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
