Home Sweet Home

My oldest son and his girlfriend are getting ready to move into a new (to them) house.   Tonight I will be going out to dinner with them for Mother's Day and I'm so excited to get to see the new house.

They just got the keys on Friday, so when I was looking through my emails on Friday, I had one from Brenda Quintana and guess what!  It was a HOUSE!  Well, a Fancy Fold that turns into a house.  How perfect is that?  So of course I watched her video and made one for the kids. 

I checked out the pictures of their home and it is a light gray (Smoky Slate) with a little bit darker roof (Basic Gray) and perfect white window frames (Whisper White).  Well, that makes it easy!  Oh, and the door is black (Basic Black).  I had to add a little bit of color and made the banner over the door with Dapper Denim.

Now, their home isn't a two-story and I suppose I could have just done a single here with only two windows, but I just liked this version so much, I had to go with all four.

I think if I were to do it over, I would add lines to the roof with the line stamp from the set used to make the house - which is Sweet Home and the Thinlits are Home Sweet Home.


I plan to do a photo tutorial of this, but for now, check out Brenda's YouTube video of how she made 
it.  It really is very easy!  

If you are reading this in an email, you may have to go to my blog specifically to see the video.  Simply click on the name StampsWellWithOthers where you see it in your email. 

Thank you for looking in today!  Have a wonderful week.

~ Donna

Brittney's Ghost House

Yesterday I promised you a look at the cute ideas that Brittney added to her Ghost House from last weekend's workshop.

Look at the cute little ghost coming out of the rooftop!  I love it!

She put her spiderweb inside on the window.  What a perfect place for it!

The Home Sweet Home Thinlits has a little bone for making a cute dog house.  I say it's for a dog because some of the wording  images is "yappy birthday", plus there is a doggie bowl and and arched doorway.  So, while the bone die can be for pooch, Brittney made a skeleton instead!  For the head she used the die that would go with the little gumdrops.

She also changed up the card with the mummy.  This mummy has scary eyes!  Stamped with Rich Razzleberry, gives it an extra creepy look.

The mummy is looking in on you.... but I'll still say...

Thank YOU for looking in today!  ~ Donna

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Sweet Home Photopolymer Bundle

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Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

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Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Halloween Night Baker's Twine

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Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

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Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

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Big Shot Magnetic Platform

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Ghost House

This is one of the projects we made last weekend at Linda's workshop.  It was a lot of work, but the girls really enjoyed making it.  I did do a lot of the tedious die cutting ahead of time.  Twelve pieces of shingle for each house (I prepped 12) and four windows for each house.

The gals were on their own for the rest of it.  They all came out great!  Be sure to come back tomorrow to see Brittney's version.  I love the added pieces she used!

This side of the roof I used 8 pieces of shingles, but it turns out 6 works out great.  Just remember to stagger them so they aren't all lined up the same.

Here's the six shingle side.  Also the piece across the top is 1/2" wide and about 2 1/2 inches long (then trim to fit the shingles, which you will trim up straight when assembled).

When you cut out your house (you cut two), you can also place the windows and door at the same time.  This works especially well with the Magnetic Big Shot Plate.

To line up the siding, I used a Post-it note on the seam so the lines wouldn't be crooked on the opposite sides of the house.

Next, add the window frames, door frame and door.

To make the windows bright, I cut a small piece of Daffodil Delight to go behind the windows.  We actually used the retired 1" square punch.  It worked beautifully.

Now, in case you think the house is BIG, I don't want you to be disappointed when you receive it.  I think it is actually very perfect.  But yes, it is shorter than the Tombo Multi-purpose glue bottle.

Remember - come back tomorrow to see another version from one of my stampers!

Thanks for looking in today!