Thursday, March 28, 2024

Spring Birdhouse

    For me, nothing says "spring" better than watching the sparrows and meadowlarks build their new nests, flitting in and out of the birdhouses which hang from the tree branches near my house.  "Bird Nest or Bird House" is the new theme for our challenge which begins today at FarmQuest.  As usual, our underlying theme is "Farm or Country."

     I chose an image from my rather large collection of digital stamps from Beccy's Place.  I added color with alcohol markers, pencil, and gel pen, then fussy cut it with scissors.  I layered it onto a scrap of brown dp (Recollections), die cut the scrap with a Spellbinders die, and used a Fiskars punch on the corners.  

     The pink dp is also a scrap and I have no idea what company made that paper.  The ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon which I used to both wrap the card front and to make the bow.  I added a large sequin to the bow and called it finished!


     Challenges:

     I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this fortnight.  We love being inspired by you and what you create.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

11 comments:

Pamela Duncan said...

Great use of Beccy's Place image. Thanks for joining us on the Classic Design Challenge. Pam, DT

Alyson Mayo said...

What a cute little birdhouse with the flowers and berries! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)

Melanie Hungerford said...

What a beautiful image, and turned into a lovely spring card! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Double Trouble.

Glittertastic said...

I love the bird house image and well done for using up your scraps!
Thank you for sharing your card in our challenge at Dream Valley.
Sharon – Dream Valley Challenge Designer
http://glittertastic.blogspot.com/ - Stop by and see me!!!

Beccy said...

Fabulous colour combination NanaConnie, love the brown and pink! You did a fantastic job colouring the image, I particularly like the high shine you added to each of the berries. Wonderful background paper too.
Cheers,
Beccy

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A beautiful day, beautiful colouring and card Connie. Spring is calling from your card. x

Donna Walls said...

Very pretty image, coloring and perfect fussy cutting. Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We love visiting and seeing everyone's creativity.
Donna xx
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stampinwithanita said...

Lovely card and so good with all the layers! Thanks for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge this month.

Aimeslee Winans said...

A great Spring card!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
xoxo, Aimeslee DT

Helen said...

That's really pretty and the ribbon finishes it perfectly.

Thanks for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

Helen x
DT

Helen said...

That's really pretty and the ribbon finishes it perfectly.

Thanks for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

Helen x
DT