Something New - A new year at Get Creative Challenges

Hi, once again. Apologies for such a late post, but as previously mentioned, I've been busy organising Mum's funeral and sorting out things at her unit. We finally found her will after going through all the rooms except the kitchen and that is where we found it!
The funeral was Friday and now I've realised I didn't put my post into schedule mode so am here to sort it out.
Our first challenge for the year is to make a card for Something New. All sorts of subjects come to mind and I chose a card for a New House.
Our Sponsor is Dr. Digi's House of Stamps
Here is my creation.....

Digi Stamp image is called - Gnome Sweet Gnome from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Love to see you joining in over at the challenge blog with some of your creations.
Hugs, Sandy

A New House

Hi, we've just come home from the cinema, We went and saw "War Horse" It was interesting but lots of deaths both human and animal depicted. I prefer a comedy or mystery more.
I went to Saturday craft and helped the girls to make a square tissue cover box to slip over the shop bought ones. We used the cuttlebug to do some cutting and embossing and everyone's looked different. Helen used chalk sponged over the embossing and decorated the top with some flower beads and some pearls and a border sticker around the top outside edge. I went for a bit more manly style and used Sahara Sand cardstock and a embossing template with clocks and cogs on. I distressed it with Choc Chip ink and may put some buttons or something on the top to embellish it. Another lady used autumny toned chalks on her basic white box and Judy made one from red card and distressed the edges with ink as well. When I get a photo, I will share the two I made.
Well, LOL, I better get a move on and share this card so I can get some sleep tonight!
I used SU Cherry Cobbler as my basecard and then used two bits of left over scraps of DP so not sure who made them. The image is a freebie digi and if I find the name, will add it later. I coloured it with Copic Markers and cut it out and mounted onto a topnote diecut in SU Certainly Celery which I trimmed back and distressed then also ink distressed using Tim Holtz distressing inks, Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo. The second diecut was using a coffee coloured card called Kula Cream. I also used this to print the computer generated greeting as I didn't have anything suitable and distressed with the inks and mounted onto another punched circle in Certainly Celery.
I would like to enter this into:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with the option of a "New Theme"
Bling It On challenge - New Beginnings
Addicted to Stamps Challenge#20 - Something new, eg - new baby, new home, new year
Thanks for stopping by and I enjoyed reading the comments left for me. Much appreciated, I even managed to visit several blogs too, if you're on my list, I hopefully will get to visit during the week.
Take care and enjoy your weekend,
Sandy

Thanks to new follower, Sonia, for searching the link to the freebie digi I used here. It is by Beyond the Fringe Crafts & Digital Stamps