Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Fancy Birdhouse

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Christmas Cardinal by Jenny Alia

Hi, it's Jenny here today sharing a Christmas card inspired by this week's challenge. I began by layering the Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames in red on top of a 5.5 inch square card. I took a smaller white piece of card stock and distressed the edges before layering a piece of design paper cut with the French Flair Classic Silver Stacker on top.

I thought the Fancy Bird House decorated in red and green would make a cute holiday home for thie Cardinal from the Feathered Friends set. I cut the birdhouse using kraft paper and then glued different colored papers to the back to add the detail I wanted. I also double cut the fence and layered the white fence on top of the kraft base. The snow is texture paste and then I also added sparkle by adding a glitter paste on top. I used two layers of the Holly Lace Flourish for greenery and added a snowflake from the Snowflake Set #2.

Cheery Lynn Dies

Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames DL253

French Flair Classic Silver Stackers L12

Feathered Friends B557

Fancy Bird House B558

Holly Lace Flourish B148

Snowflake Set #2 B635

Thanks for looking and make sure to join in this week's challenge for a chance to win a $20 shopping spree to the Cheery Lynn Designs shop!

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Birdhouse Card by Julie Lavalette

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Hi Everyone, It's Julie here today. I immediately fell in love with the new Fancy Birdhouse die as soon as I saw it and gathered inspiration for my 7 x 7 card from feeding all the birds that visit my garden.

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.

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