Home is Where You Plant Your Flower Seeds...

Hello Everyone!  Lynne here today with my second project for the month of July where our theme for the month is Home Sweet Home, and homes and where we live have been in my mind a lot lately as my hubby and I moved across provinces earlier this year into what we are calling our "Forever Home" as we prepare for retirement.  And this week my daughter and her family have finally been able to return to their home in Fort McMurray, Alberta, 86 days after the mandatory evacuation of their city due to an out-of-control wild fire.  So like I said, "What Does Home Mean to Me?" has been a question in my mind a LOT lately.  But it was reading this quote from the Susan Weckesser's What's UP Gnomey stamp set that finally put it all in perspective for me:

"A Home Is Where You Plant Your Flower Seeds"

And with those words echoing in my head as I sat at my work desk looking out at my beautiful new garden, I created this wee diorama that for me says it better than words ever could.

I used the Susan K. Weckesser Live in Color Paper Collection and my new Tim  Holtz Sizzix House Dies #660992 and #661196 to create the house,

and then I stamped and colored and fussy cut the Susan Weckesser/Unity stamp sets Create Your Day and Grandma's Needlepoint and used these to embellish and decorate my wee home.

Then I went a bit crazy adding anything and everything to my Garden... Who KNEW you could have this much fun with a glue gun? (smile).

Here is a photo of my garden which inspired me and a few more close ups of my project.  Now, if you would like to know more about my creative process you can find all that information over on My Blog.

Thank you for taking the time to visit us today at the My Sweet Earth blog and I hope my wee project has inspired you to create something that expresses what "Home Sweet Home" means for you.  Happy  Happy 

Scrapbooking Artist, Lynne Mizera

for the Susan Weckesser Creative Team

Susan K. Weckesser products I used in this project:

Create Your Day

Grandma's Needlepoint

Live In Color Card Stock

Color Burst Card Stock

"Create your Future" by Guest Designer Tatiana Allen

Hello there, I am honored to be today's Guest Designer and can’t wait to share what Susan K. Weckesser’s products inspired me to CREATE.

Years ago I came to the realization that my brain works as, what I have labeled to be, a “visual translator.” It is almost as though the words I read or hear are of a foreign language until my brain interprets them into a visual scene.

Over time I have enjoyed bringing many of these visualizations to life through my creations, the most recent of which I will share with you today.

A while back my husband suggested I pursue my dream, to which I responded with  “when pigs fly.” Well, I am currently living that dream, as owner of a gallery and gift shop called Joyful Nest in which my studio resides.

As I looked at the supplies I had to play with, the pink Susiebee Studios Inc. “Bouquet” paper reminded me of the flying pig reference mentioned above. Then I saw her “Create” word stamp and thought of a quote that says “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” With that inspiration and that supplies listed below, my project was complete.

So, the next time you feel like your circumstances make it impossible to follow your heart and pursue your dreams, be sure to remember that anything is possible if you create it! Yes, even pigs can fly if you give them wings.

Supplies:

Susiebee Studios Inc. “Live in Color Tags” paper

Susiebee Studios Inc. “Bouquet” paper

Susan Weckesser & unity “Create your Day” stamps

Susan Weckesser & unity “Painted Sentiments” stamps

My Minds Eye “Classic Everyday Fresh Linens” paper

Westcott 6” Precision Titanium Scissors

Wing stencil

White paint

Sharpie

Wishing you smiles and sunshine,

Tatiana (A.K.A. Crafty Cutie), Susan K. Weckesser Guest Designer

Happy Autumn

Hello there, I'm Jaine and I'm thrilled to be bringing you my first post as a Guest Designer for Susan. I stress Guest as I've just been given one of the spots on the full time DT which I'm absolutely over the moon about. Anyway let me get on with a little bit of background.

I live in Luxembourg, a small country in the heart of Luxembourg which is almost totally covered with forest. At this time of year it's absolutely glorious with Autumn colours starting to take over throughout the forest. 

I've tried to capture some of those colours in a door decoration made using the 'Autumn grunge' stamp set for Unity.

To make my wreath I stamped the leaves with chalk inks from Color Box onto coloured card. I tried to stamp tone on tone for subtle colour play.

I spent time cutting out all those leaves which took a little time but was really worth the effort. I scrunched each leaf up in my hand and distressed the edges and creases with Vintage photo Distress ink.

The next stage was to cut out a ring of cardboard using two plates for a template. 

I used my glue gun to stick the leaves all around the circle. 

The finishing touches were some ribbon, wire and a touch of Smooch Glitz for a bit of sparkle.

 It's now hanging on my front door to welcome the season.

Thanks for reading and happy Autumn to you.

Jaine x