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