For my husband Tim who is returning home today after two weeks in Norway…..here is your Handmade "Welcome Home" Card!
Who else would love this card? How about that friend who just bought their first house (or second), or any friend who is moving? Or anyone who is returning from vacation? Surprise that friend with a gift of flowers from your garden (???) and a "welcome home" card. Wouldn't you love to be greeted like that?
Part of the joy in leaving home to travel is to experience the fun of coming back home again. There really is "no place like home".
The Morning Post Alphabet (p. 144 #126590w $46.95, $126592c $34.95) is my favorite letters stamp set. The bold shapes with the writing on them really command a headline! On this card, I stamped the letters in Always Artichoke on Wild Wasabi Card Stock and in Night of Navy on Bashful Blue Card Stock, and punched them out with the Square Punch. I then layered those on Night of Navy Card Stock to make the house.
The roof is from the Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper (p. 162 #126917 $12.95). The sun is the large flower from Betsy's Blossoms (p. 72 #126004w $28.95, #126006c $21.95) Notice how the grass (Designer Series Paper Stacks) is cut and fringed along the top.
Think about all the possibilities of making houses from your stamp collection and create a handmade "welcome home" card! Who will you surprise?
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