Shut the Front Door {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

Just popping in today to share a card that I have up on the Avery Elle design blog.  Between last week and this week, my cards have been like a mini parade of homes, and I love it!  Perhaps I missed my calling?

This week's card was inspired in part by John Mellencamp and Young House Love.  John Mellencamp because of the song- Pink Houses and Young House Love because John and Sherry are renovating a beach house and the color they selected for the exterior is Millennial Pink.  Millennial Pink was also the color of my grandparents home in Columbus, Ohio.  Grandma was a woman before her time.

Ok, I know, enough chatting, here's my Millennial Pink House card:

I paired one of my favorite saying's from Avery Elle's No Way stamp set with the Happy Home Elle-ments die to create a literal visual representation of the sentiment. To create the siding on the house, I trimmed a panel of card stock into 1/2" strips, inked the bottom edge and adhered the strips to the front of the house starting from the bottom up.  The strips did make stamping the sentiment a little trick, but I used a Misti to get the best impression I could, and then I filled in the gaps with a black pen.

The door is an interactive element too.  I placed the door die onto my house panel and ran it through my big shot machine.  Because of the layers of card stock, the die didn't cut through completely, but I was able to use my scissors to cut the one side and the top of the door leaving the other side of the door intact to act as a hinge.  Behind the door I stamped "It's Your Birthday" from the No Way stamp set and the little balloon is from the Birthday Bus stamp set.  All of my Avery Elle supplies are linked below. 

Avery Elle Supplies:

Birthday Bus Clear Stamps

No Way Clear Stamps

Die: Happy Home Elle-ments

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to swing by the Avery Elle design blog for more inspiration from the Avery Elle design team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie