Mixed Media Spring Garden Spade for Little Birdie Crafts

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I saw this garden spade at my local craft store recently and knew it would be perfect to alter with fabulous Little Birdie Crafts mixed media products and their amazing flowers. It's a whimsical spring home decor piece that would make a lovely gift for a special gardener in your life. Of course I just adore how it turned out so it will be hanging out at my home to brighten up my studio. You can find a full photo tutorial on how to create this darling garden spade on the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE.

I hope you'll pop over there and leave some love.

Here's a supply list of all the products used to create this gorgeous piece:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Renea Flowers ~ Grape/Tan

Camila Flowers ~ Blue

Mellisa Flowers ~ Mulberry

Fiona Flowers ~ Arctic Ice

Beaded Daisies ~ Grey Sky

Beaded Micro Petals ~ Grape/Tan

Little Birdie Foliage ~ Beaded Pollen

Burlap Mini Beaded Butterflies ~ Natural & Cream

Primed Chipboard ~ Ivy Flourish

Primed Chipboard ~ Wings

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Caribbean Teal

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Golden Plum

Home Decor Collection ~ Matt Mixed Media Acrylic Paint ~ Deep Sea Blue

Metallic Wax ~ Aqua Sheen

Texture Sand

Mixed Media Stones

Metal Microbeads ~ Deep Marine

Cheese Cloth

Gesso ~ White

Mixed Media Paste ~ 2 in 1 Gesso & Modelling Paste - White

Crackle Paste

Heavy Gel Medium ~ Matte

Other Supplies 

JoAnns ~ In the Garden - Garden Tool

Hildie & Jo ~ Antiquist ~ Antique Gold Bug Pendant with green crystals

Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs

DecoArt ~ Crafter's Acrylic - Sandstone

FolkArt ~ Acrylic Paint - Warm White

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Sprayer

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Enjoy Every Moment" Mixed Media Card for Studio75

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I'm up on the Studio75 blog with this floral mixed media card featuring the gorgeous Cherry Blossom Paper Set. I often use the grungy papers from this collection to create masculine cards and projects, but used one of the sweet, feminine papers for this card. Don't you just adore how the pink plays against the black in this gorgeous paper collection?

Tips and Techniques

There are several layers of papers from the Cherry Blossom Set on this sweet card. I've used a background sheet from the 6x6" pack, then cut out the floral print rectangle from the 05 sheet and finally fussy cut the flowers and leaves that I layered with dimensional flowers from the store. I'm often asked what scissors work well for fussy cutting. My favorite go to scissors for this purpose are the EK Success Small Precision Scissors.

The background is stenciled with Finnabair's Rose Gold Icing paste to coordinate perfectly with the cherry blossom pink on the papers.

This close-up of the cluster shows how beautiful the fussy cut leaves look tucked in amongst the flowers. The darling sentiment button is also part of the Cherry Blossom collection. The black wood circles are added as an accent and rubbed lightly with Finnabair's Sweet Rose metallic wax.

I created a secondary cluster here in the top corner with these gorgeous fussy cut flowers and leaves.

I added prills and microbeads around the cluster with Bambino Glue.

Studio75 Supplies

 

   

Other Supplies
Jillibean Soup ~ Wood Dots ~ Mushrooom Medley
US ArtQuest ~ Mini Prills - Hot Mama; Tu-Tu Pink
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Icing Paste: Rose Gold
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art Alchemy - Metallic Wax: Indian Pink; Sweet Rose; White Gold
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Microbeads: White Gold
Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous ~ Flourish Layering Stencil
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Tombo ~ Mono MULTI Liquid Glue
Imagine Crafts ~ Tear It!
EK Success ~ Small Precision Scissors

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Mixed Media Birthday Card for Studio75 DT April Challenge

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It's time for Studio75 April Challenge.

The theme:

Bingo

Create any project, using any technique, using 3 elements from one line,

either vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

For challenge details and to enter stop by the Studio75 Challenge blog post HERE.

For my card, I selected the middle horizontal line using Bird, Green, and Flower. The gorgeous Studio75 Forever In Love Paper Collection worked so perfectly to meet this challenge with it's beautiful floral designs and plenty of amazing flowers and leaves to fussy cut for the project. It also includes warm and lovely greens in the foliage. I tucked in a few branches of lacy moss to highlight the green. All I needed to add to meet the challenge board was a sweet bird charm swooping next to the sentiment. 

