Birds Week - Neil Walker

Hellooooo,

(Huge apologies, this was supposed to 

go out earlier today)

Happy New Year

to you all!

Hope you all had a good Christmas

and got all the crafting goodies you asked for!

The only thing that would have made it better

would have been a bit of the white stuff.....

when did we last have a white Christmas?

Having said that, thank goodness we didn't

have the flooding here in the south that 

those poor souls had up north!

Can't imagine how bad that must be.

Hope the rains stop soon and things start

to look better for them.

Although as I write this the weather has been

causing trouble around the whole of the UK.

Hope you all stay safe!

Did you know that January 5th is 

National Bird Day!

I have been feeding the birds in the garden 

and it is lovely to see the different 

birds that have been visiting my 

cafe in the tree.  Even a whopping

great pigeon decided to have a go......

not quite what I had intended. 

Neil is here today to show you what he

has been up to with Birds....... 

I began by washing colour over a page

 in my journal using watered down PaperArtsy

 Fresco paint. I had already done the writing

 in a waterproof black ink .

I added a little bit of textural detail to

 the page using paint and a layering Stencil.

I die cut a few birds from the Impression

 Obsession set and glued in place before adding

 some further detail with Peeled Paint 

Distress ink and a Layering Stencil

This is a quick and simple page but fun to do.

 I like it as it is but, who knows, one day

 I may revisit it to add more pen and ink work........

A nice quick and easy project to kick

the new year off!!

Thank you Neil, it might be quick and

easy but it looks great!!

This is what Neil used -

A4 Smooth White Card

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Bora Bora

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Smurf

Distress Ink - Peeled Paint

Impression Obsession Dies - Sea Birds

DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

Tim Holtz Layered Stencil - Lattice Work

Tim Holtz Layered Stencil - Speckles

I will be back tomorrow with another project

and don't forget the start of our new Challenge
next week.

For the Challenge you will need a 

Dictionary so make sure you have one handy!!

Jane x