The Aviary: bird beauty

Hi Paper Wings fans! Dana here with you today sharing a layout that I created with the For The Birds Mixed Media Kit. I also used the NEW Bird Beauty Cling Stamp Set. You can pick up this fantastic stamp set for 15% off this month! Several of the sentiments in this stamp set were just perfect for documenting my skydiving adventure.

I started with the white piece of cardboard from the kit and created a bird patterned mixed media background with some of my favorite mediums. I first colored the background with Gelatos. I then added birds using the stencil and Golden Light Molding Paste from the kit.

I colored the birds with Gelatos, watercolor pencils and Stamper's Big Brush Pens. I used the Art Textures Cling Stamp Set to add the subtle dot pattern to the body of the birds.

I added a glittery wing to this bird using the bird stencil from the kit and Iced Enamels Relique Glitz Gold Embossing Enamel. I added the small circle pattern with the Single Dot Border Clear Stamp Set. The "adventurous" sentiment is part of the Bird Panel Clear Stamp Set. The For The Birds Mixed Media Kit comes with your choice of one of our gorgeous Bird Panel stamp sets!

The sentiment shown here is part of the NEW Bird Beauty Cling Stamp Set. The designs under the sentiment are made with the Art Textures Cling Stamp Set and the Ledger Journaling Lines Clear Stamp.

I used a White Stamper's Big Brush Pen and the Cloudy Cling Stamp Set to add a fluffy white cloud to my photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If this is your first visit to the blog this week, you're going to want to check out Carrie's Bird Themed Configurations Box and Norma's Mixed Media Assemblage Tutorial. Also, we'd love to have your join our June Chipboard/Wood Veneer Challenge. CLICK HERE for all the details.

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Themed Thursday - Birds

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Hi there peeps!

Carrie here with you today to show you a bird themed project that I made with our For the Birds Mixed Media kit. I used the kit to embellish an Ideaology Mini Configurations Book. The best part of the Configurations products is that you can move the little boxes around in any you want to. I played with the layout for a while before deciding on this one.

For the flat side of the Configurations Book, I used the bird stencil and molding paste from the kit. Here's a brief tutorial on how I did it.

I scribbled some Gelatos directly on the surface of the book box.

Then I blended them out using my fingers.

Next I mixed up a custom color of Light Molding Paste using my Gelato.

I scrapped off some of the Gelato and mixed it in the paste.

The paste had some chunks of Gelato in it, but I decided I liked it and left it chunky. I then spread the paste over the stencil carefully filling in the spaces without squishing excess under the stencil.

Carefully remove the stencil and wash off the stencil and palette knife immediately. Let it dry for about 30 minutes. While I was waiting on it to dry, I worked on the boxes.

I had fun combining the clip art, rub-ons and trinkets from the kit in all of the little boxes. I also used the new Bird Beauty stamp set.

I stamped the bird using the same technique I did for the blog hop last week. You can find the tutorial for it here on my blog.

I like to finish off the Configurations pieces with tissue or washi tape. I think it gives it a finished look and hides all of the seams. I use extra glue with those tapes because I don't think they stick very well. Well that's it folks, thanks for staying with me until the end, I know this was a long post! Hope you enjoyed! You can find links to all of the products I used below. The kits are selling fast, get yours before they are gone!

Enjoy the flight!
Carrie