Sunflower Birdhouse...

Hi everyone! With all my design work, (which I love), I seldom have time to create something for myself! Last week, I was able to find time to make one of my birdhouses for my kitchen which is decorated with sunflowers! 

 

I used Spellbinders® Paper Arts Die D-Lites™ Create-a-Flower Series: Sunflower and Ivy with  Blooms Four to make the flowers and foliage for my birdhouse, and am so pleased with it! ~ Enjoy!

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Project Recipe:

Dies: Spellbinders® Paper Arts Die D-Lites™ Create-a-Flower Series: Sunflower and Ivy; Blooms Four

Paper: Dotted patterned paper, Bazzill Basics Paper® Ivory, Yellow. Brown and Green Cardstock

Paint/Inks: DecoArt Americana Coffee Bean, Honey Brown and Light Yellow

Embellishments: Beacon Adhesives, Hot Glue Gun, Brown Excelsior, Birds, Recollections Black Glitter Dots, Foam Brushes, Birdhouse

Happy Halloween!!

So, while Hurricane Sandy is storming around me, I have created a darling birdhouse for Halloween! I had a lot of fun with this! I painted my birdhouse (purchased from Hobby Lobby) with two shades of acrylic orange paint, including the roof. Next, I added Crackle Medium to the roof, let it dry to just tacky, and swiped on black paint which gave it a fantastic aged look.

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Once the paint on the roof was dry, I cut and embossed Spellbinders™ Spider Web in black cardstock and adhered the web to the side corners and under the eaves of the birdhouse. I used the Persian Accents border for my fencing around the bottom, and my sentiment "Something Wicked" from Quietfire Design was stamped on Romantic Rectangles which was stamped and stenciled with black and orange ink. 

I added Spanish moss and twigs I had sprayed with black paint, and topped it off with a black bird I found at Michael's. My final touch were the spiders that come with the Spider Web die which I had cut, embossed and added orange rhinestones for eyes. Here's a close up look of the crackle roof, spider and bird: