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Graphic 45 Birdhouse Hi friends sharing a 3 D birdhouse I made using Crealies dies and gorgeous Graphic 45 papers with a bit of recycling thrown in. Birdhouse          I used the same Crealies dies to make birdhouse Tealight holders earlier this month [link here : Teacher's Day Gifts ] and loved the projects so much I decided to give another twist to it! This is a fall themed home decor idea with mushrooms, flowers, pearls and flowers galore. A little birdie perching on a tiny branch is peeking out of her home! Birdhouse This project has feathers, natural dried pollen,gorgeous berries ,  fabric leaves and a bronze mushroom. Here is how I made the stand and base for the birdhouse: Cardboard recycling I recycled a cardboard tube [ the inside of a roll of bandage] by wrapping it with Graphic 45 paper and used it to form a stand for the birdhouse. CD recycling Recycled a CD to form a sturdy base for the bird house. Layered ...

Bird Shaped Thank you Cards          Hi friends , here are some cute little birdies chirping by to say hi to my blogger friends and visitors! The birds are perching atop our bonsai orange tree. Bird Shaped Thank you Cards        I used a Sizzix BigZ bird die to make the bird shaped cards which are Thank you cards for my daughter's school teachers. Bird Shaped Thank you Cards           My daughter had been bogged down with exams but she did contribute by adding the very important googly eyes!! We cant have eyeless monster birdies now can we..?!! And to stand the birds have fun metal feet!!![ ahem binder clip feet] Bird Shaped Thank you Cards And yes we made 9 of them as she has 9 teachers this year! Supplies : Dies :  Sizzix BigZ Beautiful Bird , Poppy Stamps Scribble Thank you Papers : Papericious

Pop Up Hummingbird Card            Hi friends, sharing a birthday card I made for a crafty friend I "met" on social media . I had missed her actual birthday so this was a rather hurriedly put together card to wish her a belated one! Pop Up Hummingbird Card The humming bird and flowers are stamps from Stampendous which I heat embossed and water-colored with   Zig Brush Pens . Pop Up Card                 The hummingbird  was put on a Spellbinders heart die cut and pops up in the center of the card by a twist and pop mechanism. I also added tiny golden butterflies, little golden hummingbirds and golden dragon flies! Pop Up Card  I will be dropping by soon friends...I have some repair work going on at home so a little caught up in that. Supplies : Dies :  Stampendous Hummingbirds Die,Cheery Lynn  Mini butterflies with Angel wings,Cheery Lynn tiny things with wings,Tonic Studios...

Owl Shaped Card         Hi friends sharing another little Owl shaped card. This time popped up the polka dotted wings on a wing cut out of black glitter foam and bordered each wing with glitter foam leafy birder cut from the  Poppystamps Emory Oval Frame die.         Experimented combining different dies to make a simple flower[ used the  Cheery Lynn rose to cut the flower petals from dotted pattern paper and the Poppystamps  large icelenad poppy die to make the glitter central pollen. Owl Shaped Fancy Fold Card And here is the inside of the card with a tea cup popped up on foam and a stylish Poppystamps Thank you  on a tag [ again from Poppystamps ] Supplies : Dies :  Poppystamps Scribble Thank you, Poppystamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags, Poppystamps Large Iceland Poppy, Poppystamps Pine Boughs, Poppystamps Emory Oval Frame,Cheery Lynn  Large Rose, Elizabeth Craft Designs Teacup , Sizzix Owl La...

Fancy Fold Step Card           Hi friends , are you surprised to see so many posts from me?  I am on a determined spree to use up hoarded craft supplies. Do you have pretty papers that you love too much that you can't bear to use them...? Hehe I am big time guilty of that one and hope some of my friends can relate!! Fancy Fold Step Card           I used hoarded fall themed papers not only on the base of my card but to also make the embellishments like the die cut tree, the punched flowers and  the tea cup! I die cut the Memory Box tree twice and layered them offsetting a bit to give extra volume and depth and added some cute resin flower embellishments[ which again I loved too much that I have hung on to them for years!!] Handmade Paper Flower         The  Magnolia was made with a Spellbinders die and a subtle shimmer added using a special glitter called Crystal Clear. This beau...

Owl Shaped Card Hi friends, sharing a simple Owl Shaped Gatefold card.  She is a cute little Owl with bright orange glittery wings , lovely brown eyelashes and deep black soulful eyes!! Owl Shaped Card Little Owl opens to reveal a nice cuppa coffee to wish someone a Happy Birthday!! Owl Shaped Card It is a simple and cute card and I hope you liked it! Here are more Owl cards from the past :   Gatefold Owl Card  , Fancy fold Owl Card  , Owl Shaped Card Supplies : Dies :    Sizzix Owl Label Fold A Long, Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13 , Elizabeth Craft Designs Teacup , Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur Die Stamps : Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur Stamp, Studio G Happy Birthday Papers : DCWV The Four Seasons Stack

Poppy Coffee Card         Hi friends have you ever jumped to buy something and then let it sit for months without using it? Well in my case I bought this beautiful Poppy Stamps "Iceland Poppy"flower die set  nearly a year ago and this is the first time I am using it! Coffee and Poppy Card  The fun thing about this die is that you can make a dimensional  yet flat flower[hehe that is a contradiction of sorts but I think my crafty friends will know what I mean!]! I diecut the petals in thick kraft paper and dotted pattern paper and glued the pattern paper diecuts on the kraft diecuts offsetting a little to get a cool margin. Coffee and Poppy Card          I am so glad I hoarded this cute cup with a heart   charm as it goes perfectly with the sentiment I used " warm hearts"!         The woodgrain background was created using a gorgeous stamp from Winnie and Walter. The cop...

Altered Penstand Hi friends sharing one more fall themed project which I made for my craft table. Recycling makes me feel good and it was heartening  to give new life to a broken old nut cutter! Recycling Craft My favorite way to use pretty paper is to make 3 d projects for the home and I used gorgeous Graphic 45 papers to line the inside and outside of this multipurpose holder. Altered Penstand The  cups  were made using an Elizabeth Craft Designs Teacup die set on foam , gold metallic paper and Graphic 45 Papers Altered Penstand I couldn't resist adding a smiley flower ! Altered Penstand All the flowers on this project were made using  punches and dies . The filler flowers are my current favorite and were cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs dies. Altered Penstand And here is the altered stand with my water-brushes, scissors and paper-cutter! Altered Penstand Hope you liked this project! Supplies : Dies :  Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13 ,C...

Fall Themed Organizer Box Hi friends, though we dont officially have a fall season here in India I love fall themed projects. I just love the bright orange !I dressed up an MDF box for my craft room using lovely Graphic 45 papers and cute teacups Fall Themed Organizer Box          When I first started paper crafting  cute smiley faced punch craft projects made with Peachy Keen stamps where very popular! I couldn't get the stamps in India but loved them so much that I braved ordering directly from the company only to have the parcel lost . So you can imagine my delight when a couple of months back I could buy my first Peachy Keen face stamps from a crafter here in India who was de-stashing her supplies. Happy Sunflowers  One's crafty first love is indeed unforgettable, sweet and thrilling !! Am I so in love with these adorable faces!! What do you say friends...Did you have a first love in crafting? Fall Themed Organizer Box  I m...