TGIF – Destination: Welcome to the Neighborhood with Norine

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Happy Friday, friends! Norine is here today with a super fun project to inspire your weekend crafting (you are crafting this weekend, right? 😊) I’ve been wanting to pull out our fun Destination sets and now after seeing Norine’s cute project, I’m really itching to do that!

Hello Greetery friends, Norine back with you today, resurrecting a couple of sets from last year to make a sweet “welcome to the neighborhood” card.

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I began by die cutting the Destination Rectangle Map die, removing the frame portion, and with the individual sections adhered to a sheet of Glad Press N Seal, I ink-blended them.  Then I trimmed the background card panel slightly smaller than an A2 card and glued it to a folded card base.  After that it was easy to puzzle piece the sections back into their openings.

Next, I stamped and die cut all the layers for the houses, mountain range, round ball trees, clouds and blue car with the Destination stamp and die sets.  I used the Destination Summer stamp and die set to stamp the cacti, bicycle, and vehicles, and the Destination North Pole for the fir trees.

I used the Opposites Attract to stamp the lovely “hello” greeting and die cut it three times to stack and adhere for extra prominence.  I used a really basic font on my computer to create the rest of the greeting  and printed it on heavy weight cardstock before trimming it to a narrow strip.

I got a little too zealous with the heat gun, embossing the “hello” die cut, and scorched the bottom corner of the word, and I was losing light for photographing my project so decided not to re-do it, opting instead for a little floral bud from the AlphaBuds Bold Floral Details stamp and die set.  Necessity, mothers and inventions and all that, but I think it adds a nice extra little detail!  I used coloring pencils to add shading to a few of the die cuts as seemed necessary and brushed on some soft blue ink to the edges of the clouds.

I feel like this card would work for welcoming someone who has moved across the street or across the state (especially if the state is Arizona!).  Thanks so much for your interest and for stopping by to check out today’s project!