Birdhouses

I had so much fun making these little birdhouses! I found the idea on Pinterest and would like to acknowledge Steffi Nitzpon who made the original card/birdhouses on which mine are based. I think they are so cute!

I had a set of seven ATCs to make so being able to set up a bit of a production line was a good thing. I cut out the black cardstock bases, then the blue patterned paper (from my TLC stash), and punched 14 sets of heart, then square from some left over book board/chipboard. I also punched 7 extra squares from the chipboard and using the Stampin' Up! 2 step bird punch I punched out the branches.

I cut the seven plain squares in half diagonally and then cut little nicks out of them to make the rooves. I used some fired brick distress ink to colour these pieces. For the birdhouses, I attached a scrap of red patterned paper behind each heart. Because the birdhouse was a bit raised, I attached a small (and I mean tiny!) scrap of book board/chipboard under the peak of the roof piece before attaching it to the birdhouse so when I stuck it own onto the ATC it would sit flat. Then I started my production line. To finish, I drew the line from the roof to the branch with black gel pen, attached the jute bow and used a few pieces of jute to make the post the lower birdhouse was standing on. To complete the piece I added a black diamante to each birdhouse.

                                                      


I love how they turned out and hope the recipients do too!

I'm entering these in the anything goes challenge #20 at Challenge me Happy.

Till next time, happy days.

Francine