OSAT Blog Hop – Christmas In July

July 9, 2015 by Ginger 22 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the OSAT Christmas in July blog hop.  For my card I used Stampin Up stamp set Ornamental Pine for the background and sentiment and Hardwood for the wood border and the SU bird builder punch for the bird.  I outined the pine with my clear Wink of Stella brush and then accented the card front with glitter snow.

 

For my project I created a bird house from a book using a form of art called book folding.  If you have never seen this search google and Pinterest for book folding and you will be amazed at the creations you will see.  After folding all 567 pages I used a circle punch and created a hole for the birds nest and then painted the inside black and filled with raffia and moss.  Next I grunged all the edges first with Tim Holtz Old Paper and then with SU Cherry Cobbler.  I added raffia to the top and the green ribbon hanger was the built in page marker in the book.  Next I used the SU bird builder punch and made one red bird and one blue bird and attached both to the birdhouse.  To finish I used SnowTex and spotted it around the roof to create a snow effect and then tied a strip of fabric on the bottom edge.

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my creations.  Next in this hop is Diane Squires click the link below to get to her blog

Maggie Mata — http://www.maggiemadecards.com/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july/
Kim Smith — http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Elizabeth Jeanne Thatcher — http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/07/09/christmas-in-july-osat-blog-hop
Tina Rackley Riddle — http://www.tinascropshop.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Andrea Tracy-Tucker — http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Andrea Pancrazio — http://www.andreascardshop.com/new-blog-avenue/2015/7/2/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july
Debra Vance — http://www.davdesigns.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Wynne Grob — http://cropsscissorspaper.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
AJ Bodine — http://rutabagapiedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-july-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Megan Thompson — http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Holly Stene — http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Martie Pollard — https://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/7/7/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july
Ginger Pelfrey — http://wp.me/p4rPB3-18
Diane Squires — http://stampandembellish.com/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july
Marisa Gunn — http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzines_by_meg/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
Lori Mueller — http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2015/07/osat-blog-hop-christmas-in-july.html
James Weber — http://stampinstud.blogspot.com/2015/07/osat-july.html
Justin Krieger — http://jkcardsonline.com/