Country Birdhouse for As You See It Challenge #327

I love Colour Challenges, but this one, As You See It Challenge #327, Primary Intensity, devised by our team member, Joanne, took a little thinking because all three colours are very vivid primary colours. I did what I often do for any challenge; I went looking for an appropriate stamp set to use. Right off the bat, Country Birdhouse caught my eye, because I could picture a whimsical blue,  green and yellow birdhouse with a couple of blue and yellow birds perched on it. Oh, here's the challenge banner:

Here's how it turned out:

• On a Blueberry Bushel card base, I added a layer of Granny Apple Green, 5 3/8" x 4 1/8", and then a Basic White layer 5 1/4" x 4". I debated over embossing or stamping something on the white layer, but finally opted to keep it plain so as not to compete with those intense colours.
• Using the Country Birdhouse stamp set, I stamped 2 of the birds and one of the little flower bouquets on some Basic White cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the images using the Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combos.
• I die cut those stamped and coloured images with the coordinating Country Birdhouse dies.
• Continuing with the Country Birdhouse dies, I cut the birdhouse the 3 roof pieces, the ledge, the perch, the stand, and various flowers and leaves. For these I used Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green and Basic White cardstock as shown in the photo above.
• I assembled all the pieces using glue, glue dots and dimensionals.

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Product List

Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163395]	Country Birdhouse Bundle (English) [163401]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146968]	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161679]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]
Country Birdhouse Dies [163400]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]	Stampin' Seal [152813]

Ninjago Punch Art for My Grandson

 Kids! Their interests vary from year to year. I guess that's a good thing for a card maker. You never run out of different ideas to try. This month is my grandson Kesten's birthday! I can't believe he's going to be 10 already! He is apparently really interested in Ninjago lego videos so that's what I decided to recreate with punch art.  This is Kesten:

He's a speed skater, soccer player and mountain bike rider!

And here is the Ninjago picture I was using as my model:

You can totally see the resemblance right? Haha! I knew nothing about Ninjago before I started. Now I know that these three characters are called (l. to r.) Zane, Lloyd and Nya. And I know that this image is from Season 11 Episode 13. And that Lloyd is kind of a heart throb and Nya has anger issues. Zane apparently has powers over ice and Nya over water. Not sure about Lloyd. But they are all obviously ninjas.

Consider yourself partially educated. 

The punches I used to make these characters included:

Label Me Lovely Punch, Jar Punch, Tulip Builder Punch.

The retired punches I used were the Classic Label Punch, the Word Window Punch, the Fox Builder Punch, the Detailed Trio Punch, and the Story Label Punch.

The colours I used were: Silver Foil, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Evening Evergreen, Balmy Blue and Pool Party, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, Basic White as well as Pacific Point.

Anyway, I hope you like the design, and I hope my grandson does, too!

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Product List

Label Me Lovely Punch [151296] $26.00	Jar Punch [152703] $26.00	Tulip Builder Punch [151295] $26.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.75	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $12.75
So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105118] $12.75	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $12.75		Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $14.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $12.75
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $12.75	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $12.75	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.75	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.75
Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $12.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
*Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	*Word Window Punch  -	*Fox Builder Punch [141470] $24.00	*Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $27.00	*Story Label Punch [150076] $24.00

*Retired Products- no longer available.