Birdhouse Card

Created this Birdhouse Card at a free Make & Take at Stamp Asylum store. The store provided all the supplies. The company Memory Box provided the theme & directions.

The card base is an A2 sized card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" of white cardstock already precut into the birdhouse shape for us. 

Used 2 rubber stamps (Woodgrain & birdhouse shape), ink & a brayer. We used a brayer to ink the large Woodgrain rubber stamp. Then used "kiss stamp" technique to stamp the birdhouse shape rubber stamp onto the Woodgrain rubber stamp and onto the white cardstock. My stamping onto the white cardstock was a bit smudged but my daughter said it gave it a more rough natural look.

Used 2 rubber stamps for the nest) & ink. Stamped the 2 parts of the nest one on top of the other onto the front of the card just below the circle hole.

Used a rubber stamp to stamp a perch near the stamped nest for the bird to perch on. Stamp the bird's eggs thru the hole.

Painted the bird (already die cut for us) using 3 Tim Holtz Distress Inks, water mister & a paint brush. Pressed 3 Tim Holtz Distress Ink colors onto mat. Mist a small amt of water onto mat but not on the Distress Ink. Used a paint brush, dipped in the water & dipped into 2 of the 3 Tim Holtz Distress Inks and painted the bird's breast. Cleaned paint brush. Used a paint brush, dipped in water and 1 of the 3 Tim Holtz Distress Ink colors and painted the bird's body & tail feather and around the eggs area.

Attached the bird near the perch using foam adhesive.

Tied yellow ribbon to yellow cardstock strip.  Added yellow cardstock strip with ribbon tied on it to front of card below the bird. Attached "Hi!" sentiment (already die cut & stamped for us) using foam adhesive on right side of yellow cardstock.

When I came home I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink broken china on the bird house edges and added score lines to give the birdhouse depth/dimension of an even more wood look.

Inside of card with stamped eggs & painted area
around the eggs:


















diecuts: Memory Box - birdhouse, bird
ink: 
Ranger inks
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Martha Stewart: score board
paper:
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock
white cardstock
ribbon: yellow
stamps: Memory Box

Entering this into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Anything Goes unlim 5th 6/23-29
A Blog Named Hero Ch6  Kissing 6/15-26
Crafts and Me Ch89 Anything Goes unlim 12th 6/20-25
Craft Your Passion Ch116 Things With Wings lim3 1st 6/25-7/1
Dream Valley Ch35 Things With Wings lim3 1st 6/24-7/6
A Blog Named Hero Arts Kissing Technique
Hot Shot Ch9 Distress Inks unlim 9th 6/9-7/6
Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 36th 6/3
Paper Play Ch Wk25 Use a Die unlim 6th 6/21-27
Paper Playtime Ch77 Say it w/ Sentiments Anything Goes unlim 10th 6/18-30
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch25 3 Things unlim 2nd there are 3 eggs in the egg stamped image 6/22-30
Robyns Fetish Ch113 No Flowers Anywhere At All lim3 3rd 6/24-30 

Speedy Fox & Friends Ch113 Score Lines unlim 1st 6/23-29
Sugar Creek Hollow Ch17 Circles lim3 1st mine is 'primitive style' & my circles are the hole in the birdhouse, the eggs are stamped with a circle around them & the "Hi!" sentiment tag is a circle 6/23-29
Tammy Scrapin Corner Ch16 Anything Goes Any Artist unlim 1st 6/25-7/1
Victorine Stamps Ch36 Anything Goes unlim 18th 6/14