Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hallo Everyone!

Another beautiful day on

planet Earth - it certainly

is a beautiful day in my

parallel universe......!

Today's project is just

tailor made for those of

us who have difficulty in

knowing what day of the

week we're in........!

Here is Craftyfield to show

us the way.....

"When I saw this bird, standing on one foot 

and looking sorry for himself, I knew 

this Joggles image would be my "Oops" stamp. 

You know "Oops" I forgot your birthday, 

"Oops" I heard you broke your leg... 

I thought a CAS design would be ideal and

 quick to make in a batch.

 I will finish the inside when I know 

what "Oops" I'm dealing with!

I stamped my bird with Distress Oxide, 

partly because I was trying the new inks and 

partly because this happened to be the most appropriate 

yellow for a no-line colouring.

[no-line colouring: when the stamped lines 

are invisible or near invisible after colouring]

I coloured Quirky no3 with watersoluble pencils, 

masked his legs with masking fluid and 

splattered yellows, brown and blue also with the pencils

I stencilled chicken wire behind the bird.

I used an old alphabet stamp set to 

create my sentiment.

I added finishing touches by die-cutting 

with a Stitched frame die.

Now I am all set for my next gaffe!"

Supplies: 

Joggles Quirky Bird No3: 
Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber:
Inktense pencils: 
Chicken wire stencil:
Memento black ink:
Alphabet stamp: my old set is not available 

but Card-io makes a great one here

Thank you Craftyfield

I think this is the perfect

"belated/sorry" card I have seen 

in a long while

i think it is so apt I am

going to make a few

After all, I am bound to

have a good many

Oops! moments

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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

Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hi There!

I'm here today with 

Claire Jackson

and no Month Challenge

in sight. haha!

Today Claire is going

to show us how to

get some uninterrupted

crafting time:

"Take a door hanger

and paint it with two layers of 

PaperArtsy snowflake paint, 

drying in between

Build up the background with 

opaque colours first.

 I used blue oyster and china and 

then lightened it with more snowflake

Add translucent colours over the top 

so that your base layer still shows through. 

I went with limelight and southern skies 

and blended with a little snowflake in the centre

Sponge snowflake paint through the 

arrows stencil and dry thoroughly

Replace the stencil so that it does 

not quite match up with the white arrows

 and sponge translucent colours over the top. 

This will give the effect of shadows and depth. 

Add some stamping in paint and when dry 

highlight some areas with a white pen

Add stamping in black and ensure it’s 

completely dry by heat setting it. 

Add more white highlights

Stamp the bird image several times on 

tissue paper and heat set. 

The great thing about tissue paper is that 

you can turn it over and reverse the images 

so that the bird is going in the 

opposite direction. 

Paint the back of the images in white.

Colour the images. 

I used a combination of permanent markers 

for vibrancy and pencil for shading.

 Tear around the images

Cover the hanger in a layer of gel medium 

a section at a time and add the tissue images. 

Cover the tissue with more gel medium and 

gently massage it into the tissue so that it 

becomes transparent

Print out the words, cut out, decorate the edges 

and adhere to the hanger. 

Add shading to the edge of the hanger. 

I used blueberry Gelato and blended 

it with a babywipe

Now there's no excuse for anyone getting 

covered in sparkle unexpectedly when 

they interrupt me in the craft room!"

Materials used:

Wooden door hanger
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint: 

snowflake, blue oyster, china, limelight, southern skies
Tim Holtz layered stencil: arrows
PaperArtsy stamps: Seth Apter 01
Versafine: onyx black
Tissue Paper
Collage Medium: matte
Faber-Castell Gelatos: blueberry
Gesso

From Stash:

Sharpie marker and white paint pen
Coloured pencils
Black and white gel pen

Love those quirky birds they're

such fun and thank you Claire

for showing us your really fun

door hanger



'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hallo Everyone!

It's the last topic for April.

We start the month with

All Fools Day and it seems

fitting to be ending it with a

laugh, a giggle or a smile

and these quirky little birds

from Joggles fit the bill

perfectly.

Karen Gist is with us today

with a super little wall

hanging:

"Using an old credit card spread some PaperArtsy 

Spanish Mulberry and Smurf across a 

Tando Creative Coaster.

Add some smudges using a scrunched up

paper towel and some white acrylic.

Stamp the Joggles Quirky Birdy #2, 

colour in with Derwent Inktense pencils 

and cut out.

Doodle a wiggly line around the edge 

of the coaster and colour in using the same 

colours as above.

Stamp the Funny Bones stamp onto 

tissue paper using Stazon and when dry carefully 

tear around it. 

Add to the coaster using matte medium.

Attach the bird and some wire and beads."

Materials used:

Joggles Quirky Birdy No2

Tando Creative Coaster

PaperArtsy Fresco Paints

Derwent Inktense pencils

Oh that is such a fun piece

of Home decor Karen, thank you

so much for starting the week

with a bit of fun

Good to laugh out loud isn't 

it Everyone?  Makes the whole

world seem a brighter place....

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx