Create the Up House Using the Sweet Home Bundle

I am so excited to share with you what I created using the new Sweet Home bundle from the Holiday Catalog…an Up movie inspired house!  When I saw this bundle, I knew I wanted to use it to create the house with all the balloons.  If you have not seen this movie, I highly recommend that you do, because it is such a sweet movie.

This bundle includes the Sweet Home stamp set, which contains 25 photopolymer stamps, and the Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies, which has 22 coordinating dies.  The images in the bundle allow you to create a variety of houses to use  as treat boxes or to decorate for different holidays.  One awesome feature of the thinlits dies is the use of score lines on some of the dies.  It is obvious that the house die incorporates score lines within it, but the not so noticeable one is that the doors have a score line built in.  It creates the perfect hinge to prop your door open (and give a little peek of what’s inside, if you fill it with goodies).

Enough about the bundle, let’s get into the tips for making this house!

First, you need to die cut 2 house pieces (with a door and 3 windows cut out as shown below), 1 door frame, 3 window frames, and 10 shingles pieces.

Stamp, fold, attach frames, and assemble house except for the roof part.  Then add 5 shingles pieces to each side of the roof.

Since this set didn’t come with a chimney piece, I created my own to have a spot for the balloons to come out of.  My chimney template is included in my full PDF tutorial found in my Make With Me Library.  You can get access to my library by signing up here.

Once the chimney is attached and the roof assembled, it’s time to punch out a bunch of balloons.  Arrange them as desired, and glue together.  My tip for holding them up is to attach a few toothpicks on the back, with enough sticking out of the bottom to connect to the house.

Add some baker’s twine and pop it into the chimney with some glue to finish your Up inspired house.

If you want to recreate this house, a list of the Stampin’ Up! supplies used can be found at the bottom of this post (and in the PDF tutorial located in my Make With Me Library).

Now that I’ve made this house, it’s time to work on some haunted houses and gingerbread houses.  When you get this bundle, make sure to share with me what you create.

UPDATE FROM SU:  SPECIAL OFFERS DURING SEPTEMBER

Every Thursday until September 21, Stampin’ Up! will have new deals on select annual catalog products on sale for 25% off.  The third and final week of deals begins today and runs through September 21th.

Product List

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Good Vibes Project Life Card Collection [141666]	Good Vibes Project Life Accessory Pack [142684]
Hello Lovely Project Life Card Collection [141668]	Hello Lovely Project Life Accessory Pack [142687]	All Year Long Project Life Accessory Pack [142690]

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Product List

Sweet Home Photopolymer Bundle [143516]	Sweet Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [140936]	So Saffron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [105118]	Pink Pirouette 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [111351]	Perfect Plum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [101889]
Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [131202]	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [102482]	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [105117]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [119683]	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100702]
Pacific Point 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [111350]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [115316]	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Pad [126959]	Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [126954]	Twine Baker’s Whisper White [124262]
Balloon Bouquet Punch [140609]	Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies [140279]	Big Shot [143263]	Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658]	Stampin’ Trimmer [126889]
Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]

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