Monday, January 19, 2015

STAMPlorations sketch #26


There's a new neighbor in my parents' hood. Actually the daughter of the original builder/owner has decided to make it her retirement home. So happy for her and her hubby. And for my folks. Now there is someone else living along the beach year round.

And there's a new sketch up at STAMPlorations.

So I grabbed my cute little houses from Shirley's The Bees Knees: Houses and created a hood.


Know how I made the grass? With the roof of one of the house stamps (one I didn't stamp on the card)! Got some new Memento Luxe and Radiant Neon inks to play with (on sale for around €3 at Scrapmalin for any of you on this side of the pond) and voila!

For my sentiment I hung a vellum banner with alpha stickers and a PC-generated secondary sentiment with some stitching. Put a strip of cheery washi along the bottom of the inside of the card (a la Kate). Easy peasy, as they say! And a great idea for using up some of your washi stash. I'm hooking up at Challenge up your Life #6.

And since my world consists of life here in Germany and life back in Michigan, I'm hooking up to Addicted to CAS #50.


This is a great sketch, even rotated :) Won't you join us for the challenge? Check out the cards from the DT and our guest designer, Maria, at the STAMPlorations blog.

20 comments:

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card, I love your clever interpretations of each sketch and this is brilliant! Xx

~amy~ said...

Love it.

Vicki Dutcher said...

CA-UTE - Thanks for joining in at ATCAS!

Mone said...

Nice and clean Card. Thanks for joining at challenge up your life

Barb Ghig said...

Love your whimsical houses, Maria! Perfect for the theme! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!

Tracey McNeely said...

Love the sweet houses Maria, so striking in coloured outlines!

shirley-bee said...

Fabulous! I love the clever grass stamping, and the alpha sicker vellum banner.

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

OMG - roof grass - genius!

Shery Russ said...

Creative stamping for the grass! This card is so Maria-trendy! Love!

Nonni said...

This card has such springy, happy look! I love all the colors together!

Kylie said...

LOVE those houses by Shirley. Very cool! Your take on the code word is awesome! Thanks so much for playing along at ATCAS xx

Happy Dance said...

How brilliant are you with that 'grass??!!!' Love your alternative use of the stamp! And the rest of your card is pretty darn cool too. Love those little houses. Just feels like home. Wonderful!!! Sweet card. Have a great week. : ) Bev

Irish Cherokee said...

I admire the creativity of your cards. A cute , fun card to be sure. Shirley is very talented. Love this card. - Jim

Nora Noll said...

This is adorable!! I love the white background and the fun stamped houses. Thank you for the link to look at how to make shaker cards. I will have to give that a try!!

Ela said...

Womderfully playful.
Thanks for joining us over at Challenge up your life.
Ela

Monika Skinner said...

Love your inventiveness!!! Using the roof to stamp the grass, fabulous idea. Have a lovely day, Maria! Hugs xxx

Anita in France said...

What a fun neighbourhood, Maria ... and such cool grass ... fabulous! Anita :)

Julia Aston said...

Love your colorful 'hood' Maria!

Kim Heggins said...

Love how you used these fun little houses...just so sweet.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the shout-out Maria!!!!! I am making my way backwards through your posts in a post-teaching haze. And do I still have snail mail for you... oh yeah. And maybe it will be in your hands by the time your birthday rolls around!!! Geez! I love this and all these house cards you have done. I also LOVE the Runway Inspired entries-- between you and Kimberly W. I don't think there can be other fabulous fashionistas this go around!! xo

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