Bird week: textured canvas

hi, 
Time for a canvas... in lovely blue shades made by the talented Linda. 
Linda used paint, metal, micro beads, sticky back canvas: a lot of texture going on here... 

I had fun playing with the Eco Green Acrylic Paint and Gesso to make my bird canvas this week ... but before I touched any paint I added lots of texture to the canvas! A strip of old book page ... a piece of Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Backed Canvas pleated; some Gesso through a Sequin Waste Stencil ... and then I started painting!

When I was happyish with the background I added some stamping in PaperArtsy Snowflake paint with the flourish from HP1005. Tim's Caged Bird was die cut from Ten Second Studio metal backed onto black cardstock with Humungo Tape and then embossed using a folder. The book page flowers are die cut with the Tattered Florals die.

I gave the impression of flower stems with black paint and the edge of a credit card. I think collage elements always look better if they are grounded. 

Ingredients:-

Eco Green Acrylic Paint: Ocean; Lake; Blue Patina; Black.

Gesso

PaperArtsy Hot Picks: HP1005

PaperArtsy Paint: Snowflake

Tim Dies: tattered Florals; Caged Bird

TSS Metal in Copper

Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Backed Canvas

Sequin Waste Stencil

Hope you liked this, 

See you tomorrow

Bird week: time for a tag.. and a video :)

Hi,
Isa'sArt is with us today with a video (did I says spoiled yesterday?) to show you a distressing technique that looks truly amazing. And it's easy too, yet very effective. What more can you ask?
So here's your steampunk bird of the day and all the details about it!

For the distressed effect, I used Distress ink and an aquamarker pen

As for the "Distressed wire", it all started with plastic Aida. 

Et voilà

I'm sure you will enjoy this video and technique, I know I did. 

Don't forget to let us know in a comment below.... 

Tim Holtz Alterations die: Movers & Shapers large die - Tag & bookplates

Stamp Crafty Individuals 329

Oxford Impressions Steampunk elements, Steampunk works

Versafine and Distress inks (pads et stains), Versamark, Brilliance

Americana paint white

Aquamarker pen Sepia

Ranger white pen

Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder, 

Distress embossing powders

brads, gems

Bird week: how about a caged book?

Hello, 
Day two for our bird week and another step by step for you (aren't you spoiled?) with Neil and his lovely (and very clever) little Caged Bird project. 

A little bird told me........ we are all familiar with that saying I'm sure. Now it's my turn to "tell the bird" in this little journal!

I started out by cutting a pile of pages out of lightweight card and two more out of a thicker card to create the covers using the top bird (the one with no legs!)

Use a Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole through the tail of all the pages and covers. Set the pages to one side and colour the covers with distress ink and then stamp images from the stamps onto the covers using the same distress ink colours

Do both sides and then cover the outer front and back cover with a watermark pad and UTEE - remember to flip the bird for the back otherwise you will UTEE the wrong side!.

When it's cool then use a small book ring to make your book. Add small black gems to create the eyes and put to one side.

Take the bird cage and a medium circle from Tando's grab bag and lightly press the bird cage onto it; this will give you the indentations of the 4 legs. Using the smallest punch on the Crop-o-dile punch holes using the indents as a guide.

Colour the base with distress ink and stamp your images using the same colours and edge the circle with Inka gold.

Press the base onto the birdcage lining up the holes, They should be a tight enough fit but you can add a dot of glue to secure. Tie some co-ordinating ribbon to the cage to form a hanging loop and also to the book ring of the journal.

Then you should end up with this.

A place for you to "tell the bird" all your little thoughts.....

Materials 

Sizzix bird die

White card

Distress ink - Peeled paint and Walnut stain

Katzelkraft Fleurs grunge stamps KTZ48.01

Artemio bird cage

Tando Grab bag circles

Versamark clear pad and UTEE

Heat Gun

Crop-o-dile

Small black gems

Inka gold - lava green

Small book ring 

Ribbons