Insprired By All The Little Things #16 & Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Birdhouse -- Take Two

Today, I have a couple of cards to share.

 

The first one is for Inspired By All the Little Things #16:

 



 

If you know me, you know how much I love bike images!

I decided to use PTI's Petal Pusher to create my card.

 

 

This card started out with my using the blue woodgrain patterned papers as my full card background.

I stamped the bike on this diecut and stamped the wheels directly onto the patterned paper.

But then, I wasn't thrilled wit it.... so I diecut the bike from the panel using 

my PTI Shaker Shapes: Squares die.

I cut the frame from a piece of the darker blue woodgrain paper. 

 

I stamped the sentiment onto my white cardstock panel

and matted my card on a piece of the lighter blue patterned paper.

 

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes on the inspiration photo 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, May 26th to link up your card.

 

 I also have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Birdhouse:

 

This time, I decided to create one large birdhouse one my card.

 

 

I cut out my patterned paper birdhouse by hand.

(It reminded me of the "olden days"  before I owned a diecutting machine and

how I would create tags for scrapbooking by starting with a rectangle,

and making pencil marks on where to trim it to make the shape!)

I diecut the roof using Reverse Confetti's Double Edge Scallop Border

and adhered it to my card with dimensional adhesive.

 

The bird is from PTI's Spring Woods stamp set, which I stamped on its coordinating diecut.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Birthday) onto a Quilted Tag banner diecut.

 

Remember, there's still time to play along with this

 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for looking!