Monday, March 5, 2012

Little Pink Houses

A few weekends ago, my mom, sisters, friend, and I spent a fabulous weekend shopping papercrafting stores. Oh, so much paper and so many embellies! We were drooling and doing our part once again to boost the economy.  J
 
Whenever we get together for these crafty outings, we usually give each other little presents. Nothing big or expensive, just something we made or a great deal we found. Little somethings to inspire each other and that say "hey, I was thinking about you when I made / found this"...and isn't that just the best?!

As usual, I received some fantastic goodies from the gals!  For them, I made these little altered bird houses, each one a bit different to suit the personality of each woman. These pinkies were created for my sister, Jenny, and friend, Sue.


A Couple Details:

  • The bird houses are actually wooden tag shapes that I've had in the stash for many years.  I covered the fronts with various My Mind's Eye Lost & Found papers (some of my absolute favorite papers).
  • Each features a Tim Holtz key hole embellishment as the "door".  I used alcohol inks to make them blend better with the pink and brown color scheme.
  • The "Possibilities" house also features a beautiful bird's nest digital image from The Graphics Fairy.
I'll have the other bird houses coming your way soon!

Supplies

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink ‘Kraft’; Stampin’ Up! ‘Chocolate Chip’
Pattern Paper: My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found ‘Madison Avenue’
Image: The Graphics Fairy
Stamps: MME Blush ‘Princess’; Chatterbox ‘Fabulous’; Scrappy Cat
Inks: Martha Stewart craft markers; StazOn ‘Timber Brown’; Distress Ink ‘Old Paper’, ‘Vintage Photo’; SU! craft 'Regal Rose', 'Creamy Caramel'; LePen ‘Brown’; Alcohol Ink ‘Latte’, ‘Salmon’, ‘Silver Mixative’, 'Caramel', 'Mushroom'
Embellishments: Distress Stickles ‘Rock Candy’; PTI leaf ribbon; bridal pips; Prima flower; Darice flowers; Tim Holtz key hole; button; PTI rustic button twine; Making Memories trim ‘Animal Crackers’; Distress Crackle Paint ‘Rock Candy’; The Girl's Paperie brad 'On Holiday'; TH tissue tape 'Symphony'; paper doily; silk flowers

Tools: foam ink blender; felt ink blender; Wondertape; 3M foam tape; Zots; ink jet printer; scallop scissors; Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium; Pop Up Glue Dot
Misc: wood tag shape

10 comments:

  1. Victoria - this is so pretty! Love it! xo

    -pamela :)

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  2. Beautiful tags Vicki, what a lovely way to provide inspiration and encouragement. The keyholes for the doors to the birdhouse are inspirational.

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us at Crafting When We Can Challenges. :-) xx

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  3. Beautiful tags! I love the details you included.


    I’m stopping by from the Catered Crop.

    ~Cheryl~
    **Check out my March Blog Candy**

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  4. This is Yummy. So pretty and feminine. Thanks for joining in with the Pile It On Challenge this week.

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  5. Wow, your tags are stunning. I see why these papers are some of your favorites ! Thanks for sharing with our Crafting When We Can Challenge :)

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  6. Well, I will obviously have to cut my own chipboard houses, not being privy to your private stash . . . ;)

    These are adorable!

    :)

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  7. Boy are you lucky to have a mom and a sister for craft shopping. I am very jealous. AND I'm jealous of your tags. For some reason I find them very difficult to make, go figure. Well, your tags are gorgeous and I'm glad I got to see them and that you're boosting up the economy.
    thanks for playing with us at Pile It On.

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