Halloween Altered Bird House

Halloween is always a fun time for decorating.  So I decided to take out a wooden birdhouse that I got at Michael's over a year ago. Just in case the bare wood was going to poke out I painted all the edges black.  After that I went to town making myself a template, for all the pieces.

To decorate my little birdhouse I cut out the fun papers from the Happy Haunting paper pack from My Mind's Eye. Then edged all the edges with black ink.

I created these fun doors and WoW they look amazingly real!  The twin skeletons were part of some of the card stock, so I cut them out and attached them so they look like they are opening the doors.

I made some bats and some adorable little spiders. (can spiders be adorable?)  I found a cool looking clock and printed it out, cut it out, distressed it then covered it with glossy accents.  Cool, huh?

I added a strip of acetate to one of the bats then attached it to the back side of the doors so it would look as if it is flying out of the house. I also used the acetate to create the windows.  Using some acetate on top of orange cardstock then used strips of black to make the panes.

  This side of the roof was craving a scary big momma.

This is the back of the house, don't cha love the window treatments?  I added some cobwebs and a black cat. When my house was complete I added some little ball feet and a few more spiders.
Pretty cool, huh?!

Altered Bird House

 I decided it was high time to alter another $1 bird house.  I'm so glad I did.  Isn't it adorable!? First I painted the edges that would show using Sizzling Red Glamour Dust ultra fine glitter paint by DecoArt.  The little ball feet are painted using turquoise paint by CraftSmart.
 

 I covered the sides of the bird house with the beautiful flowered paper from Crate Paper's Vintage collection. The roof is covered with paper from the same collection, so I knew they would look great together. I used Stampin' Up!s scallop punch to jazz up the bird entrance.  I add black half back pearls all around then attached the scallop to another punched out in turquoise.  I used dimensionals to glue the new door to the bird house.

I had accidentally got a bit of paint on the roof and then got a brilliant idea to add a lady bug to cover it.  Pretty creative, huh?  The other side of the house has a small bee on it's roof.  The turquoise pom pom trim was added and voila.  Cute little bird house.
Let me know what you think.
hugs,
Michelle

Yes, I'm still around

Hello Blogland,  I hope you haven't forgotten me.  As we all know, sometimes life just gets in the way. I've been taking care of myself by staying active in my craft room, just not actively taking pictures.  Today, I made a list of the things I wanted to accomplish before sitting at my desk and taking some pictures and posting them were at the top.  so here ya go...

 

I know this is a bit of a repeat, but I wanted a picture with a few of my birdhouses together.  I love playing with these inexpensive little guys.  I then go to the thrift store and find candlesticks to use as their bases.

Next up is my ongoing Cricut calendar, which I finally finished last night..only 2 weeks late.  I've been creating the calendar using Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper stack and A Child's Year by Cricut.

I have also started working on some Christmas cards.  I created this snowman and  even made an SVG file for him!  How about that! If you'd like to have it, just let me know and I'll send it right out to you.

The center step card above was created using Merry Christmas Home from Webster's Pages, MS glitter and a Christmas paper stack.

 Next up is a card I created while playing around with my Martha Stewart punch.  I ended up punching out quite a few branches and came up with this adorable wreath.  I then realized I even had a Martha bow punch.  Perfect :-)

 That's it for today.  Time to go have some dinner, feet up and tv time.
Thanks for stopping in to check on me.

Michelle

Girl's Paperie Altered Birdhouse

 Oh my my! Isn't this the cutest bird house you've seen in awhile??  Let me pat my own back :-)
This house started out as another $1 birdhouse - then I went to town using paper by Girl's Paperie.  I love all their products!  The roses are a mix of Walmart and Michael's finds and the Calla Lilies, by Prima, can be found at McMahon Five Designs.  The pretty little cameo is from Webster's Pages and the heart with wings was in a bag of buttons bought at Michael's.

 I added creme paint to the papers, and to some of the flowers that I thought were a bit too pinky.  I also added pink paint to some of the flowers that were too white.

 Here's a close up of the Lilies. You can also see where I made some spirals

 

 Oh!  and that base :-)  Well it's made using a candle stick and an upside down candy dish :-) Love it!!
Thanks for checking in.  I hope you enjoyed my latest creation.

Have a fabulous day,

Michelle