He"artful" Validation of Vicki: Dies R Us "Check It Out!"

Good morning crafty friends...I'm here to share another altered project...an easy, peasy one too!

My mother's checkbook cover was a little battered looking and she wanted a new one but wasn't able to find any that she liked. And, that leads us to this fun project...a checkbook cover.

Birds are a favorite of my mom's and she has a lot of items embellished with them.

Here you can see the original checkbook cover along with the die cuts and papers I used to make and embellish the new one.

I measured and cut the paper to the size of the original cover. The birdhouse die cut was a little too tall so I had to alter the height. I also cut out a few birds using another die cut in my stash.

I scored the cover to fold over the checkbook, and inked all of the edges.

And, here's the finished cover! I added a coral heart to the center of the middle bird house. The clouds are inked with the same blue as the cover edges. A few branches and birds finish the cover.

Featured Die Cuts

Memory Box Puffy Clouds

Poppystamps Serendipity Bird Frame

Tutti Designs Birdhouse Garden

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