A Little Birdie House- Fiona Randall

 Happy Coronation Monday everyone.

 I am stopping by to bring you a little quick and easy project using a little wooden Bird House

This is the completed project.

The Tiny Birdhouse in it's undecorated state.

I started by giving the birdhouse a coat of DecoArt Media Tinting Base and dried with a heat tool.

I then gave the roof, base and the peg for the bird to sit on a coat of DecoArt Chalky Finish in Honour.

This is a wonderful dark Navy Blue Colour. 

I then gave the roof a coat of DecoArt Crackle for chalky finish paints. 

I then dried with a heat tool keeping it moving until the crackle had dried clear.

 I then applied with a sponge DecoArt Chalky finish in Everlasting. By dabbing the paint on with a sponge you will not over work and remove the crackle medium as you would with a brush.

 I find this method more forgiving and gives a much more even finish with the added bonus of no brushstrokes. I then dried with a heat tool until the cracks appeared.

I then applied washi tape from my stash which just happened to be the right width all around the walls of the birdhouse as shown. 

also washi tape was applied to the edge of the base as shown. I had a little pedestal to display the bird house on  which was already painted painted white.

To finish I fussy cut a little bird from my stash of Ephemera and attached to the birdhouse using 3d foam tape.

 I also stamped a little chocolate Baroque butterfly and glued at a jaunty angle to the roof.

A Fun, Quick and easy little project that has a vintage feel to it.

Products Used.

Tiny Wooden Birdhouse

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Everlasting

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Honour

DecoArt Crackle Medium for Chalky Finish

DecoArt Media Line White Tinting Base

Chocolate Baroque Stamps- Just Butterflies

Washi Tape and Bird Ephemera from my own stash

Stampendous Week - Stamped Acrylic Mixed Media Board

Hi friends! Dana here sharing the Acrylic Mixed Media Board I altered for the Stampendous theme this week. Tando has recently expanded their product line to include MDF and acrylic pieces, so be sure to stop by the Store and check out the offerings if you haven't done so already.

I used the Stampendous Nestled Bird Wood Mount Stamp (R158) with Colorbox Beyond Black Surfacez Ink, which is a fast-drying pigment ink designed to work on slick surfaces. I heat set the stamped image and then added color with alcohol ink.

After the image was colored I embellished the edge of the board with Stampendous Spoonful of Gold Dust. I wasn't able to heat the Gold Dust from underneath to coat the edges of this board, so I used some Top Boss Watermark Ink to help hold the product in place while I applied heat. I finished this piece with a sticker sentiment and some twine.

You can find the acrylic I used for this project, and a wonderful selection of Stampendous products, in the Tando Creative Retail Store. We'd love to see your creativity! Share your work with us in Tando's Creative Zone on Facebook.

Flying altered CD

Hi, it's Caro here. Today I have an altered CD for you where I used some of the mini birds. Oh I love the tando minis you can use there everywhere and the birds are so cute!!

http://www.tando-creative.co.uk/trade/grab-mini-birds-p-437.html

I have taken an old CD, took an old credit card and smeared gesso on the CD - you can create some patterns with this technique! When the gesso was dry I used AAIs to color it. The birds are colored with Distress Stains.

This is the first side of the CD

And this is the second side

Altered mini album cover: mini books week

Hello, my dear crafting friends!Irit is here again.
This is our mini albums week and I want to share a big 15*15 cm mini album cover  I made with lots of Tando chippies and lots of Mixed Media techniques.

As you can see I used 8 different Tando pieces here: a bird cage and a bird, some Steam punk pieces, 2 lamps, a key and 2 masks.
I used the light molding paste with the Sequin Waste mask and then heat embossed over it with some embossing powders and mists. All other  chipboards were heat embossed with metal and regular powders and as much as this piece  looks a mess, it's a vintage journey to my world.

Hope you like this piece and see you next time with more inspiration.
Irit

Welcome Bird Hanging

Hi, here's Caro and I have created a bird hanging in the colors of autumn. As I looked through the great chipboards over at the tando creative shop I immediately knew that I wanted to make one of those hangings and now we have this cute bird with the WELCOME hanging in our hallway.

 

I have used an old scrapbooking kit that I bought 2 years ago ... I love the colors of autumn and especially the scarecrow! 

http://www.tando-creative.co.uk/trade/welcome-bird-hanging-p-187.html

As I absolutely love the tando chipboards and use them very much I'd like to invite you to visit my blog. Here I would like to show you just one more thing I have created a few days ago - my very first video showing the process of creating this tag:

Metallics - It's better Together

I'm really excited as this is my 1st scrapbook page for the Tando blog, this weeks theme is using metallic colours. I decided to use silver and some golden papers and sequin waste.  I used the Tando chipboard bird cage and birds  set which fitted perfectly with the sketch at Once Upon A Sketch, and the 2 birds go well with the theme of friendship.

I firstly coated my chipboard bird cage with white gesso, applying a thick and bump layer with my brush.  Next I sprinkled on some silver embossing powder in different areas whilst the gesso was wet.  Next I heated it all up with a heat gun to emboss the silver, but it also makes the gesso bubble a bit too and adds to the aged effect.  I cut my papers out to cover the birds and then went around the edge of each of the shapes with the gesso, and added a little pearl for their eyes.  The other Tando product you might spy is the Harlequin mask.  I added a little detail at either side of the picture by sponging some distress ink through it. 

Katherine

Happy Mother's day with an altered canvas

This small- 4*4'' canvas was altered with lots of Tando most perfect chipboards and I also used Tando mask (messed with it a bit, but I like the final result)
All pieces were inked, painted and heat embossed with lots of embossing powders and I added this sentiment over this wings shape as it was made as Mom's Day small gift.

Here are all Tando products used on this project:

Using Tando masks for the second time- and I love it!

This is my second time using Tando new masks and I am in love with them! So easy to use, so great to paint inside, two seconds to clean- just the perfect - perfect ones for scrapbooking.. Or any other crafts you make.

This time I misted the Random  Circles mask with Clearsnap mists and then outlined it with a white pen making some faux stitching.

I also added 3 birdies on branches from the grab bag- as my lost forever home cat Donny was a big fan of birds and was chaising them all the time.. This is his very last photo on his very favorite place for a nap as he just left us and never came back after 15 years, most probably left to die in some far away from home place.

Here are the chipboards I used here

And the mask I love so much!!