Poppystamps Challenge: Spring Fling

It's a new month and that means a new Poppystamps Challenge!  This month the theme is Spring Fling!   I've been doing a bunch of flowery cards, so I thought this time I'd try a different Spring-y theme.  How about birdhouses?

For my card, I used just the Alpine House and Roofs Background dies to make my own little birdhouses:)  These dies are usually paired with the Alpine House collection, but they are perfect alone as birdhouses.  For my tree branch, I used the full cover die Exquisite Branch Frame.  This die is a full A2 size, but I just pruned a few branches to get this...

For my birdhouses, I created the 3D effect by shading the part under the roof.  I used a bit of Post-It tape to mask off one side and blended more ink.  For the roofs, I attached them with foam tape and adhesive.  By placing foam tape just on the bottom of the roof piece, it gives the roof a pitched effect.  

For the "hole" in the birdhouse, I just found one of my stencils with lots of circles and used blended ink.  I forgot to mention that the background is watercolored and I "hung" the birdhouses with some twine.  This last pic shows how the roof pitches out at the bottom.

Hope you join in the challenge!  

Aloha!