What's Up?!!!

Okay - I said I'd be back with a What's Up project and here I am! :)  I found this cute bird house at Michaels and decided to turn it into a bird motel. All the papers were adhered to the surface of the house using Plaid's matte Mod Podge, which is pretty much what I use on most of my projects.

For the roof, I used 1"circles folded in half and layered for a shingle effect. A border was cut out on the Silhouette and glued to the top of the roof to finish it off. Once the birdhouse was covered completely, I used my Silhouette again to cut some grass and leaves. Then glued them here and there for greenery.

Chipboard elements were glued onto some twine to create a banner, then glued onto place on the roof. 

I made a small sign using chipboard pieces and stickers.  Then a painted dowel was attached to the back, so the sign could be attached to the roof.

Have a great weekend! :) Jen

Reach For The Stars

 

Hi all! I'm back to show you a project I did recently for my son's room and the Basic Grey blog. Most of the papers used are from the Wander collection, which is one of my favorite's. All the details can be found on my post here. I should be back later this week with a What's Up project. :)

See You Soon,

Jen

No Sew Pin Cushions

Hello everyone! :) Today I have an easy project idea for storing stick pins. The wooden pots and tray I used are sold together, very inexpensively at Michaels. I think it was about 3 dollars for the set and they have them in different sizes. 

I used Basic Grey's Konnichiwa collection again on this. Just covering the tray and each pot with patterned papers and adding just a few stickers and embellishments for decoration. I glued a block of foam inside each pot, then glued half of a foam ball on top of each one. Some felt was then placed on top and pushed in around the sides with a small file.

If you don't have that many stick pins, you could just use the pots for buttons, brads or other small embellishments.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Thanks!

Hi all! :)  Today is the last day of school for the kids here. So I thought I'd make a gift card holder for my little girl's 1st grade teacher.  Sorry about the photos, the holder was kind of a last minute idea, so I ended up taking pictures this morning, and of course it was dark and rainy.

The design was drawn out on my Silhouette first then transferred onto some chipboard. I also used the Silhouette to cut the 3D flowers in the girl's hair. The papers, stickers and most of the embellies used are from Basic Grey's Konnichiwa collection.

 Here are a few close-ups.

Here in this back view, you can see the small envelope made to fit the gift card.  

Thanks for visiting! I'll be back soon with another Konnichiwa project.

Jen :)