Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Simon Says........Animal Magic!

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Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday blog!


Our theme this week is "Animal Magic", and the team are all playing with Paper Smooches products.  If you have any, we'd love to see you using them, too, but you don't have to in order to enter.

I chose their Bird House die set, and as it turns out, my cards are made up of almost all dies!


supplies: white, black, red, and kraft cardstock, dp from Basic Grey's Picadilly paper pad and a scrap of music paper, Paper Smooches Bird House dies, Memory Box Grove Branch, sentiment from Wplus9 Blanket Stitched Blooms, Simon's Stitched Rectangle die, twine

After determining I wanted to hang my birdhouse from the branch, I had the choice of stamping leaves around it or finding a suitable design paper, and I was happy to unearth this floral and leaf piece from a 2011 Basic Grey paper pad.  It's not too busy to compete with my music, allows the branch to stand out, and I like the colors, too!  The green scrap with my sentiment stamped on it is from the same paper pad, too.

There are 2 birdhouses in this set, and I used them both in my next card:



supplies: white and green cardstock, various dot design papers, most of them from Bo Bunny's Very Vintage Double Dot paper pad, Paper Smooches Bird House dies, Wplus9 branch dies from Folk Art Florals, Taylored Expressions Leafy Vine embossing folder, Impression Obsession frame die and sentiment from Hero Arts retired Right at Home

Now it's your turn - I can't wait to see what you create! Heidi has provided another $50.00 gift voucher

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to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!


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16 comments:

Mischelle said...

I love how you've used these dies ... I need to apply this idea to my cards. Thanks for the inspiration!

Lorraine A said...

Very cute cards Lin :-) I love those little tree houses, so adorable! :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Cat Craig said...

Those bird houses are so cute, and I love the little bow on the first card such a sweet touch.

Stephanie said...

Such precious birdie cards, Lin! Love both layouts a lot!

*mwah*
Steph
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Lisa Elton said...

These are both so cute Lin! Love the papers you used on the first one!

Nancy said...

Both are just so sweet Lin! I love those little birds!

kiwimeskreations said...

Beautiful cards Lin - I particularly like the first one.
Blessings
Maxine

Dawn T said...

Both of these are adorable Lin. Fun challenge.

Susi said...

Sweet cards! Your first one is a delight with it's musical DP "house" and twine bow.

CherylQuilts said...

Oh, Lin, two adorable cards with birdhouses that are just the sweetest with precious birds! Love them both! Hugs!

Scrapthat said...

lovely cards Lin! :D

SandeeNC said...

Dies make the best cards, and these are so cute!

Marlena M. said...

Such sweet cards Lin~I love those bird houses!

Anita in France said...

These are both so sweet, Lin ... those little birds are adorable in and around their cute homes! Anita :)

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh... I've just fallen in love with this birdhouse die set! I love your patterned-paper birdhouses. These cards are precious!

Sybrina K said...

Lin, These are adorable cards! I just love how used the birdhouse dies on both of them. So tweet...