Spring Bird House ~ CCS

Hello friends!  I'm hoping by the time this project posts, we'll be well into spring here on the east coast.  As I sit here typing up this post, we are being hit by another early spring snow storm, that's supposed to last both Saturday and Sunday. 

 

To help combat the winter blues and early spring snow storms, I made this darling Spring Bird House using pretty pastel colored Lessebo cardstock from CutCardstock.

 

 

I used Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel Bird House die, but turned it into a 3D piece of spring decor.   A group of us will be making 20 of these for a ladies breakfast at our church coming up in May.

 

 

 

You can find all the details on how this bird house came together over at the CutCardstock blog.

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Country Road

Hello friends ~ Just thought I'd pop in and share a trio of cards I made using Spellbinders Country Road Collection of dies.

This is such a delightful collection from designer Annie Williams.  

This collection really hits home, considering it's very similar to where I live in the country.

For card number one, I started with the Welcome Sign & Sentiments to create this peaceful scene.  I added greens and flowers and the darling kitty from Garden Builder.

Card number two focuses in on Rustic Garden.  I love all the elements in this die set but I think the barrel and water pump are among my favorites in this collection.  I added more greens and flowers from Garden Builder and a sign from Welcome Sign & Sentiments.  

Card number three  features the wagon wheel from Rustic Garden, flanked with flowers and greens from the Garden Builder collection.  The sweet little kitty made another appearance here on this card.  Perhaps he's waiting for the tiny bird to return to his home.

Here's a list of products I used from Spellbinders:

Welcome Sign & Sentiments
Garden Builder
Rustic Garden
Entire Country Road Collection

While you're there, check out their amazing New Arrivals and what's Coming Soon.  They also always have a great selection of items marked down on Clearance.

Collecting the pumpkins from the field across the street from me.

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Warmest Wishes Birdhouse Pop-up ~ Poppystamps

Hello friends ~  Cardinals are beautiful birds, don't you think?  I'm an avid back yard bird watcher and I feed the birds year round, along with all the chipmunks and squirrels that help themselves to the black oil sunflower seeds we offer.  

The Bird House Pop Up Easel Die Set from Poppystamps is the focus of my project today.  I've paired it with some flowers from the Potpourri Flower Set.

Let's get started.

First off, you'll have to cut two of the base  shapes. 

 These will get glued together on the little scored flaps, on the short side.  This is the base of your easel pop up.  This step is so easy!  And now for the fun part...  Decorating it!

The cardinal and the pine sprigs are all included in this set.  I cut mine out of white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.

I also cut out four different colors of flowers using the Potpourri Flower Set.

I cut the front frame of the birdhouse out of light blue cardstock and glued  the card the layers together.  Once all the cutting and coloring were done, it was time to decorate, popping flowers in here and there, and a few were popped up using foam dots.

I cut another layer of the same blue cardstock, using the birdhouse frame, for the inside of the card.  The sentiment is stamped using Gilded Christmas Wishes and cut using Colwell Label Set.  I chose this sentiment because I thought it would also work well as a birthday greeting.  This is a great way to extend the use of your Christmas greetings.

I finished the centers of each flower using Autumn Fairy Jewels.  These self adhesive jewels come in just about every color!

In Focus:

A photo to show the dimension.

 

Here is a list of products I used today, that can be found at Poppystamps:

Bird House Pop Up Easel Set
Potpourri Flower Set
Colwell Label Set
Gilded Christmas Wishes
Fairy Jewels

I appreciate you stopping by today!  I hope you find some time to make something crafty.

Lighthouse ~ Double D Challenges

Hello friends, it's the first Wednesday of the month so that means there's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges.  This theme is "Lighthouse".

I pulled out Spellbinders Build A Summer Birdhouse.

I cut everything except for the post, out of white cardstock and did some hombre ink blending.  The stone wall was a left-over scrap I found in my scrap box and the sentiment is from Penny Black, Grateful Heart.

I like the CAS design.  It makes me dream about being by the ocean.

Supplies linked below:

Spellbinders Build A Summer Birdhouse

Penny Black Grateful Heart

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Here's the mood board for the Double D Challenge to help inspire you:

Be sure to visit Double D Challenges to see how my talented teammates were inspired and then join in on the fun!  

Here's what you could win when you play along:

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Spellbinders ~ Add To Cart Release

Hello friends ~  I'm here with you today with a couple of cards I made using dies from the newest addition to the Add To Cart collection by Becky Roberts, at Spellbinders.

This release pushes all the buttons for the Green-thumb within me.

This first card is pure delight!  I start every spring season off, with a trip several trips to the local gardening centers and greenhouses in my area, looking to see what I might add to my extensive flower beds.  

There is a Right Facing Cart and a Left Facing Cart in this collection.  I filled the Right Facing Cart with accessories from the In The Garden die set.  There are 14 dies in this set, with so many fun accessories to choose from.  

This card is made using the Mini Slimline Envelope & Nested Card Creator.

I wanted to show you how you can use the dies independently of the shopping cart die, so the second card uses the rake and shovel from In The Garden, to which I added the "happy birthday" sentiment from Layered Mix & Match Sentiments.  The plant and watering can are from the Plant It Here die set, which you'll see more of in a future post.

I hope you've enjoyed today's offerings.

Here are links to the products that I used today:

Add To Cart - Right Facing Cart
Add To Cart - Left Facing Cart
In The Garden
Plant It Here
Entire Add To Cart Collection
Mini Slimline Envelope & Nested Card Creator
Layered Mix & Match Sentiments
Spellbinders

Thanks so much for stopping by!

For the Birds ~ Double D Challenges

Good morning, friends~ I'm so glad you stopped by!  Today's slimline card was made for the new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges, where the theme is "Birds / Nest / Birdhouse".

I started by stenciling a cloudy background, using Tumbled Glass DOX ink onto a piece of 80# Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I cut the stenciled panel using Pinkfresh Studio's Blank Stitch Slimline die and framed it using a piece of brown cardstock.  

The birdhouse is Spellbinders Build A Winter Birdhouse.  I did a little bit of distressing around the edges of the birdhouse to give it some dimension.  I added some Forget-Me-Not flowers from The Greetery and the larger flower and leaves are an old die set from Papertrey Ink.  

The bird is from Creative Expressions Stitched Festive Birds and the sentiment is also from Creative Expressions, A Litte Birdie Told Me.  

Here's a list of links that will bring you directly to the products I used today over at ScrapbookPal:

Pinkfresh Studio Blanket Stitch Slimline Die

Spellbinders Build A Winter Birdhouse

Creative Expressions Stitched Festive Birds

Creative Expressions A Little Birdie Told Me

The Greetery Forget Me Nots

Now it's your turn!  Stop by Double D Challenges to check out more inspiration from my talented teammates and join in on the fun.

Here's an inspiration tile to get you started:

And here's what you could win when you play along:

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