Happy Birthday Card Set by Pam Bray

 

Hi Pam here today sharing with you a couple of Birthday Cards to share today.

CAN YOU BELIEVE.... I went to get my grand daughter a birthday card and I didn't have any!!!

SERIOUSLY!!!

SO...I got busy...

I grabbed some beautiful Graphic 45 Botanical pattern papers....Along with some chippies from Gypsy Soul Lasercuts. 

I began by first cutting one of the Tudor Rose Singles in half. Using Picket Fence Distress Paint gave the Tudor Rose Single and the Daisies a good coat of paint. Allow it to dry completely.

Layer distress paints on the Tudor Rose Single and Daisies pieces til you achieve the look you like. 

Allow to dry completely.

Mat and layer pattern paper together on card front. Stamp sentiment with black ink and place on card front. Add butterfly.

 Adhere prepared Tudor Rose Single to front of card.

Add prepared Daisies pieces to front of card.

I created a Belated Birthday Card since....WELL... I was a bad grandma and my sweet grand-daughter will receive her card late.

Layer pattern paper to front of card front. Prepare the Bird Watching and Tulip Scrolls using the above technique. Allow to dry completely. Adhere to front of card front.

Stamp sentiment to front of journal block. Adhere to front of card base with pop dots. 

Add prepared bird and ribbon to top of card front.

I hope you have enjoyed my birthday cards that I created today...MAKE SURE....To check your stash and see if you have some ready to mail out!!!

Hugs Pam

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Supplies:

Tudor Rose Singles

Daisies

Birdwatching Shape Set

Tulip Scroll Corners

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Pattern Paper

My Colors: Grasshopper, Ocean Side, Sweetie Pea

Distress Paints: Picked Raspberry, Picket Fence, Fired Brick, 

Spun Sugar, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, 

Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Wild Honey

Stampendous: SSC1115 Birthday Wishes Stamp Set

Adhesive

Pop Dots

Barb's Birds and Ivy

Hi Everyone! Barb here with a piece that I worked on while thinking of Earth Day. In celebration thereof, I decided to do a little up-cycling and use a couple of pages from an old lettering handbook that belonged to my Dad (a commercial artist back in the day when signs were painted by hand and not chunked together on a computer).

I began by putting the pages on a canvas panel with Mod Podge. After letting it dry overnight, I distressed it by using a wash of watered down white acrylic paint, sponged on inks, splattered paint and spritzed on sprays.

For the ivy frame I began with a bright green. I often go brighter and bolder on the initial paint because I know I'm going to abuse it into submission with lots of distressing. It's easy to subdue a color, but not as easy to make it brighter. Many have been the times when I've finished something and wish the color had a little more pop. Generally, the reason it doesn't is because I began it with a too subtle color.

Of course, once it was dry, I gave it all sorts of abuse. I sponged, stamped, splattered, wiped, sanded, splattered and sponged some more. I don't have a recipe for this stuff; I just play until it works for me. To bring out the color of the ivy I used StazOn Studio Glaze.

For the birdhouse and larger flying bird, I used Ranger Distress Crackle paints - Vintage Photo brown for the birdhouse and Clear Rock Candy for the bird (which I first primed with a coat of white gesso).

Once the crackle paints were completely dry, scrubbed on ink with a sponge and splattered and spritzed them as well.

Because I wanted the frame to be on top of the birdhouse and the smaller birds on branches, I used left over bits and pieces (the in between stuff) of Gina's Designs chipboard as spacers. See? More up-cycling! Plus, since it was the same material, the spacing was perfect. The frame is set apart and gives a nice shadow box effect to the whole piece.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Used

Birds Shape Set

Birdwatching Shape Set

Collage Frame Birds & Ivy

For the Birds

Other Items Used

Acrylic Paint

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint

irRESISTibles spray

Mod Podge

StazOn inks

StazOn Studio Glaze

Music rubber stamp manufacturer is unknown

9 x 12 canvas panel

Bird Cage with Marjolaine

Hello friends, Marjolaine here. Today I'm scheduled for an off the page project and I thought this birdcage would be perfect. It was super easy to assemble and I'm thinking I would like to make many more for Christmas table center pieces. 

I kept if fairly simple. The cage is painted with two layers of gesso and I used a script stamp on top to add texture. For my roses I used a six petal flower punch and followed this tutorial.

My supplies are as follows:
Birdwatching Shape Set

Fabscraps paper
Tim Holtz stamp

I love antique bird cages and will need to find a special place in my home for it. How about you, where would you display it?