I've had this house shaped frame for a while now, and thought it would make a perfect little bird house to use with the new Feathered Friends Tim Holtz die set.
The frame was plain wood, and has a glass photo frame in the centre. I decided since that frame area was quite small, to put my assemblage on top of it rather than use it as intended.
First step was to paint the frame. I gave it a coat of white gesso, then I mixed blue and turquoise acrylic paints with the Tim Holtz Crackle medium and applied this roughly over the frame. I left that to dry overnight before coming back to it.
One final touch for the outside frame was to rub some Pentart Gold wax over a few areas on the front of the frame just to highlight some of the cracks a bit.
Next I cut a piece of burlap so it would cover over the glass framed area. I used a hot glue gun to stick it down.
Next I cut some watercolour card to fit the Lumber 3D Texture Fades embossing folder and ran it through my Big Shot.
I added a wash of colour with Oxide inks in Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood and Iced Spruce. I dried that with my heat tool, then went over it with a Distress Crayon (I used Ground Espresso), then rubbed over it with some water to blend it out. I then wanted to create a look of peeling paint, so I mixed some aqua acrylic paint with the TH Crackle paste and applied it roughly in patches with a spatula. Once dry, I then added a little Prima Old White matte wax to give it even more of a weathered look. I used the hot glue gun to attach the woodgrain panel to the burlap.
I then cut all the elements from watercolour card - the bird, a variety of leaves and foliage, as well as the Tree Ring die. I coloured the leaves and tree ring with Distress inks used as watercolours. For the bird, I used Oxide Sprays in Antique Linen and Vintage photo. I used them as watercolours, then splattered some of the Vintage photo to create spots on its chest.
I also cut the Timekeeper die from watercolour card and coloured that with Oxide inks before adding a little gold wax in areas.
I tore a piece of cardboard and added some Prima Old White matte wax, and then assembled all the die cuts around that. I also took a little twig from the garden and added that with my hot glue gun.
As a final touch, I used Nuvo Drops to add berries to the foliage and an eye for the bird. I also rubbed some of the white wax on the twig.
I really enjoyed making this project. Especially as I spend quite a lot of my day watching the birds outside my craft studio. I think this bird die set is going to get a lot of use!
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