SIMPLY SPRING | Spring Wall Decor with Jennifer

Spring is finally here and what better way to celebrate than to create a "tweet" wall hanging. These cute lovebirds were made using the Simply Spring collection and a coordinating cut file.

To create the wall hanging, I first welded the birds, branch and flowers together,  to create a template. Then using the offset tool in my Silhouette software I created a border around the entire design which also included the heart and leaves. Both pieces were cut out of cardstock, as shown below. The cardstock templates were then used to trace the designs onto 1/8" mdf board. The pieces were cut out using a scroll saw and sanded to smooth the rough edges.  (Layers of chipboard or foam board could be used instead, if you don't want to use a saw.)

For the smaller pieces, like the flowers, leaves and birds I used layers of chipboard.

All the pieces were covered with patterned papers from the Simply Spring collection, textured cardstock or Petite prints. The chipboard pieces were stitched with embroidery floss for some added detail and then layered on to the wood cutouts. 

I loved the bumble bee Doodle-pop and added him to the chipboard heart. I also used some heart shaped sprinkles on each bird's chest and round ones for their eyes.  Below, you can see I used some larger sprinkles in the center of the flowers as well.

Some twine was used to tie my "Springtime" title in place. To finish off the project I decided to add a few colorful raindrops.

The chipboard raindrops were covered with cardstock on one side and attached to some thread. Once dry the other side of the raindrops were covered with cardstock and then both sides were covered in glitter.

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Doodlebug Supplies: 

Simply Spring - Two Birds Cutting File

Simply Spring - 6x6 Paper Pad

Simply Spring - Playful Plaid 12x12 Double Sided Cardstock

Simply Spring - Chit Chat Die Cut Pieces 

Simply Spring - Bloomin' Bugs Doodle-pop

Simply Spring - Spring Sprinkles

Textured Cardstock (colors: Cupcake, Bumblebee, Grasshopper,  Limeade, Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon, Swimming Pool, Wisteria)

Dot-Stripe Petite Prints Cardstock - Pistachio

Doodle Twine - Lilac

Other Supplies: 1/8" MDF, chipboard, embroidery floss, glitter, thread, paint.

Abigail Font Stickers | St Patrick's Day Wall decor with Brigit

Happy St. Patrick's Day! One of my favorite holidays, good food, and drinks with the company of my family and friends, telling old stories and creating new ones, so fun! Well, today I have this cute Irish wall decor project to share with you.

To create the slats I used one of the side pieces of the wooden crate from Lori Whitlock's shop. These are perfect for any 3D sign, I resized one making sure the words and cut files would fit and then duplicated twice. I also made two smaller ones for the back which holds the three slats together.

To decorate I used some of the petite prints, grasshopper daisy-stripe, lily-white swiss dot and mandarin gingham-grid for the top layer of the slats. The letters used are from the Abigail limeade sticker set, I totally forgot to add the apostrophe but I've since added it. 🙂

All the cut files are from the Happy Go Lucky Bundle, you can get this bundle from Lori Whitlock's shop.

The rest of Doodlebug supplies used are - Tangerine Daisy Stripe - Limeade Gingham Grid - Marigold Textured Cardstock - Beetle Black Textured Cardstock - Lily White Textured Cardstock - Cupcake Textured Cardstock - Lily White Sprinkles

Hope you have a Healthy and Happy St. Patrick's Day, thanks for stopping by!

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