House Party Blog Hop

Tonight’s the night of the altered house blog hop hosted by Rinda who sent all of us a great little baggie of supplies to make our house. Here’s
mine:
 

I had a great time creating this. Since a scrapbook album
about all the homes I’ve lived  in and owned is soon to be in the works, I
wanted to make a house that I could use on the title page or cover of my
scrapbook. I’ve been collecting papers and embellishments for this project for
a couple of years. I keep all the materials for a project in these project
envelopes. 

Since the colors Rinda sent me didn’t really work for this
project, I started with the wooden heart that was in the bag she sent me, and
pulled papers, charms, and other possible embellishments from the project
envelope.
 

Then I went through my stamp collection and looked for
stamps that might be usable. As soon as I saw the Technique Tuesday quote, I
knew I’d include it on the house. I also knew I wanted a key and a timepiece.
 

I loved the printed canvas and thought it would be good for
the roof.  Then I chose two papers,
one patterned (Graphic 45) and one plain for the house. I stamped a scrap of
patterned paper with a wood grain stamp and then stamped the quote over that
and cut it out. As I put the elements together, the bottom half of the house
seemed “empty” so I stamped the abstract squares and found the two tiny
scalloped stickers in one of the sticker collections in the project envelope. I
cut a piece of chipboard for the door and covered it with patterned paper. I
had a die cut tree I wanted to use, but it just didn’t seem to fit. In my box
of chipboard I found the perfect little tree—just the right size. I covered it
with paper and distressed it with Tim Holtz’s “peeled paint” ink. Almost every
piece has been distressed with one of five different distress inks. After
looking at the house for a while, I decided to add the stamped bird to the
tree. It completed the visual triangle of three red items: the heart, the door,
and the bird. I must say, I’m quite pleased with the final product.  

I didn’t want the bag of goodies from Rinda to go to waste
so I used them to make a card. The only thing I added was the darker flower and
the pink cardstocks.  
 

Thanks, Rinda, for hosting this great blog hop! Here’s the next stop in the blog hop: Cheri at Nights Dream.

If you get lost on the hop, you can find the complete list at Gallo Organico. Have a great time!