House of Cards

Happy New Year!!  May everyone have a blessed and wonderful creative year in 2016.

I'm excited to start off the new year on a new Design Team, the House of Cards.

You have a whole month to create something beautiful.  January's challenge is "Use Embossing and/or Colors".

I decided to work with the inspiration pic of the colors, but you can also see texture....embossing inspiration too.

I used an image from Stitchy Bear called Toadstool Cottage.  The image was colored with my color pencils.  I try to stick to the color palette as much as possible.

Here's the inside.  There are a couple of houses for sale in the neighborhood and I thought I better get ready for some new neighbors.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Please check out the House of Cards challenge blog for inspiration, there are new posts every 5 days.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #344 Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - #305 Anything Goes
• The ABC Challenge - Y is Your Choice

stamps used: Stitchy Bear-toadstool cottage, Stampin' Up-Right at home
paper used: Bazzill-lily pond, lt green & brown, MFT grout gray
embellishments:  3 Girl Jam jute ribbon, the Paper Studio pearl adhesives