Monday 31 August 2015

New home

First I would like to welcome Lisa to my blog.  I didn't find her blog until yesterday but her work is amazing. I'm sure you'll think so too.

I bought the Memory Box house die at a sale price some months ago and this is it's first outing.  It's actually a Christmas die but I cut off the little tree and holiday sentiment that came out of the chimney (which I forgot to put back on) oops!

The whole card is made with snippets of card, paper and ribbon The blue background circle is cut from some craft packaging.  I distressed the embossed background card.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Pixies Snippets Playground  #192 over at Pixies Craft Workshop blog and
Allsorts Challenge blog Week#326 Recycle/Upcycle

16 comments:

Sarn said...

Fantastic new home card Barb. Love that die - congrats on getting a bargain.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Lisa Andersson said...

Hi Barb, this is a really cute card and I like what you did with the Christmas die and I don´t miss the chimney at all. Thank you for a very nice welcome!!! :)
Hugs Lisa

Carol L said...

What a cute use of that Christmas die, turning it into a new home card! I love the ribbon and flower brad accent with the dangling heart! Great idea for a card!

brenda said...

The MB dies has transformed into a perfect new home card Barb, great thinking.

Many thanks for joining in my recycling theme at Allsorts this week.

B x

Wendy L said...

Great design Lisa, thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week, xxx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Lovely new home card.....love the sweet image....Joolsx

Mrs A. said...

Great re usage of the packaging material. I do that with The Docs custard tart boxes. Good job he likes then otherwise I'd be running out of blue strippy cards. Hugs Mrs A.

KT Fit Kitty said...

Gorgeous new-home card! Love the die cut! I like how you did the sentiment.. is that part of the die or is that another die?

Barb said...
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Barb said...

It's not a die Kitty. The letters are punched out and I used the negative of some letters and cut them out in random shapes. Barb

Di said...

Super card and a great die there Barb! It's a centrally heated house without the need for a chimney :)

Hugs

Di xx

Erika said...

Hi Barb, great use of snippets of card, I love it when folk alter dies too. You can't beat getting more wear out of them than what they were intended for. The wee house had a lovely New England feel about it. I love that style of thing.

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday, hugs Erika. x

Jenny L said...

Hi Barb,
what a wonderful card.
A great image, and perfect for someone who has moved to a new home.
I can tell you I am not very good with computers, and am still on a learning curve.
That CD does nearly all the work for you, but it's quite an old one.
Just thought I would make that clear as no way am I a wizz at computers. LOL.
I never touched a computer till I started CD crafting in about 2005.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

KT Fit Kitty said...

Hello, Barb! Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving your sweet comment - you mentioned I won something. I have totally missed it. Do you remember what I won? Thank you!

Greta said...

Super sweet card, Barb! Great way to make more use of a holiday die!

Jenni's Jems said...

Love when you can use stamps and dies in new and different ways,but would never have guessed that this one was a Christmas one! Fabulous card x