CCC Bird Day Tweetings

    Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

I had already stamped and coloured a bird, the tree branches and the bird house, a few months ago, but didn't know what to do with them. Then in a panic to get this post done, I decided to use them, but to add another bird, it was pot luck on colouring it to match the first one, but it was OK in the end, I think?

 

I embossed a leaf background from a leaf die, but decided to only colour the flowers in it. I die cut it, as per the sketch I had to use for inspiration. Next I added the tree house and branches and the birds, I didn't have what I wanted in a sentiment stamp, so printed one out and die cut it. 

 

I wanted to add paper, as per the sketch, and found this bird paper in my files a freebie from my subscription magazine, and it even had blue tits on it. I printed it, cut it to size and pasted it onto the base card. Then added the circle design. 

 

The sentiment was added with 3D pads. Thank goodness for sketch inspiration sometimes. 

This is the sketch I used -  

birds and birdhouse - SCP #187 RSBP Magazine Freebie Garden Birds

inks - Distress Inks

embossed die - Tattered Lace (old)

sentiment - computer generated

sentiment die - Card Making Magic, Rectangular Nested Set 

paper - SCP #226 Magazine Freebie

 

 What Critter will you use for the Challenge?

Ribbon or Twine TMR

 Hello Everyone, my DT post today is for 

The Male Room

A celebration for me today, I have been with the DT here since June 2016, that's 8 years. This is my first card on the DT, plenty of changes of style, and usage of crafty things in between for me.  

I had a struggle to do this. I don't often add ribbon or twine to my cards, but somehow, I thought of a bird house hanging from a tree. After a couple of weeks thinking of other ways to use twine or ribbon, I decided to just go for it. This is the result.

I die cut a square background and blended some DI onto it to simulate the sky,  I wanted it still CAS, so didn't add too much. I then stamped the birdhouse onto wood grain card, and added shadow on the edges, for the house and red striped card for the roof, also with shadow edges. They were glued together. I then planned where the sentiment could go and stamped it onto the background die piece.

Next the branch was stamped, in different places and once onto card, which was fussy cut (ugh!) for the twine to hang from it, they were then were coloured. The swallow was stamped next and coloured. The twine was attached to the branch, which was 3D'd onto the card. The twine was stretched and attached to the house, which was also 3D'd. I added 3D pads to the swallow and attached a piece of twine to it's beak, I had to use more twine!The background was then attached to the base card. 

I'm afraid my card isn't too imaginative in the use of twine, but I hope it will pass. After pasting it here, I thought perhaps it could be used for a new home card too. Oh! well, I suppose I could add a new home sentiment and a label die cut if needed.

stamps - all Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) magazine freebies

inks - Distress Inks

border die - Sue Wilson Noble Square die 

 

Go see what my creative Team Mates have produced.