Susan's Garden Rounded Birdhouse

I can't believe it was so easy to create this darling little birdhouse.  Before I tell you about it I want to thank all of you who sent me get well wishes.  I didn't expect to hear from so many of you and  all your get well wishes have me feeling better today.  I still don't feel like doing much, but I had this cute little bird house about 95% completed when I got too sick to complete it.  Today I put the finishing touches on it and thought I would get it posted. 

I used the Susan's Garden Rounded 3-D Birdhouse die by Sizzix shown above.  I decided to create a birdhouse that had stucco on it.  I used Liquitex Modeling Paste on the outside after I had the body of the house put together.  Once the  Modeling Paste was dry, I sponged on a variety of Distress Inks until I achieved the color I wanted, then sprayed it with "Cappuccino" Perfect Pearls to blend all the colors together.  I was very pleased with the outcome.  I used a toothpick, that I colored black, to press in the small hole in the front for the perch.  

For the roof, I attached the three pieces together  leaving flat, then used Black Distress Crackle Paint to coat the top side.  I put it on pretty thick because I did want a lot of "crackle" in the paint.  Once it was completely dry, I attached the two sides to form the roof.  There ended up being lots of crack lines where the paint cracked all the way through to the base, but I loved the look because it gave it a more weathered look than just the "Crackle" from the paint.

I created a lot of different flowers using the Susan's Garden flower dies and attached dogwoods to the roof along with some packaged moss.  Along the bottom I have a sprig of "Forsythia", "Mini Lily",  a few "Violets" and "Quince".  My friend Pat gave me the tiny little birds and they are just perfect on this cute little birdhouse.

Here are a couple of other pictures I took.  The first has no flowers around the base and the next one has a few less than the picture on top,

I loved working on this birdhouse.  There are so many different ways you could decorate it.  

Products used:

Sizzix, Susan's Gardens Rounded 3-D Birdhouse (658424)

Susan's Gardens "Dogwood" (658405)

Susan's Gardens "Forsythia" (658406)

Susan's Gardens "Mini Lily" (658408)

Susan's Gardens "Pansy/Violet" (658419)

Susan's Gardens "Quince" (658410)

Susan's Gardens Flower Tool Kit by Sizzix (658437)

Crafter's Pick (Ultimate Glue)

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Distress Inks

"Cappuccino" Perfect Pearls 

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