bird house template

Here’s a little bird house for ya. I was inspired by the bird house element from For the Birds digital kit by One Little Bird. The kit is available at theDailyDigi (The Digi Files #15) this month.

It’s a bird house box.

I printed the bird house elements on the papers and cut around to make the box.

Then, I actually made the templates in PDF file for you to make your own birdie house (Download link on the bottom of this post). It’s a bit different than the above one. Made it easier to assemble (I think =)

Bird house box top/body

You’ll notice the sides are longer the body. It was my attempt to create some padding, so it can fit snuggly over the box.

It’s easier to glue both sides to the body first before making the padding.

I reduced the bird house element to 69% and attached it to the front and the back body.

Box bottom

Assembled box on the left. Box base on the right.

Roof

Here’s another one.

Papers: American Crafts; Bird chipboard: Basic Grey

And here is the pdf files (.zip): Bird house box

Thank you!

I made another 4×4 mini album, inspired by Susanna’s Paper Craft Planet 3D Tuesday Challenge: Time Flies (Indeed!!!). She created a PSD file for you to download to create the similar album (calendar book) on her blog.

I’ve seen a lot of these triangle banners used on scrapbook layouts, and wanted to try.

I like the roughness of the eyelets’ back view. =)

Printed on Red River Paper (60 lb. River Linen). I received A LOT of inkjet printer paper samples from the Red River Paper the other day, and I LOVE IT. I love the thickness for my hybrid projects, and it printed beautifully.

Digital kit: Cupcake Celebration Mini Kit by Danielle Young.
FREE with purchase of $5.00 or more of Danielle’s designs at Oscraps.  PLUS, nearly her entire store is on sale for 28% off!
She created this kit to celebrate her birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDY DANIELLE! How I wish I’m as young as you are! =)

I’m hosting the Paper Craft Planet’s Scrappy Sunday.

Here’s my sketch.

Simple, huh~? The sketch was inspired by MK-Design’s Calendar Set 2010. Also used the calendar from the set.

This is my first time creating a template in Photoshop. And you can download the file here: sb022810sketch (Just the sketch, not the calendar)

And this is my digital layout created in the Photoshop.

And one digital sketch led me to create this hybrid album. I printed the calendar on Kraft cardstock. Printed the photos separately on a photo paper. Cut, and glued on the album pages.

This 4×4 mini album was created similar to the shadow book I made last summer (2nd example).

Looks good even without any photos. =)
I can’t believe it! I actually finished (almost) an album for this year! 

This one is for my friend.

Do you want to create a layout based on my sketch? =)
You can participate it here.

Join the Scrappy Sunday Challenge Group

Check out the gallery for this week!

THANK YOU~~~

Heeheehee. I bet you never expected me to use such a wild image for my project. Heehee. It’s “Man’s Ruin” stamp set from Bombshell. My friend, Stephanie sent me the stamped image. And with her encouragement, I’m playing February Bombshell Blog Hop: Mama Said Knock You Out! It’s to use the punches or diecuts on the creation.

I used the paislee Nestability die to cut the girl image. Colored with colored pencils and ordorless mineral spirits. And used handheld circle and border punches on the back. It’s a gift card holder.

All supplies from the February Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients. And the pink and black color scheme was inspired by TE’s Subscriber Challenge: Choose a pop of color.

Since Stephanie’s blog name is “Pink Star Creations“, I thought pink would be the perfect pop color on this project.

And look at this! I won this January Bombshell goodies by leaving a comment on Steph’s blog when she did January hop.

BTW, Steph has a HUGE blog candy giveaway on her blog right now. Woohoo!

And, don’t forget to check out all the fabulous projects by Bombshell lovers and leave comments! You might win the prize like me! =)

Perky Nihilist
BoHo Rose
Patti
Stempelientje
Meredith
Erika
Angela
Sy
Cheryl
Mary G.
Kas
Kathi
Miss. Magoo
Gabby
Steph
Kelli
Kim
Angie
Sunghee <— ME

THANK YOU!!!

