Pop-up House Card: Don't Mess with New Texans!

Well if you've been wondering where I've been and have assumed that I'm trapped under something heavy, you'd be right! Texas is heavy, yo!

Update on the Colorado Springs house . . . no takers yet. Bother.

Anyone want to move to lovely Colorado Springs and buy a Keller in D20 with a custom kitchen and built-in craft room? Anyone? Bueller?

In press news, Keller Homes built one of the houses for Extreme Makeover, Home Edition and my craft room was featured in the June 2006 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. See? Very press-worthy features to this home. You know you want it! (I know I do, but alas, we must depart)

The Pikes Peak views are quite nice, as well. Here's what it looks like today:

Regarding the other end of this relocation, John and I are heading to Houston this weekend to put in an offer on a house. We get to stay with our friends, Geoff and Tammy, who are closing on their new house today or tomorrow. It is a beauty, their new house! They chose wisely!

I'm taking a risk here, because they may read my blog, but hopefully they'll be too busy with closing and moving in furniture to be doing much surfing. I had a blast making a Texas-inspired housewarming card to go with their gift:

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This card uses two of my dies: Pop-up House and Pop-up Tree

Now if you want the Pop-up Tree, you're going to need to act very quickly, because it's been discontinued. The link above is to the Sizzix Outlet, where you'll find it for the bargain basement price of SIX DOLLARS! (Run, run!) It's a great tree to use flat, too, as you see in the above card, where I've merely stuck it to the back of the house. 

And now I must, once again, fade into obscurity for another week. I've got my house to sell, a new house to buy, classes and dies to design, and, channeling Prince Humperdink; my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it . . . I'm swamped!

RKQOTD (Emma: Oh man! I just dropped my cookie on the floor and now it's all crumbly! Me: Well you know what they say . . . that's the way the cookie crumbles! Karl: Actually it's the presence of water vapor inside the cookie that is released by impact. John: Yeah, Karen - THAT'S the way the cookie crumbles!)

Comments

[Sandy]

As always, everthing you do is beyond fantastic. The other club liked the card so much they want me to teach it to them.

Good luck on finding your new home.

[Aimee]

Oh my gosh. That is an amazing card!

Best wishes selling your home and relocating - those views are amazing, and a built in craft room? Amazing. I'm starting to get a little restless down here in hot Florida and that view sure does have some appeal. Wish I was in a position to help you out! LOL :)

[Sandy]

Can't wait for you to get to town, altho I'll probably never see you!!! Have a good trip. You will probably get some beautiful weather this weekend, maybe a little spritz Saturday morning.

[Amy Snyder]

Hey good luck with your huge to-do list. I have been thinking of you guys and wondering if I messed around and missed that window of time that would have worked to get together before your move! I am guessing that is exactly what happened! I'll keep checking in to see how everything is going for you and won't burden you with one more thing to try and fit into your already busy schedule!

[Realtor Elli]

I wish you the best of luck, too. It indeed is quite risky to putting in an offer on a house without having the old one sold. Sometimes risk is very much needed, though. Hope it works out fine for you.
Elli

[Rose]

wow pretty amazing! Love what you created...thanks for the tip on the tree... I am ordering it!

[Alicia]

I would so love your house! Colorado? Built in craft room? I'm jealous. But sadly can't. :( You'll like Texas though. I live there part of my growing up years while my dad was in the army. And the Texas card is perfect! Love it!

[Leslie Smith]

LOL

[moving quotes]

This card is absolutely fantastic, I would love to get one from a neighbor if I would move to a new place. Good luck with the house selling and hope you will find a good new one.