Tuesday 24 April 2012

Little Birdhouse

As it was Monday yesterday I had my crafty girlies over to play.  After tea and homebaked toffee apple cookies we all made one of these super cute birdhouses.  The pattern is a free download, you can get it here.  I printed it directly onto the back of woodgrain cardstock so all I had to do was cut it out, make the roof, die cut the door and assemble, adding a ribbon loop so it can be hung up.
I then went to town with the embellishment!  I cut out ivy leaves with an Xcut punch to decorate one side and the roof and continued the leafy theme using a Martha Stewart punch which I added front and back.  The bird was die cut with dies from my Spellbinders Mixed Media set and was inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink while still in the die.  I added some detail with a tiny black gem for his eye.  The flowers were made with my new Woodware punch.
I'm entering this project in the following challenges -
That Craft Place - #9 - anything but square or rectangle
Cupcake Craftroom - things with wings
Top Tip Tuesday - anything but a card

26 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful and sweet:)x

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  2. This is really great Wendy, love it. Tinax

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  3. A fabulous bird house, I bet you had fun. I love the sound of the toffee apple cookies too. Thanks for joining Top Tip Tuesday. Elaine

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  4. Just so gorgeous Wendy....and love the embellies too hun :o)

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  5. This fabulous Wendy, well done I love it :) Viv xx

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  6. This is just gorgeous Wendy - so sweet xx

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  7. Oh I love this little birdie house Wendy, I made one a few months back but not as good as this it's gorgeous. Teresa xx

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  8. Aaaww this is so cute hun, I love the pretty blue flowers too :)
    Kelly.x

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  9. Oh Wendy this is just adorable. And thanks so much for the link, I've wanted make one, or should I say always intended but never quite got round to it.

    Have a good day.

    B x

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  10. Wendy one word...AMAZING, I love it so much, everything about it. you really are a papercrafting guru! Michelle x

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  11. so gorgeous wendy.the shape is fabulous and stunning details :D

    xx coops xx

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  12. What an absolutely gorgeous birdhouse! So beautifully decorated. Must hop over and get the template. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. This is so gorgeous Wendy, really fabulous.
    Wendy xx

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  14. This is beautiful ,- I just love that bird and how the detail stands out.

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  15. Beautiful! Love the flowers up the back! thanks for playing along with us at TTT with our Anything But A Card Challenge, Good Luck and hope to see you again soon! x

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  16. wow gorgeous wish i could come and play lol x

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  17. Oooh Wendy, love this! It's just soo cute - will have to go download that template and have a go. Not that it would anywhere near as cute as yours!!

    Sarah

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  18. What a gorgeous little birdhouse - love it!
    I love the thought of your Crafty Girlie Monday Play-time too - sounds like soooo much fun to me ;)

    Thanks for entering our 'Anything but a card' challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday this week. Don't forget if you have a Top Tip to share you could win our Top Tipper Prize.

    Carol x

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  19. Oh my goodness, I am in love with this! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Thank you so much for sharing this beauty at The Cupcake Craftroom this month!

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  20. Lovely Wendy house oops sorry birdie house xx Anne

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  21. Oh Wendy this is so sweet! I love this little birdie house! Thanks for sharing with us at Cupcake Craftroom this month, good luck! Pami x

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  22. Wendy this is amazing. I really love non-card projects as they really allow us to be so creative. This little birdhouse is just amazing. Thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday.
    Annette
    xx

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