Sunday 29 May 2011

Anything But A Card at Sentimental Sundays


I hope you're all having a great (long) weekend.  We went to Kent yesterday for our grandson Ryan's 6th birthday party, it was great fun & he really enjoyed himself (it was a very long day though an 8 hour round trip but definitely worth it) & it was so lovely to see him, his lil sister Abigail & my son Craig & DIL Zoe (I do miss them!).  So today I'm hoping not to do very much today (apart from some crafting of course).  

It is very exciting times at Sentimental Sundays as today the design team members are announced - all 14 of them!  The "old" team members have now been promoted to Senior Members (I've never been a senior anything lol) how cool :)  This week's challenge is "Anything But A Card" (with a sentiment) & I should have found this easy as I love papercrafting & making different things to cards BUT I couldn't decide what to make lol.  In the end I went for a  Christmas birdhouse ornament, I've made a couple of these before & they do look pretty on the tree.  The red card is from Dovecraft's Noel premium paper pad & the green (though it doesn't look green in the photo) is digi (can't remember which one sorry) printed onto card.  I didn't have the correct nesties for the roof & base as used in the instructions so I just measured & cut with scalloped scissors.  I finished off with some wire & beaded flowers, a pointsettia, punched tag stamped with Noel, a couple of gems, tinsel, eyelets & some stretchy cord for hanging. The instructions & template are HERE if you would like to have a go :o)

I would like to enter this into these challenges:
Delightful - Tags
Creative Inspirations - Christmas in May 
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed - Anything But a Card
My Creative Moments - Scallops
Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Holidays
Dream Valley - Stamp Something 


Nearly forgot to say don't forget there are free sentiments available every Sunday too!

27 comments:

Christina said...

Wowww this is absolutely stunning Tracey! Love the little birdhouse!
Hugs Kristel

Debs M said...

what a gorgeous creation! Thanks for joining the ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge’ at DDSB
Debbie Dt x
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Lisa Foster said...

Oh my goodness Tracey!!! You have totally rocked this challenge! I love you precious birdhouse! Thank you so much for joining us at Delightful Challenges!
Hugs,
Lisa

Cheryl said...

Oh my gosh! THis is so stinkin' cute Tracey! I love it!

Jan said...

This is adorable. Thanks for joining us at CFAS, hope to see you agin soon. xx Jan DT member

Jane said...

More cleverness than a clever thing that's very clever...clever you!! xxx

Ellibelle said...

Wow, this is gorgeous!! Love all of the details! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Chrissy said...

Gorgeous bird house tracey.Really lovely.

Luv CHRISSYxx

NGCARDS said...

A Fantastic Christmas Creation! Thanks for joining in with our Challenge of Christmas In May over at Creative Inspirations Wednesday's Challenge Blog! xxx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Tracy
A gorgeous birdhouse,thankyou for joining us this week at Delightful Challenges,
Hugs Dianne xx

Anonymous said...

This is adorable, I love this, may have to case it for my xmas tree this year!!

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Love that little bird house. Never thought of using/making one as a tree ornament... you've just inspired me my Friend! Congrats on your Senior appointment ;))) xx

Unknown said...

O wow Tracey this is gorgeous, and so cute, I love your bird house xxx

DesignerDiva said...

Super little bird house perfect for the Christmas holidays.
Thanks for sharing it with us at MAWTT this week for Lisa's 'Holidays' and good luck with the challenge
Hugs Laurie x

Cheryl Valadez said...

Fabulous project! Thanks for joining the challenge this week at the The Paper Shelter ;D Hugz, Cheryl

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

It's so cute! What a lovely colours you have used…………… Thanks for joining at TPS this week....

Hugs
Judith

Shell said...

oh my this is gorjuss, thanks for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
Shell xx

Nannieflash said...

Oh this is quite love and so pretty. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. with hugs Shirleyxx

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

A fabulous bird house project Tracey - love the Christmassy theme.

Thank you for joining us at this week's MAWTT challenge - Hugs, Sylvia x

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

What an ADORABLE little bird house!

Thanks for playing along this week at Freshly Brewed Challenges Anything But A Card Challenge.

Heather D.
Fresh Brewed Designs

Pami said...

Hi Tracey! Wow this is wonderful, what a lovely project! Thanks so much for joining us at MAWTT this week. Hope to see you again soon. Pami x

Linda Anderson said...

Wow, this is gorgeous!!! Love it! Thanks for joining us at FBD.

Linda

Carole of Brum said...

Awww what a gorgeous project, your birdhouse is lovely and unique too. Thanks for joining in with us at Dream Valley Challenges. CoB

Kathy said...

So nice that you could spend the day with your DGS for his birthday. Love the ornament, that would be beautiful on the tree. I'll have to check out the directions. Great project.

Lola said...

This is completely awesome! I bet they look gorgeous on the tree. Glad you had a great birthday celebration and weekend.

Kitty said...

Wow Tracey this is stunning love!

Thanks for joining us at MAWTT and hope to see you again next time!

Kitty xx

Cindy said...

Tracey, these are just adorable!! So many details involved! Awesome!!
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