Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Embellish Birds Color Challenge - Birdhouse

Supplies: All stamps - PaperTrey Ink, Punch; Martha Stewart, Distress Ink

Now that I'm back from vacation, I thought I would try the Embellish Magazine challenge. The challenge is to use brown, green, and magenta along with a bird. For this entry I decided to make the card from a birdhouse shape. I cut piece of white cardstock and started to color it brown with Distress Ink. To make the clapboard on the house, I cut a thin piece of cardstock and used it as a mask and moved it a half inch all the way down the piece of cardstock, each time applying the ink over it. This gave the shading I was looking for to mimic the clapboard. I used a lime chalk ink for the all the leaves which I cut out and applied to the house. The bird was cut from magenta cardstock that I first clear embossed with polka dots and a square design was used on the wing. I cut a very dark brown circle for the birdhouse opening. I used white cardstock and a punch for the roof's gable. To finish it off, I added the bird's eye and the sentiment. TFL!

5 comments:

  1. Lisa, I LOVE your birdhouse! Your board details, the vibrant colors, detailed cutting on the branch, everything is so special!

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  2. Oh my goodness!!! Lisa this is absolutely adorable. Wonderful take on the challenge. I LOVE it! :)

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  3. Thanks for sharing how you made the boards - they are perfect! The whole birdhouse card is super brilliant, :) I love it!

    Thanks for playing along with the Embellish challenge this week - wasn't it super? I've been really excited about being their sponsor and I have one more give away on my personal blog...

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  4. STUNNING! So glad you joined us for the Embellish Color Challenge!

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  5. This bird house-card is beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us!

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