Isn’t this cute or what! Heehee. I made another vehicle with Kelleigh’s Mini Mailbox template (small size). It’s a camping trailer.

Initially, I was going to make a house, but these woodland animals inspired me to make a camping trailer instead.

Where did these animals come from?

It’s a brand new collaboration digital kit, “Woodland Whisper“ by Danielle Young Designs and Kitty Designs.

A large white brad for the window.

I used a binder clip for the connector(?)

Used the frosted plastic for the windows.

Hmm… I guess I better make a truck to go with this. =)

Thanks!

I don’t know about you, but I love to look at other people’s crafting rooms and how they take photos of their creations. I’m still a total amateur photographer who likes to shoot in Auto mode. But, Lisa Spangler’s recent blog post (Tutorial: Photo backgrounds for crafty projects!) made me wanna share how I do mine. I still have sooo much to learn and improve my photo skill!

Above photo is my main crafting area.

I use my husband’s camera, Canon EOS 30D with EFS 17-55mm lense. Normally, I take my photos at night. For tutorials, I just turn two desk lamps. And to take the final project, I turn my flash on (Canon Speedlite 430EX. Yeah, camera is my hubby’s but the flash is mine =). I know everybody tells you to turn the flash off, but I like it on. I don’t like the built-in flash light as I can’t control the direction.

Last year, I made my husband install this cork bulletin board right in front of my desk. I wanted to use it to put stuff like sketch or note for me to reference to while I craft. He does a lot of handy man work for me not because he values my crafting skill, but because I complain about his parents. Bigger the complain, bigger the return. Poor guy~ heehee. He would still do things for me regardless of my complaints, but things just get done faster if I let him know how wonderful his wife is who would put up with his parents. Yeah…

I used to cover up the wall to shoot projects, but I got to like the corky background look on the photo.

If I don’t feel lazy, I put patterned papers on the bottom.

I made this panda and friends cake last summer.

Sometimes I like the plain white surface even when I don’t feel lazy.

I made this cash envelope clutch for theHybridChick blog tutorial. It’s little bit different from the IOU clutch that I made last month.

Almost always I edit my photos on Adobe Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS3.

Few places I learn about photography.
Sideoats + Scribbles
Pioneer Woman
Clickin’ Moms <– I just joined this community to improve my photo skill. So far so good. If you’d like to join too, here’s a 10% off coupon code: FRIEND

THANK YOU~~~

When I started stamping, I was laughing at the crafters who were making boxes, and bags. Didn’t understand why they wasted their time and papers on those. Hehehe. And look at me. I do a lot of 3-d projects. I can’t help it. When I see beautiful stamps, and craft supplies, I feel the need to make it into houses, boxes, bags… someting puffy. It’s all Kelleigh’s fault. Hehe. If I didn’t discover her wonderful templates to play with for my guest design work for the Purple Onion Design stamps, I wouldn’t be writing this post. Heehee.

I had so much digital scrapbook kits, but didn’t really use them to create hybrid (combining traditional and digital elements) projects. But, I learned a lot from Kelleigh’s tutorials (also on theHybridChick blog) and now I am very comfortable making hybrid stuff. I am a hybrid girl!

And guess what! Last month, Steph from theDailyDigi asked me to join their hybrid team! And you don’t say no to the theDailyDigi! I am very grateful! What an honor!

For $5  at theDailyDigi, you can get THE DIGI FILES (Six huge digital collection and one set of layered templates from different designers). It changes every month. Check it out here! =)

I used Mari Koegelenberg’s Printable CD Card with Additional Pockets and Wraps to create this hybrid card. All other items are from ”From the Files” (theDailyDigi chose one item from each designer’s contributions). BTW, Mari is one of the featured designer at theDailyDigi this month.

Front of the CD card

Back

Cardstock is actually a frosted plastic.

Clear plastic pocket to hold the layout.

XOXO!