Hello all! Last week was a new release week for WPlus9 and I had the pleasure of creating a few projects featuring one of the new sets – Holiday Houses. I personally love stamp sets where there are several elements that can be used to build various scenes and this set is just like that.
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CARDS DETAILS
I knew I wanted to make several cards with these adorable houses, so I started by stamping all of them onto watercolor paper. I stamped houses, trees and also snowballs and used Distress ink (I’m listing all colors I used below) to quickly watercolor them. The watercolor technique I used is described in detail in this video.
I sketched out a few ideas in my sketch pad and followed those to arrange houses into scenes.
The card shown above features a busy city with lots of houses, snow and trees. I used various types of adhesive to adhere houses onto the card front and create a waterfall type look. The top row of houses is adhered using regular adhesive (no dimension), second row is adhered using thin foam adhesive, third row is adhered using regular foam adhesive and last row is adhered using double layer of foam adhesive. Be sure to click on the little thumbnail images below the large photo to see details.
The card below features several houses sitting on a snowy hill. The hill was cut out of white cardstock, I didn’t use a die here, but rather traced a plate and cut a curve using scissors. Click on the little thumbnail images below the large photo to see details.
And here’s the last card, probably my favorite. This one features one house and a big and bold sentiment. The blue “bright” banner was stamped onto watercolor paper, colored using same color used for the house, die cut using coordinating die and foam mounted onto the card.
WPLUS9 OCTOBER RELEASE
Have you seen WPlus9 October release? Check it out below, I’ll be sharing additional projects using new stamps in the next few weeks.
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Be Merry Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Merry Ornament Shaker Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Woodland Basics Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Santa’s Reindeer Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Christmas Tag Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Santa’s Reindeer Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Santa’s Reindeer Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Sea Breeze Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
Wplus9 Shell Pink Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
Wplus9 Siren Song Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
Wplus9 Pure Color White Pigment Ink Shop at: WP9 |
Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Sentiments Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
Wplus9 Be Merry Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Designer Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
Wplus9 Be Merry Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
WPlus9 Dove Grey Cardstock Shop at: WP9 |
Spellbinders – Platinum 6 – Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SC | SB | AZ |
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3d 217 White Foam Squares Adhesive Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS |
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Wild Honey Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peeled Paint Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Wilted Violet Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Forest Moss Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Gathered Twigs Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Worn Lipstick Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Cracked Pistachio Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS | PPP |
Medium Water Brush Shop at: SSS |
Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Ranger Stickles Star Dust Glitter Glue Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
Love the “towns” you built! Can’t wait to try it out!
thank you, Mo!
What a gorgeous bunch of cards ! I love this kind of “Christmas cities” ! Your choice of colors is so beautiful ! Love it ! Thanks for sharing.
thank you so much, Izzy!
These houses are so adorable! Already ordered them after seeing your stunning cards over at Wplus9.
these are must have 🙂 can’t wait to see what you make using them!
These stamp sets are awesome! Thanks for sharing so many ideas!
thank you, Tammy!