Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hi There!

Just realised that we are

nearly in May!  Don't know

whether to be happy (we have

two Bank Holiday Weekends

in May in the UK), or

terrified at the speed in which

the year is hurtling by........

Here is Hazel Harler with

a calming thought............ haha!

 "I love this little bird and decided to use it 

on a fridge magnet for my quirky bird project.

I started by cutting a 6" x 4" magnet from a magnetic sheet.

I covered it with white card and used 

my Hampton Art stamp positioner to stamp the images.

I don't always get a clear image when 

I use a stamp and I find this tool very useful 

as I can stamp the image more than once.

I masked the little bird and coloured the card 

with Distress ink and lightly sprayed it with water.

 I used a Sheena Douglas stencil with distress ink.

I decided to stencil some Distress crackle paint 

and removed the mask while it was still wet.

A close up of the crackle after it had dried.

 I coloured the bird with watercolour pencils. 

I decided to stamp the words on a piece of card

 as the ones that I stamped on the magnet 

didn't show up very well after the stencilling

My magnet on my fridge with a couple of my other magnets."

 

Supplies:

Magnetic sheet
White card
Joggles stamp - quirky birdy
Riley and Company stamp - words
Black Archival ink
Hampton Art stamp positioner
Distress ink
Stencil
Distress crackle paint
Watercolour pencils

Great idea Hazel, thank you

We should all have one of these

on our fridge doors then every time

we pass it we will smile (maybe 

even laugh out loud) or just

agree with the sentiment......

'Till Tomorrow

Mickie xx

Favourite Songbook

Favourite Songbook

Hallo everyone!

We've reached the last week of November

how scary is that?  Have you even started

your Christmas Cards, bought those

presents, ordered the food............

Here to take your mind off it all with

her Favourite Songbook is

Crafty Field:

Today I am showing a card inspired by the 

Roaring Twenties and Charleston. 

This card is fairly simple to make and there 

aren't many techniques to show you step by step. 

However, I thought you might like to see 

my stamp positioner in action.

I resisted for a long time getting one but 

now I couldn't live without it. 

A stamp positioner comes with a thin 

acrylic sheet and a right angle block. 

With the sheet abutted to the right angle, 

stamp your motif on the sheet so that the

 edge of your wooden or acrylic block 

touches the bottom and left edges of the block.

You can now find the perfect position for your stamp 

by moving the transparent sheet over your page.

When you have the placement, get the 

right angle tool back around the transparent sheet 

as shown in the picture.

Take away the sheet being careful not to move 

the right angle block and stamp the motif on your card

This is how I stamped the flower all around the card 

for an Art Deco feel as well as the ladies!

I coloured the flowers with a red marker 

and a gold gel pen.

For the ladies I used Inktense pencils.

Supplies:

Stamp Positioner

Stamps

red marker 

gold gel pen 

Watercolour pencils 

Thank you for showing us the

Stamp Positioner .............

Maybe another one for the

Christmas Stocking?........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx