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Friday 19 May 2017

Butterfly Bird Box

Hello and welcome to you today. I hope you have been having lots of crafty fun since last time.
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It's all about Butterflies over at IndigoBlu this month so today i've revamped a boring birdbox with yummy paints and gorgeous stamps.


I have used the stunning Victorian Garden stamp set, to change the colour of the bird box I gave it a light coat of Steam Whistle paint I didn't prime the box before so the wood grain would show through.

To add a few more grain effects I added some White GeeSso good with a scoochy.

Once dry I stamped the flowers in different colour paint all around the bottom the of the birdbox in Leather Corset, Rouge, Olive Waistcoat, Warm Tan and White GeeSso Good. I had a piece of spritzed card left over from my previous project with Lime Marmalade, Costal Walk and Marshmellow. So I stamped one of the Butterflies several times with Versamark and added fine embossing powder and heat embossed them before cutting them out.

I stamped the sentiment onto the front in Black Archival Ink and added a Butterfly inside the birdbox and arranged a few more around with glue gel.

18 comments:

Terri's Cards N More said...

Your bird box is gorgeous. Beautiful technique with paint and gesso. Thanks for joining the Stinkin' Inkers "It's Spring" challenge. Hope you play again.

Judith said...

This is so pretty - and a fab tutorial too - love it! thank you for playing along in our butterfly challenge at MAWTT hugs Judith xx

Karenzkardz said...

This is a beautiful project xx

Unknown said...

Beautifully decorated bird box, love the colour and those butterflies are fabulous. Hugs Jennifer xx

Lorre-Anne Archibald said...

This is stunning...fabulous work x

Linda Simpson said...

This is gorgeous, I do love this stamp set too.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Elaine Stark said...

The birds are going to love this. Very pretty. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine

Tina said...

Absolutely stunning. Love it. Fab tutorial too. Hugs Tina xx

Annettes Hobby Rosettes said...

Amazing project, amazing work, looks absolutely fantastic. Great job.
Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Annette DT Registered Owners/Admin for World Wide Open Design Team Challenge


Billie A said...

Very pretty bird house. Great decorations. Sure any bird would love to live in the best house on the block. So glad you shared over at Inspiration Destination
Billie A
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Shabneez said...

Fab project! Shabneez x

Eekers said...

Wow! Love the upgrade! :D Thanks for joining us at The Crafty Addicts and Good Luck! :)
Annabel - Crafty Addicts DT.

Tracy Welham said...

Wow, incredibly pretty. Creative Blessings, Tracy x

Wendy L said...

Your birdbox looks amazing, so beautiful, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, xxx

Katie said...

Gorgeous altered bird house

Unknown said...

Fabulous bird house and excellent detailing on how you achieved the gorgeous end result

Thank you for joining us at MAWTT Butterfly Challenge

June x

Tammi said...

Awesome. Love it. Thanks for joining us over at Stinking Inkers Challnege Blog.

Tammi, DT

Patti Krauss said...

Stunning project - Thanks for joining us at Stinkin' Inkers Challenges! - Patti (Stinkin' Inkers Challenges DT)