I don't have a printer at home, so I printed the house template at work last night, and brought it home and had to trace it onto Creamy Caramel CS and cut it out as listed. I stamped the house with Sanded (of course, it must look like wood!), then used the 3/4" circle punch to cut out the hole.
I stamped the branch with Close to cocoa, then used the Cameo Coral and Close to Cocoa markers to color it in, before cutting out by hand (oy!). The bird image I stamped twice with Close to Cocoa onto Close to Cocoa paper, then used the Signo White Gel Pen to color in the details, before cutting out the different birds. I adhered the branch with Tombo Multi and the birds with dimensionals.
The roof I cut the dimensions she listed on her blog and then used the ticket corner punch, without the guide, to cut the reverse scallop edge. It doesn't look quite like i wanted it too, got a little mangled with my handling. The base I only punched the corners.
Overall a fun project! I will do a few things differently next time to make it easier on myself! TFL.
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 GMT Views: 1180
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Mon, Oct 27, 2008 @ 11:45 AM
Your birdhouse is so wonderful on so many levels. Love that it's an ornament, love your colors and the use of Sanded bg for a woodie look, love the way your roof looks, love your simple base, love those cute little birds and your cherry blossom branch is to die for.
Thanks so much for sharing.
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