]

Marina Mist A4 Card Stock

[121682]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

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Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

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Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Gingerbread House Treat Box

For quite some time now, this particular bundle of stamps and dies has been looking at me reproachfully, unused, in the corner of my craft room - only because there's so much that I like in the Holiday catalogue and hadn't got to this one yet!  

Still on my search for the perfect addition to my Christmas table, I thought I'd try gingerbread house treat boxes. 

I put some Crushed Curry cardstock behind the windows to give a cosy look

The box is made from Soft Suede cardstock, which seems to be the right colour for gingerbread.

The back of the house

I decorated the sides and back of the box with "candy canes" and "pepermint sweets" (or lollies as we call them in Australia!).

Side view

To make the wreath for the front door, I cut the wreath shape from the Home Sweet Home Thinlits and decorated it with little green leaves  and red berries that I cut with the dies from the Umbrella Weather die set.

Dies to make leaves and berries

A close up of the little wreath

I put a layer of a 2-way glue on the flaps of the lid and let it dry so that it formed a temporary adhesive.  This way the box can be opened and closed again.

Thanks to 2-way glue, the lid can open and close again.

Will the gingerbread house make it to the Christmas table?  That will depend on whether I can summon up sufficient patience to make 15 of those little wreaths!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Sweet Home Photopolymer Bundle

[143516]

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

[141479]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

Big Shot

[143263]