Birdhouse Card

Hi Everyone, I immediately fell in love with the new Fancy Birdhouse die from Cheery Lynn Designs as soon as I saw it and gathered inspiration for my 7 x 7 card from feeding all the birds that visit my garden, so I am sharing with you my DT card this week for Cheery Lynn Designs.

My background was made with shading Distress inks over cardstock, stamping on feathers to give a cloud effect and spritzing with water. I tattered the edges with a Distress Tool.

I layered my grass in two shades of green and shaded a little Distress Ink onto my fence to shabby it up a bit.

My Birdbath was layered twice with a little Silicone Glue added into the bath part to give some extra dimension and Distress ink added to it and my birds for shading.

My sign was cut out in white and the pole area coloured with a Black Copic Pen. I layered the oval area twice with Silicone Glue and stamped on my sentiment and added a little bird.

My branches and leaves were all shaded with Copic Pens and my Blossom had a little Distress Ink added into the centre with a little yellow Stickles.

My sun is made using the Sunflower die, colouring also with Copics and adding a little orange Stickles. My Birdhouse was cut out 3 times and shaded with Distress ink. I paper pieced the fence area twice and my roof three times to give the effect of being 3D.

Well I do hope you like my card which was a lot of fun to make. I have another few plans for the Fancy Birdhouse die which I will share with you over the coming months.

Thanks for stopping by today, your visits are always appreciated.

 Julie x

I wish to enter this in to :

• Craft for the Craic - May Challenge - Wings
• Fussy and Fancy - Lots of Flowers Challenge
• Audsentiments - Things with Wings plus a Sentiment Challenge 

Shop at Cheery Lynn for New Release Dies:

• B558 Fancy Birdhouse
• B547 Paris Sign #1 

Other Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

• B466 Branches (set of 2)
• DL121 Sunflower
• B215 Expandable Tiny Borders
• B376 Tiny Flower Kit (set of 3)
• B123 Victorian Picket Fence
• B126 Grass Border
• B438 Bird Bath (set of 2) 

I wish to enter this in to :

Craft for the Craic - May Challenge - Wings

Fussy and Fancy - Lots of Flowers Challenge
Audsentiments - Things with Wings plus a Sentiment Challenge 

Stitching Time

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for stopping by my blog today to see my DT project for Cheery Lynn Designs. I have a small sewing I bought in a sale a few years ago and it lies neglected in my craft room so this weeks challenge was the perfect inspiration I needed to use it.

I love the Tiny French Pastry Doily die and it's versatility of using complete, to compliment the other sizes it comes in or cutting it into sections. On this card I cut it out in black card to accent on layers of my card and also in brown card to use as photo corners on my topper.

My flower has been made by cutting out an old lint bandage with the Gardenia strip, I then sprayed my petals with some water and coloured with distress stain. Scrunched the material and dried with my heat gun. Once dry I unravelled them and layered a few together with a couple of stitches and a little lace.

My zig zag is made by cutting out the Expandable Tiny Borders in Kraft paper. I put a little faux stitching in the centre before spraying with a little water to scrunch it up for texture and only put a little glue in some areas so it didn't lie flat on the card. I stitched some lace into the layers using my machine. Adding on my other embellishments and die cuts to finish.


I'll be back on Tuesday next week to share the post with my other Teamies as we showcase the exciting New Release at Cheery Lynn Designs.


I'd love if you have time to leave me a comment.

Julie x


Shop at Cheery Lynn For :

• B176 Flourish Band
• B215 Expandable Tiny Borders
• B291 Mini Fanciful Flourish Right
• DL234 French Pastry Tiny Doily
• B339 Gardenia Strip

I would like to enter this in : Sugar Creek Hollow - It's Charming Challenge