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!

Challenges:
The Graphics Fairy Brag Monday
Catered Crop: Ravenous About Ribbon Recipe Swap
Crafting When We Can: #13 - Animals
Pile It On: #10 - Are We Seeing Spots or Stripes or Both?

Supplies: 

InLinkz.com

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