Home Sweet Home...

Home sweet Home after a lovely weekend away in The New Forest visiting family and enjoying a bit of down time.

After taking the children to see the new Jonny English film this afternoon, I cracked on with a card made for a few challenges, using the colours from this week's new Play Date Cafe Challenge. It made my morning when I checked the new challenge today and found my entry was picked as an honourable mention :-) and this week's new colours are one of my favourite combinations yet - Kraft/Taupe, Cadet Blue and, er, Flesh! Well, I am guessing that flesh colour is subjective - for me it's a hyacinth blue colour with a hint of lobster, if I get what is euphemistically called a 'suntan'. But I digress...

Here are the inspiration pics for the colour story and sketch:


The Play Date Cafe:



Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:And here's my take:



I have been itching to ink up the little cottage from one of Claire's newer sets, A Cottage Home, and I finally got round to it today, which I coloured with Staedtler Soft Colour Pencils. I don't have any New Home cards in my stash, so this set is perfect!



Then using some kraft card, stamped some swirls from Waltzingmouse Stamps Flourishes - Scallops and Dots set and embossed with Papermania Seafoam White embossing Powder.


Then stitched around the edge with brown thread.

The sentiment is also from A Cottage Home, and has been cut with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tag Trio, and mounted onto the kraft card using ribbon from stash.



Finally I added some Glamour Dust to the gables and the little flourish Accents on the sentiment, and some pearls, a couple coloured with a Coral Promarker - for the 'Flesh' colour!

I was hoping that the Seafoam embossing powder would work for the 'Flesh' colour, cut it came out a bit paler than I anticipated.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

The Play Date Cafe

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

Less is More - Polka Dots

CES Challenge - New Beginnings

Supplies Used:

Stamps: A Cottage Home; Flourishes Scallops & Dots - Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Paper: Neenah White Cardstock - Crafter's Companion; Kraft Card Base - Papermania.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Rich Cocoa; Colourbox Sky Blue; Versamagic Dewdrop Malted Mauve.

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Classic Squares Small; Shapeabilities Ribbon Tags Trio 2

Other: Ribbon from stash; Pearls Kaiser; Seafoam Embossing Powder - Papermania; Glamour Dust; Promarker in Coral; Brown Thread; Sewing Machine; Steadtler Soft Colour Pencils.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline