Bird and Flowers Altered Bird House

Hi everyone! I am back with another project and this time I altered a birdhouse that I had bought at Target in the One Spot on clearance. It was a Halloween theme birdhouse but I had in mind to do something different with it and this is what I came up with.

I started by tracing the sides and roof onto a piece of paper, I cut out each piece to create a pattern. I then traced the patterns onto watercolor paper and cut each piece out.

I inked the glass tray with Papaya Cream Pigment Ink from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection, added water to the ink and painted all four Watercolor Paper walls and let dry.

I inked an Art Dauber with Papaya Cream Pigment Ink from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection and inked the edges of all the walls. I inked the Ornate Border Molding Mat with Berry Pigment Ink from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection and stamped each of the four walls and once dry adhered each wall to the wooden birdhouse.

I cut four pieces of watercolor paper to fit the roof. And with a scallop edge punch, I punched one side of the watercolor paper, cut another piece of watercolor paper and folded in half. Then I punched both sides with the scallop edge punch. I also punched a Circle from a scrap of watercolor paper. Next I inked a glass tray with Rose Gold Pigment Ink from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection and added water, placed all the roof and circle pieces into the ink mixture and once I got the desired effect I wanted I removed and let dry.

I inked the Simple Dot Rollagraph with Espresso Pigment Ink from the Taos Petal Point Collection and inked all roof pieces. 

I adhered all roof pieces to the wooden birdhouse roof. I also added gems to each scalloped edge of roof and adhered the inked circle punch to front of the birdhouse. I added gems underneath the roof on the front of birdhouse, cut and adhered the lace to the front and back of the roof edge.

I placed the bird and wing diecuts from the Birds and Butterflies Diecuts on top of the Handwritten Creative Card and run through the diecut machine. I cut two of each out of the bird and wing. I reversed the Handwritten Creative Card so bird diecuts could be glued together.

Next I inked art daubers with Gulfstream and Coastal Pigment Inks from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection and inked the bird and both wings diecuts. I placed the wings to each side of bird and adhered the bird to roof. I finished by adhering the bow, pearl sprays, flowers and leaves to bird. As always if you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

ColorBox: Mermaid Paintbox Collection- Papaya Cream, Berry, Rose Gold, Gulfstream, Coastal and Ice Glacier Pigment Inks

ColorBox: Taos Petal Point Collection: Espresso Pigment Ink

ColorBox: Ornate Border Molding Mat

ColorBox: Art Daubers

ColorBox: Handwritten Creative Card

ColorBox: Simple Dots Rollagraph

ColorBox: Standard Rollagraph Design Wheel

Scissors

Diecut Machine

Wooden Birdhouse

Circle Punch

Scallop Edge Punch

Glass Tray

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Watercolor Paper

Pencil

Paint Brush

Ribbon

Pearl Sprays

Paper Flowers and Leaves

Lace
Black Gem

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Birds and Butterflies Diecuts

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Thanks for stopping by, hope your Saturday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

From this Day Forward Wedding Tag

Hi everyone! I'm back with a tag I created in honor of my son and daughter in law's wedding anniversary that is today. I had these photos laying around and I thought why not create something with them and this is what I came up with.

I started by placing a Size #10 Tag (upper half) in the Floral Tapestry Embossing Folder and placed  between two cutting plates and run through the Diecut Machine. I removed and place lower half of tag in the Floral Tapestry Embossing Folder and completed the same steps. I inked two Art Daubers with Leaf and Frog Blends 2 Inks and inked over the leaves and vines of the embossed areas on the tag. Next I inked three Art Daubers with Tutu, Wildberry and Melon Blends 2 Ink and inked over the flowers of the embossed areas on the tag.

I placed the Geometrics Art Screen on top of tag, loaded two art daubers with Tutu and Melon and randomly ink areas of art screen and once I achieved the desired effect I removed the art screen. I inked the glass tray with Coconut Blends 2 Ink, added water to ink, loaded a Paint Brush with ink mixture and splattered the tag.

I cut two photos to fit the tag. I adhered the first photo slightly off the side of tag. The second photo I cut a piece of textured white cardstock slightly larger than the photo an inked an art dauber with Melon Blends 2 Ink and inked the edges of cardstock and then adhered the photo to the mat. I added Foam Pop Dots to back of photo and placed slightly off other side of tag.

I placed a scrap of white cardstock on top of the Journaling Cards, Flowers and a piece of Crinoline Fabric on top of the Leaves Diecuts and run through the diecut machine. I shaped two flowers diecuts with a Stylus and adhered together and added two sequins and a gem to center of the flower.

Next I inked an art dauber with Frog Blends 2 Ink and inked the fabric leaf. Once dry I adhered to back of flower and added to the bottom of the photo.

I looped several threads to create two messy bows and adhered one under the flower diecut and other under the smaller photo along with a few pearl sprays.

 I finished the tag by cutting two nine inch pieces of seam binding and tying into a bow at the top of tag. As always if you have questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Tutu Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Wildberry Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Melon Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Leaf Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Frog Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Coconut Blends 2 Ink

ColorBox: Geometrics Art Screen

ColorBox: Art Daubers

Sizzix/Brenda Walton: Floral Tapestry Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journaling Cards, Flowers and Leaves Diecuts

Glass Tray 

Seam Binding

Paint Brush

Pearl Sprays

Sequins

Gem

Tag: Size #10

Thread

Stylus

Foam Pop Dots

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Diecut Machine

Textured White Cardstock

Crinoline Fabric

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Thanks for stopping by, hope your Thursday is great and enjoy creating!

Pull Yourself Together Card

Hi everyone! I am back with another quick and easy card I created! As I had mentioned in a previous blog post ColorBox closed their doors July 31st and I still have a few projects that I created using their product...I know I am slow getting them posted...sorry there is only so much of me to go around in a day but I am getting there. 😕

I started by inking a glass tray with the following Dyestress Blendable Dye Inks: Salmon and Bumble Bee inks, added water, loaded a paint brush and randomly added the ink mixture to the Tiny Dots Creative Card front and then I let dry. I placed the Swirl Dot Art Screen on top of card, inked an Art Dauber with Tomato Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink and rubbed over the art screen. Once I achieved the desired effect I was after I removed the art screen.

I placed the Scallop Square Cutting Template on top of a piece of Watercolor Paper, placed between cutting plates and run through the Diecut Machine.I inked the glass tray with Bumble Bee Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink, added water and placed the scallop square diecut in the ink mixture and once the diecut was completely covered I removed and let dry. I placed the Pull Yourself Together sentiment from the Buttercup Clear Stamps onto the MISTI Stamping Tool, inked with Wicked Black Archival Dye Ink and stamped onto the scallop square diecut. Next I inked an art dauber with Princess Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink and inked the edges of scallop square diecut and adhered to the card base. 

I placed a piece of watercolor paper on top of the Intricate Flowers Border Diecut, placed between cutting plates and run through the diecut machine. I inked art daubers with the following Dyestress Blendable Dye Inks: Fruit Punch, Princess and Inchworm and inked the intricate flowers border diecut and glued to the lower half of the card base. I inked the Mandala Heart Wood Stamp with Wicked Black Archival Dye Ink and stamped onto a piece of watercolor paper.Then inked a glass tray with Princess Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink, added water and painted the stamped Mandala Heart image and let dry. I fussy cut the heart image out with scissors, added Foam Pop Dots to the back and placed on the card. I then inked two art daubers with Tomato  and Posy Dyestress Blendable Dye Inks and inked the lower half of the heart image.

Next I placed the heart stamp from the Thankful Clear Stamps onto the MISTI Stamping Tool and inked with Posy Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink and stamped onto a piece of watercolor paper. I fussy cut the heart image out with scissors and adhered to the larger heart.I finished by adding tulle and thread behind the larger heart. As always if you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

ColorBox: Salmon Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink 

ColorBox: Tomato Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink

ColorBox: Fruit Punch Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink 

ColorBox: Posy Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink

ColorBox: Bumble Bee Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink 

ColorBox: Princess Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink 

ColorBox: Inchworm Dyestress Blendable Dye Ink 

ColorBox: Art Daubers

ColorBox: Swirl Dot Art Screen

ColorBox: Tiny Dots Creative Card

ColorBox: Mandala Heart Wood Stamp

ColorBox: Wicked Black Archival Dye Ink

ColorBox: Buttercup Clear Stamps 

ColorBox: Thankful Clear Stamps

Firefly: Cutting Templates-Scallop Square

Momenta: Cutting Templates-Intricate Flowers Border Diecut

Diecut Machine

Glass Tray

Paint Brush

Foam Pop Dots

MISTI Stamping Tool

Watercolor Paper

Tulle

Thread

Scissors

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Paper Cutter

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Thanks for stopping by, hope your Friday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Bouquet Pocket Tag

Hi everyone! I am here with my second Momenta project for the month! Since I love creating tags I decided I would try my hand at making a pocket tag. Plus I had been sick with a stomach bug and about all I could do was lay around and fussy cut flowers and leaves out from the Peony Paper Pad. 😖

I started by cutting a tag, 6.25"x3.25", from one of the cardstocks from the Watercolor Metallic Paper Pad. Next I cut a piece of polka dot metallic cardstock from the same paper pad 4"x3.25" and used a scalloped punch on the 3.25" end. I "curled" the scalloped side down and adhered to the tag.

I fussy cut several leaves and flowers from the Peony Paper Pad.

Before adding the assortment of flowers and leaves I shaped several with a Stylus to give them a little dimension. 

I adhered a piece of lace behind one of the flowers and I added several loops of thread to the pocket too.

 I added sequins to the center of  two fo the flowers and a little glitter glue on the rest of the flowers. 

Beside finding Momenta on their website which can be found HERE. You can find Momenta also on:Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Supplies

Momenta:Peony Paper Pad

Momenta: Watercolor Metallic Paper Pad

Scalloped Edge Punch

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive 

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Stylus

Lace

 Thread

Sequins

Glitter Glue

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Thanks for stopping by, hope your Thursday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Count Every Beautiful Thing Tag

Hi everyone! I'm back today and wanted to share this colorful and slightly quirky tag I created using Eileen Hull's Blends Inks.

I started by inking my glass tray with Sunshine and Melon Blends Inks, adding water and placing the tag into the ink mixture. Once the tag was completely covered I removed and let dry. I inked the Ornate Border Molding Mat with Berry Pigment Ink from the Mermaid Paintbox Collection and randomly inked over the tag.

I inked the Doll Faces Rollagraph with Wicked Black Premium Dye Ink, rolled onto a piece of Watercolor Paper  and cut out the face of girl looking straight ahead. I inked the Butterfly Wooden Stamp with Wicked Black Premium Dye Ink and stamp onto a piece of watercolor paper. Again I inked the glass tray with following Taos Petal Point: Amber and the Mermaid Paintbox Papaya Cream and Berry Inks. I added water and painted the butterfly image with ink mixtures and let dry. I fussy cut the butterfly image out, cut down the middle, added Clear Glitter Glue around outer edge of butterfly and once dry I adhered the butterfly wings, one on either side of the face image. 

I placed Watercolor Paper  on the Long Classic Scalloped Rectangle Large Diecut, placed between the cutting plates and run through the Diecut Machine. Before cleaning the glass tray I randomly placed the scalloped rectangle diecut into the leftover ink mixture from butterfly. Then removed and let dry. Next I inked the glass tray with Sunshine Blends Ink, added water, placed the scalloped rectangle diecut into the ink mixture and once completely covered with  the ink mixture I removed and let dry. I inked the Ornate Border Molding Mat with Amber Pigment Ink from the Taos Petal Point Collection and stamped onto the scalloped rectangles diecut.  

I placed the "Play in the Sun" stamp onto the MISTI Stamping Tool and inked with Wicked Black Premium Dye Ink and stamped onto the lower half of the scalloped rectangle diecut. Next I inked two leaves from a leaf sprig punch with Turtle Pigment Ink and once dry adhered next to the word 'thing" along with sequins and a gem.

I placed vellum on top of the Delightful Circles Diecuts  placed between cutting plates and run through the diecut machine. I adhered to the backside of the scalloped rectangle diecut and then adhered to the tag.

I added Foam Pop Dots to the back of the butterfly face image before placing above the stamped sentiment.

I finished by adhering lace to the bottom of tag and adding a button, sequin, gem at bottom corner of tag and tying a bow at the top of the tag. I hope you like this tag as much as I enjoyed creating it. Also if you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Sunshine Blends Ink
ColorBox/Eileen Hull: Melon Blends Ink
ColorBox: Jumbo Design Wheel and Handle
ColorBox: Doll Faces Rollagraph
ColorBox: Ornate Border Molding Mat
ColorBox: Butterfly Wood Stamp
ColorBox: Taos Petal Point Collection: Turtle and Amber Pigment Inks
ColorBox: Mermaid Paintbox Collection: Papaya Cream and Berry Pigment Inks
ColorBox: Wicked Black Premium Dye Ink
Paint Brush
Glass Tray
Clear Glitter Glue
Spellbinders: Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large Diecuts
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Delightful Circles Diecuts
Tag
Pink Ribbon
Sequins
Gems
Unity Stamps/Authentique: Play in the Sun Stamp
MISTI Stamping Tool
White Cardstock
Scissors
Buttons
Watercolor Paper 
Lace
Vellum
Leaf Sprig Punch
Foam Pop Dots
Diecut Machine
Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

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Thanks for stopping by, hope your Thursday is wonderful and enjoy creating!