August 2019

August 16, 2019

Altered Wooden Heart Decoration

Hi all,

Lia here with another inspiring project for you.

For this project I decided to alter a wooden heart. I gave the raw wood a coat of gesso and then a coat of Little Birdie’s heavy gel medium.

Then I added some Texture Sand along with Crystal Crops and Mixed Media Stones for a textured base.

I sprayed black Colour Splash and left it run through the different textures.

I decided to use a Little Birdie rose for the center of the heart. So, I first coated it with Gesso.

Next, I also used small flowers from Little Birdie and prepared them the same way, giving them a light coat of gesso to stiffen them, then dabbed black paint on them.

I also had a little chipboard frame which I wanted to use as the centre piece under the rose, so I also gave that a light coat of gesso, sprayed it lightly with black Colour Splash and added a little bit of texture sand.

Next, I stuck all the flowers and little beads and balls using Little Birdie heavy gel. Once I finished this, it was then ready for a spray of black paint to give it depth.

Finally, I rubbed Little Birdie silver wax which brought up a lovely silvery texture to the flowers & embellishments I used. Then I added a touch of Little Birdie Silver Glitter Paste to give a little diamond effect…

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my latest project…

Lia

August 15, 2019

Greeting Cards with Fairy Sparkle

Hello again creative friends,

Ezme here with you today! This month we have so many family birthday celebrations, I decided to make some quick and easy greeting cards. I like the DL size. It looks very elegant and I always have DL envelopes in my drawer. I also quite like the feminine Fairy Sparkle paper collection for the cards as it is mostly females celebrating birthdays this month.

I used white card-stock for the base of the cards. I cut it them 19.8cm x 21cm and scored the on 9.9cm leaving me with a 9.9cm x 21cm card. Perfect to fit into a DSL envelope. I also cut 3 pieces from the purple paper as a matte. (9.3 cm x 20.5cm) and 3 pieces with some flower detail measuring 8.8cm x 19.9cm.

The chipboard frames and title was coloured with the Antique Gold wax.

I painted other two titles with some white Gesso.

Every card is different. I arranged the gold frames and titles and embellished with cheesecloth and flowers. I splattered the white areas with gold paint. (Golden Glaze Tinted Metallic Paint)

The titles looked a bit bland so I added a little natural Mica powder for some sparkle.

Here are a few close-ups:

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you found some creative inspiration here.

Happy “Creative Play” until next time

I used the following Little Birdie products:

Little Birdie Paper Collection: Fairy Sparkle
Little Birdie Flowers: Andrea Pink
Little Birdie Flowers: Beaded Blooms Pink
Primed Chipboard: Frames
Primed Chipboard: Word: Love is in the air
Tinted Metallic Paint: Golden Glaze
Little Birdie Soft Gel Medium
Little Birdie White gesso
Little Birdie Natural Mica Powder
Cheesecloth

August 14, 2019

Altered Clipboard with Aqua Medley

Hello Little Birdie Crafters

It’s Denise here today to share an altered clipboard, using the gorgeous and cool Aqua Medley.

I picked out some of the papers and products that I had in mind to use.

I covered the entire clipboard with purple acrylic chalk paint and a sponge. I like using a sponge because it gives a much more even finish than a brush, over a large surface.

I wanted to age the clip itself and so added some Crackle Paste with a brush.

While this was drying I cut up the various papers to the size that I wanted. The size was determined by the images on the patterned papers and also the patchwork design that I was aiming for, across the clipboard.

I then added some faux stitching with a white gel pen, around each block.

I also punched a rectangle patterned paper piece for the base of the little notes and also cut the notes, so that I knew where my flower cluster could start and how much space I had to play with.

Then I used chipboard, flowers, die-cuts and leaves for the flower cluster and layered these all together for the finished product.

Below are some close-ups of the cluster and layers.

I didn’t colour the chipboard pieces because they are primed and look distressed and this was just what I wanted.

I added some corners to the note pack too, which emphasized the little pack and added a little decoration.

Admittedly, while working on the cluster and turning the clipboard around, the crackle paste on the clip crackled off. I think this is because I did not prime the metal first. So I then added a layer of distress collage gel medium and then it stuck nicely. After then I used my finger and rubbed metallic wax over all the edges and gave it that aged look.