3D Thursday.... Bird Ballad Birdhouse!

Oh I just had to! Bird Ballad made me do it!

And anyone that has been following this blog a while ... probably knows... that there are a few of these behind the scenes... 

Well between me and a penchant for anything architectural... and a mother with a thing about birdhouses and dovecotes... I have a few things like this around the house...

Talling of dovecotes... how many of you remember this masterpiece I made for my mother...

Now I wonder if she can find it when she gets out of hospital...  and I wonder if anyone would like a class to make one of their own!!?

If I can find the original directions that is.... Though actually I could design that all from scratch nowadays... Yup! Well I never...

But back to today's birdhouse... just something I picked up from a Poundland over the years (was it the time I took you Julie!!! LOL!)... so doubt they will still have them...

Roof decorated with some Bird Ballad paper ( slightly grunged using a Sahara Sand ink pad and a sponge)

Fussy cut birds and flowers from Bird Ballad papers...

Greeting stamped using Memento Black and Free As A Bird stamp set,....

And finished off with a beautiful Flower Faceted Gem... love these... though almost too nice to use!

Candy Cane Lane Christmas Birdhouse...

Quick share today... birdhouse from Candy Cane Lane papers... greeting from Tin of Tags... birds from Thoughtful Branches... bow from Holly Berry Happiness... and pot from Seasonal Bells... Come back tomorrow for more details as to how...

Love it so much I have just made another on the same theme today... will be back to share that one soon when I have had a chance to take some photos!

Remember 56 houses in a pack of papers... that is a lot of easy cards!

Dovecote & Moving House GIft

And now for something completely different - and a labour of love for 2 very special people..... namely my parents!! They moved house this week... after nearly 50 years in the same house!!!

My mother has always wanted a white wood dovecote - so this is what I made instead of the more usual Good Luck in Your New Home Card..... They were both chuffed to bits!!!! Though unfortunately she still wants a wooden one.... which will prove slightly more expensive!!

The template for the birdhouse part is one of Adela Rossol's templates - and is called Home Tweet Home. As soon as I saw this template I knew a dovecote was soon going to be made.....  You can find Adelas' fabulous templates here. http://creationsbyar.com/.

The rest is using Stampin' Up products. The doves are created using  the Bird Punch. The ledges for the doves to stand on with the 1" circle punch scored in half. The scalloped edge under the birdhouse is using the Scallop Edge Punch. The base is created using the Petal Card Punch and the Scallop Square Punch. 

You can't really see them on the photos....but note the detail on the birdhouse to resemble slats of wood - just simple scoring after I had cut the template out.....