Home Improvement Gift Set

Howdy all. I've got another My Time Made Easy project to share today - today is September 1st and it is the big release day - the WHOLE TEAM is sharing today so be sure you check them all! Before I get to rambling, speaking of the Design Team... PLEASE give a warm welcome to Tammy Herschberger and Lisa Kind who are now joining Lauren's Design Team. Welcome aboard ladies - your designs are fabulous and you will be great additions to the team.

Ok - I've got a mini version of the new Shop Around & Accessories template to share today and this one's for the guys - it's a Home Improvement Store!

I started with red and gray cardstock (from Couture) and then resized the template to 75% of full size because I happened to have just a "little something" I wanted to put in it. :-) When we drive through some of the small towns here in the midwest I notice that the downtown areas are often brick buildings and so I decided to make the town "hardware or home improvement" store for this gift set.  I used two papers from the Construction Materials  - Red brick and Wood Shingles Faux Slate to provide the texture on my building (and chimney).

I created a sign for the side of the building using words and images from the new Sign It stamp set. I also used the Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts file to make a set of three bushes (using the weld feature in SCAL software) which I then stamped with the matching stamp from Home Improvement set.

Following is the welcoming front of the store. I used the wood grain stamp from the Home Improvement stamps to give some texture to my door and a simple silver brad for the door handle.

And if you look closely you'll see the wrench (from Money Well Spent stamp set) hanging off the welcome sign.

Now for the other side of the store I made a store window advertising a SALE!! (That's my coordinating card next to the building - details later in post.)

I used the Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts file and the digital version of Shoppe Window - I colored it with my computer and also included some other images from Money Well Spent and Just For You (the wheelbarrow).

The roof of this Shop Around template lifts right off to reveal the goodies inside. Now that you can see what my "little something" is you can see why I chose to resize this template so I would have an impressive gift package!

Finally, here's the card I created to go with the gift set. It's also resized to 75% of full cause I wanted just a little card with a simple note in it. I used the same matching papers - added a little ribbon, a mini version of the door and mailbox (I used the Home Improvement Digital Set to make the door and mailbox also 75% so they would be scaled correctly.)

And finally here is the card taken out of its brick envelope.

I welded two cards together with my SCAL software so the card would open from the top so I could write a simple note inside.  I stamped the "thought this may come in handy" sentiment on the outside. Hope you liked my mini home improvement store. Please stop by the rest of the team and see what wonderous eye candy they have made for you.

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My Time Made Easy Design Team:

Lauren Meader (owner)
Kristin Bueter

Katie Shawger Cotton

Tracey Cuccia

Stephanie Kraft

Silke Ledlow

Lesa Rapp
Lisa Kind
Tammy Hershberger

Supplies from My Time Made Easy LLC:

Pretty Packaging Templates:   Shop Around & Accessories Template 

Pretty Impressions © Stamps:  Home Improvement, Sign It, Money Well Spent, Just For You

Pretty Printable © Digital Paper: Construction Materials -Red Brick and Wood Shingles Faux Slate

Pretty Pieces © Cut Files: Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts, Homemade Card and Envelope

Other Supplies:
Cardstock: Couture Cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: Silver brad, ribbon

Hugs n Smiles.