PDE Linky Party - May 2016

I can't believe how fast my time on the PDE Linky Party  design team has gone, it must be my age the older I get the faster time seems to fly.

 

As usual this week's challenge is Anything Goes.

 

I have really been enjoying painting decorative birdhouses.

 

After adding 2 coats of Gesso I painted the roof and bottom 2 coats of yellow and the house itself with 2 coats of orange.

 

The crows are from Plum Purdy.

 

 

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PDE Linky Party 3-18-16

Hi, it is time for another PDE Linky Party 
where all of the challenges will ALWAYS BE ANYTHING GOES. You know what that means?!

If you....made it, stamped it, die cut it, paper pieced it, scrapbooked it, refurbished it, restored it, remodeled it, crocheted it, quilted it, sewed it, painted it.....it all counts! And you have unlimited entries.

 

 

I decided to play with a wood birdhouse I picked up at Jo Ann's a while back. Here it is with a couple of coats of gesso on it and my color choices. I went with the coral on the bottom.

 

 

When I finished the painting I moved on to the roof.  I started with a scalloped stencil I received from my BFF Renee over at: Plum Purdy

With Silhouette's software it is very easy to replicate the item you are working with so I only had to come up with 1 scallop. I put it on a piece of Rhoida dot paper, scanned it and brought the scanned image into my Silhouette software. I ran the pieces through my eBosser using my Delicate Dots embossing folder. Then I proceeded to shingle my roof.

 

The birds are cut from vinyl and the grass is cardstock from my stash.

 

Please come and join in the fun over at PDE Linky Party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silhouette Challenges

I can't believe that this is already my 3rd post for Silhouette Challenges, where has the time gone?

I picked up this wood birdhouse at Jo Ann's a trip or two ago. Can you tell that I am in the mood for spring and that my favorite color is blue?
 
After applying 2 coats of Gesso I painted the roof and bottom in a light blue and the main part of the house in a dark blue. I added the white dots by using a stencil and a stylus.
 
The white on the roof was cut using my Cameo and a file from the Cameo store, it is cut out of white vinyl. I think that it made a quick, easy, cute roof.

Challenge#1

Starts March 1, 12016

Ends March. 31, 2016

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