Fenced Tree in Bloom and Birdhouse

            

 Hello crafting friends!  This birthday card highlighting an outdoor scene was made for a friend. It took a lot of work but I was happy with the way it turned out.

 I began with creating the background. First, cloud templates were positioned and temporarily adhered to a panel of white card stock. Next, the background was sponged with Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass ink and then the cloud templates removed.

In the next step, the frame was created in white card stock using 2 dies from Creative Expressions Double Stitched Rectangles.  The fence was cut from a Rubbernecker Gate and Arbor die in white card stock and assembled. The fence hinges and handle were die cut in black mirror card stock. The grass border was cut from green card stock using a die from Creative Expressions Garden Circle Scene die set and adhered to the fence with adhesive. The assembled fence was then adhered to the back of the frame. This frame was put aside to work on the background scene.

For the tree I used an IO Bare Tree die and cut it in kraft card stock and then sponged it with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo ink. The leaves of the tree were die cut in green card stock using the IO Leaves and Stems die and were positioned and attached to the tree branches. Using dies from Rubbernecker Flower Buds and Tiny Flower Buds the flowers were cut in pink card stock, shaped and then adhered to the branches of the tree. To create the birdhouse, I used dies from Creative Expressions Home Tweet Home using kraft and brown card stock, sponging the kraft with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo ink. I added tiny flowers to the birdhouse using a die from the Garden Circle Scene die set. These were cut in green card stock and then paper pieced with pink.      

The completed tree and birdhouse were then attached to the background panel with dimensionals and glue dots. The birds, cut in kraft card stock using Creative Expressions A Little Birdie Told Me, were sponged with the vintage photo ink and then added to the background with dimensionals. The finished background panel was then adhered to the frame using dimensional tape. 

To complete the card the framed panel was adhered to a pink panel and then to a white base card. I added some Wink of Stella to the flowers and this completed my project.    

 

Here is a list of all the products used:

 Card Stock: GKD White, Kraft, Bubblegum Pink, Grass Green; PTI Dark Chocolate; Black Mirror Paper

Dies: Creative Expressions Double Stitched Rectangles, Home Tweet Home, A Little Birdie Told Me, Garden Circle Scene; IO Bare Tree, Stems and Leaves; Rubbernecker Stamps Gate and Arbor, Flower Buds, Tiny Flower Buds

Inks: Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo; GKD Passionate Pink

Other:  Adhesive, dimensionals, sponge daubers, blending brushes     

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Any comments are much appreciated.

Make sure to make it a great day!