I finally ended up with this design. I got my house inspiration from Christy Tomlinson. I cut out the trees from a children's book and just painted over them. I added stickles to the trees and flower bushes. And lastly, I found the poem on the internet.
This is fabulous!!!! I love your idea of cutting the images out of a children's book! The colors are fantastic and so is the poem - this really turned out awesome!