Summer Birdhouses

Hi friends, Debbie here with the super adorable Stitched Birds Dies and Decorative Birdhouse Dies!  I absolutely love this card! I took my color inspiration from the super talented Arsenia!

When I started I used a white A6 panel, 41/2 X 61/2 inches. Placing it on a grip mat and the Layered Blooming Vines Stencils. One of my all time favorites! After I did all the ink blending on with both layers. I added more ink to the edges and splattered with the teal and white. 

Then with the Tranquil Teal and Lemon Lolly card stocks, I die cut out the Decorative Birdhouses and the Stitched Birds. On all the die cuts I did some ink blending on the edges to give some depth to the cuts. Splattering on white Dr. ph Martin’s Bleed Proof and set to the side to dry. Later, I will add Onyx Pearls for the eyes on the birds. 

I wanted some to make it look as though the birdhouses were hanging. So with the Stitched Strips Dies I die cut out the very thinnest die from white card stock. 

Next, with the Florals Wreath Builder Dies with three different sizes of flowers. I die cut out enough to double layer them, adding white splatter to them as well. 

For the sentiment I used the recently released Summer Script Die. Die cutting it out several times from white to stack up for dimension and the red for the top. Then I stamped out the rest of the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Summer stamp and die cut it out with the Sentiment Strips Dies. 

As I’m starting to adhere it all together, I used my trimmer to die cut a mat with the Teal card stock 1/8 inch bigger then the Layered Blooming Vines panel.  Then with the largest Eyelet Rectangle Dies, I did some creative cutting. With the die at a Horizonal position and the cutting plate off set I ran it through my cutting machine. So only cutting on the three sides, then slide the die down to lock it in and do another partial cut. So once I was finished I had a 5X7 card, attaching it to a card base. 

Now with all the die cuts dry, I started attaching it all together with the birds and some of the flowers popped up with foam squares.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!