Hey there crafty friends, Marie here! Today I am sharing a very spring
inspired birthday card featuring Sunny Studio Stamps' Build-A-Birdhouse Dies. These dies create the cutest little birdhouses that pair so perfectly with
their Out On a Limb Dies.
To begin, I
used an A7 size die to cut out my card base from 110 lb heavyweight cardstock
paper. I used bristol smooth cardstock for my background panel which I ink
blended using Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink. Then I adhered my inked panel
to my cardbase using double sided tape adhesive.
Next, I die cut
all the pieces from the Build-A-Birdhouse Dies, the Out On a Limb Dies, as well
as the adorable tiny flowers from the Wonderful Windows Dies.
I cut out my birdhouses from watercolor paper, and used watercolor pencils from
Faber-Castell to color each one in a shabby chic style. To give the houses
dimension I die-cut the roof about 5 times and stacked them up. For my flowers
I cut them from pink shades of cardstock paper. All the tree limbs and leaves
were cut from bristol smooth cardstock and inked using Vintage Photo and Mowed
Lawn Distress inks. After inking, I went over some of the die cuts with color
pencil for some extra shading.
I positioned all
my tree limbs to create a frame. From there, I built up my scene by adding all
the leaves and flowers using Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. The last thing I
added were the birdhouses. I used some foam tape on the back of each house to
create a floating dimensional look and I added some gold twine to the back of
the houses and glued it to the top of the tree branch. I then created some
super tiny bows and attached them to the top for the cutest hanging
birdhouses!
Moving on to the
inside of my card, I stamped out a big Happy Birthday Sentiment using the Big Bold Greetings Stamp and cut it out using the Big Bold Greetings Dies. I used some extra leaves and flowers to create some cute floral accents and
called this card done!
Thanks so much
for joining me on this week's card inspiration! Until next time, Happy
Crafting!
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Hello Crafty
Friends! Catherine here, and today I am so excited to share another card
created with Build-A-Birdhouse
Dies. I thought it would be fun this time to use a circle slider die
so that the birds can fly around their homes.
There are many fabulous circle
slider dies out in the market. The one that I used is a generic one listed in
my blog link below. There are essentially three pieces that is required for the
circle: circle slider track (A), circle used as a slide backer (B), slider disc
(C).
To start, I ink
blended two (one will be the front panel
and the other will be the back) A2 white card stock with Tumbled Glass Distress
Oxide using a cloud stencil that I created with Fluffy
Clouds Border Dies. I splattered both with blue watercolor paint.
Once dried, I die cut the front panel with the circle slider track (A). I die
cut the slide backer out of white cardstock (B). I attached the slider disc (C)
onto the slide backer (B) using a glue gun.
I put the slider disc inside front panel with the circle track.
(A). I attached the front panel onto the
back panel with foam tape.
Next, I die cut
the birdhouses from Build-A-Birdhouse
Dies and branches from Out
On A Limb Dies. I ink blended
the birdhouses with Scattered Straw, Wilted Violet, and Shaded Lilac Distress
Oxides. I ink blended the branches with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress
Oxides and the coordinating leaves with Shabby Shutters and Bundled Sage
Distress Oxides. I thought it would be pretty to add some flowers so I used the
flower die from Window
Quad Square Dies and ink blended the flowers with the same inks.
I stamped and
die cut the cute birds from Little
Birdie Stamps and colored the birds with Copic Markers listed in my
blog link below. I die cut an extra die cut for each of the two birds that I
wanted to attach onto the slider discs for extra support. I glued the birds
onto the slider discs with a hot glue gun. I attached the
birdhouses onto the branches with some yellow bakers twine. I finished off
the card with a reverse scalloped frame and a sentiment from A
Bird's Life Stamps.
Thank you so
much for joining me today. Please feel free to visit me at Crafti-Cat. Have
a wonderful day!
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