Stampin’ Up! Humble Home Holiday Card for the Alphabet Challenge

Hi, Stampers!

A new Alphabet Challenge starts today with the theme, “S is for Silent Night” and my Alphabet pal, Melissa, is the host. What a perfect theme for the holiday season, right? I had a couple of choices for stamp sets but Humble Home is so cute, which is why I used it. I also used the great Nests of Winter designer paper to create the pretty winter sky. The blended inks around the edges really added to the “silent night” theme, so I love how this card turned out. Humble Home will stay in my stash because it can be used for welcoming someone into their new home, thank you’s for gifts and party invitations ~ you name it!

Once you finish here, I hope you visit our Alphabet Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!

My Secrets!

Let’s start with the card base for this Humble Home card…

• A2 Card Base: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 and scored at 4-1/4
• Front Layer:
  • Cardstock cut to 4 x 5-1/4
  • DSP cut to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8. Then, I began sponging the edges with Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, and Berry Burst inks, leaving the inside uninked. After that, I ran it through my die cutting machine in the Snowflake Sky embossing folder, and sanded the top of the panel to create snowflakes or does it look more like stars?
• The final addition to the background was adding a piece of the retired white velvet sheet, cut with a stitched die to make a layer of snow on the ground.

And now, the fun part!

• So, to start the focal point of the card, I inked the Humble Home stamp onto Crumb Cake cardstock with versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. After that, I rimmed the edge of the house with the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends marker and added some Daffodil Delight to the windows.
• Then, I inked the trees from In The Grove stamp set with Lost Lagoon ink and cut them out with the coordinating die.
• Once that was done, I inked up the “peace on earth” stamp from the Christmas Labels stamp set and cut it out with one of the coordinating dies. Then, it was popped up with dimensionals on the card base.
• In order to keep the house and trees level on the card, I adhered the bottom of each piece and added dimensionals.
• Finally, I added some small rhinestones for some sparkle.

Then, on the inside…

• After that, to finish the card, I made a panel of Lost Lagoon, cut to 4 x 5-1/4 then cut white cardstock with the largest Postage die. However, once it was adhered to the Lost Lagoon, I decided that the Lost Lagoon was too big. So, I trimmed it down to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 and liked it so much better.
• The sentiment from Christmas Labels stamp set was inked up with Lost Lagoon, which leaves plenty of room for a special message for a special someone.

I hope to share my card with these challenges:

1. 613 Avenue Create
2. A Place To Start
3. Crafty Catz
4. I Spy with My Little Eye
5. Krafty Chicks 
6. NBUS (new stamp set and punch)
7. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges
8. A Perfect Time to Craft
9. We Love Stamping

I love hearing from you! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or comments about my project today.

If you enjoyed my project today, please be sure to…

• Firstly, visit my Gallery and Fun Fold Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
• Enter the Creative Creases Challenge HERE with any fun fold card!
• Also, follow me on Pinterest
• You can see My Secret Sale HERE
• Finally, you find out what’s new with SU HERE

My project supply list.

Want to place an order through me? Use the Demonstrator Locator to find me under “Debbie Mageed, Illinois” to place an order if you don’t already have a demonstrator. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Humble Home Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164286] $20.00	Humble Home Bundle (English) [164094] $39.50	In The Grove Cling Stamp Set [164459] $22.00	In The Grove Bundle [163512] $47.50	Christmas Labels Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164296] $24.00	Christmas Labels Bundle (English) [164101] $46.75
Nests Of Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164183] $12.50	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $11.50	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $11.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $11.50	White Velveteen Sheets [149619] $5.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $9.00
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $9.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $9.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $11.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $11.00	In The Grove Dies [163511] $31.00	Christmas Labels Dies [164100] $28.00
Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $33.00	Snowflake Sky 3 D Embossing Folder [162026] $11.00	Humble Home Builder Punch [164093] $24.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.00	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $21.00

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If you want your kids to like sardines, you have to introduce it to them early! Noah loved them and ate the entire tin! He asked “how could they fit in there if they were that big?” LOL