Once again two challenges showed up just as I needed to make a card to welcome new neighbors to our street. We live on a dead-end street and there are only 28 homes on the street. Most were build in the early 1930's and are a very diverse group architecturally as well as in size. Years ago, a freeway was scheduled to be built near one end of the street, and in anticipation five homes were destroyed. Then the freeway went in another direction, so shortly before we moved on the street two very large homes were built in that space at the top of the hill. I would have been furious if I had been one of the homeowners who had to give up their property, and then discovered it was unnecessary. One of the joys of living on this street is the location (near so many places) and yet feeling somewhat remote from the city.
The first challenge is a sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. It's not how I typically start a card, but this sketch was right up my alley.
The second challenge is Just Add Ink where they're looking for a slimline card. Two challenges made to work together!
I also had the perfect stamp set that was part of a Simon Says Card Kit awhile ago, "Home Sweet Home."
Knowing I was going to color the images with Copic markers, I started with a piece of X-Press Blending cardstock, Before stamping the street scene, I stenciled some clouds in using My Favorite Things Cloud stencil. I added the sun from the Simon Says set and colored the scene.
I die cut the focal panel with Lawn Fawn's "Slimline with Flaps" die and then added a narrow border of Blueberry Sky and True Black before adding it all to a white slimline card base. And here's the inside sentiment:
Our new neighbors have two young children, and I hope they enjoy raising their family here as much as we did.
I'm also throwing this in the gallery at the Wednesday Simon Says Challenge: Anything Goes.