Tips and Techniques

I used a circle die to trim out the birthday sentiment from the Forever In Love Paper Collection and fussy cut flowers, leaves, and the sweet heart to add to the floral cluster. I added a small spray of stamen from the Studio75 Store to tuck in as well. 

I just adore the subtle music pattern printed on this paper. I trimmed down the focal paper from the 6x6" paper set just a little and layered it over a second sheet from the collection. The edges of both pieces were inked and distressed.

I added a few items from my stash: a leafy jewelry pendant; a green vial from Solid Oak filled with iridescent seed beads for a bit of sparkle; lace, a bling circle, and bird charm. Just the other day at the craft store, I spied a package containing several varieties of moss, that I just had to buy. Bambino Glue worked perfectly to adhere the moss. Don't you just adore the texture that this natural element adds?

Here you can see the fabulous fussy cut images from the Forever In Love collection. The gorgeous dimensional flowers from Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore coordinate so perfectly!!

Studio75 Supplies

 

 

Other Supplies

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Sparkle Handmade Flowers - Fiona, Carnation

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Valerie - Pearl Pink

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Fiorella Flowers - Pastel Palette

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Beaded Blooms - Moon Light

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Handade Crackle Flowers - Zoe, Aqua Mist

Solid Oak ~ Steampunk Jewelry Parts - Fancy Bottles, Green

Ashland ~ Moss Kit

Darice ~ Bling Stickers

Darice ~ Craft Designer - Glass Transparent Rainbow Seed Beads, Clear AB 10/0

ScrapBerry's ~ Metal Charms - Bird

Lace ~ from my stash

Jewelry Pendant ~ from my stash

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Gesso, White

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear

Ranger ~ Distress Oxide - Vingage Photo, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Fabric Glue

Imagine Crafts ~ Tear It!

Prima ~ Distress Tool

I hope you've been inspired to join the April Studio75 Challenge

and create a project inspired by the fun bingo board.

Dreamy Mixed Media Card for Little Birdie Crafts

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I just adore creating feminine creations with a grungy twist. Little Birdie Crafts' gorgeous flowers and fabulous mixed media supplies are a perfect combination to achieve the girly grunge effect on this dreamy card. I've used Little Birdie mists, paint, gesso, stamps and stencils on the background and altered a jewelry piece with gesso, crackle, and color products to create a wonderful focal piece atop a chipboard clock with amazing flourished edges. You can find a full photo tutorial on how to create this card on the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE.

I hope you'll pop over there and leave some love.

Here's a supply list of all the products used to create this gorgeous piece:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Cornelia Flower, Blue

Aslinn Flower, Pink

Serabella Classic Flower

Beaded Daisies, Grey

Micro Jewlled Florettes, Grape/Tan

Chevron in Aquarelle 12x12" Paper Collection

Premium Card Stock ~ Bright White (for card base)

Primed Chipboard ~ Chipboard Clock

Metal Microbeads ~ Deep Marine 

Metal Microbeads ~ Iced Slate

Gesso ~ White

Crackle Paste

Acrylic Soft Gel Medium - Matte

Embossing Texture Paste ~ Aquatini

Color Splash ~ Ocean Mist

Color Splash ~ Hot Pink

Mixed Media Acrylic Paint - Deep Sea Blue

Clear Stamps ~ Script Heart

Stencil 10x18cm ~ Cracked Design

Other Supplies

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Small Talk

Jillibean Soup ~ Sequins - Blue/Teal

Doodlebug Design ~ Sequins - Lily White

BeadCraft ~ Jewelry Essentials - Pearls in a variety of sizes

Jewelry findings - round discs

art-i-cak ~ Flower Pendant with Glass Center

Liquitex ~ Gesso - Clear

Lindy's Stamp Gang ~ Starburst - Tibetan Poppy Teal

Ranger ~ Distress Oxide Ink - Faded Jeans

Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber

Ranger ~ Embossing Powder - Seafood White, Baby Blue

Stampendous ~ Embossing Emanel - Shabby Blue

ColorBox ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Jasmine

Darice ~ Seed Beads - Silver Lined Teal, 11/0

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~