Altered Birdhouse by Shanna

Hello all you lovelies. It is my turn to tempt you with some yummy chipboard today! I decided to alter some chipboard pieces. I honestly dumped out my goodies on the floor, grabbed, and said let's do this!

So I started with this piece from the Retro Shape Set. I knew I wanted it to look rustic and vintage and patina-ish.

I started with some acrylic glaze. I used my finger, the goal is not to be perfect, and leave more paint in some areas than other. Then I heat set it immediately!!! Watch the magic happen. 

You can see here how the paint is puffy right? Well once cooled to touch smoosh it down. See the texture that creates.

I went in on top with a rusty color and heat set again. I did two round of this color to get the full color and look I was going for. 

Here is my finished look. What do you think?

Everything else got a coat of acrylic paint and I added some bling for a eye popping effect. 

I dug this crown out and thought it went perfect on top of this bird house I had hanging out. 

The crown even has a little texture on top too. It was so fun to create!

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Items Used:

Birdhouse Wall Hanging

Wings Assortment

Word Stackers 1

Retro Frame Set

Steampunk Shape Set

House Wall Hanging by Kim

Hello crafty friends! Today I would like to share with you my house wall hanging! This set of 3 is from the Birdhouse Wall Hanging Set, and I have modified them to be some fun little mixed media houses.

You can see in these photos that I have had some real fun with the background on these. I love doing mixed media and I started with a coat of gesso, then layered on some sprays to give a colorful effect.

After I used the sprays, I got out my stamps from Rubbermoon and my clay. I made impressions in the clay with the stamps, then used mica powders to color the clay. Once the clay was baked I was able to add them to the little houses. I also used some of the same stamps from Rubbermoon in the background of the houses. I stamped them on with some Stazon Black Ink. As a final touch I used some watered down white paint to create some splotches on the houses to give it a nice shabby look.

I used some words from the Words and Phrases 1 set on each of the tops of the houses and added some flowers in matching colors to finish them off.

I added some metallic ribbon from my stash to attach the houses together in a row to hang up. I love how they turned out!

I hope you like my project I have shared with you today!  Check out all the great goodies in Gina's Store!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Birdhouse Wall Hanging

Words & Phrases 1

Other Items Used

Stamps by Rubbermoon

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Craftsupplies1 Flowers

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays & Mica Powders

Shimmerz Sprays

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Stazon Ink Black

Sculpey Clay