Bird Feeder

Happy weekend days are definitely getting shorter and colder we pruned back a lot of garden ready for winter was just was just about to prune a branch off until we saw a birds nest with the bird sitting in it best come back to that one later on. this leads me to Sonai's two awesome projects 
 Welcome back Sonai 
The bird feeder will be coming out from retirement after this great inspiration 
Bird Feeder here we come. This month I have made a X-large tag using some paper from the Elegance Paper Pack and the flat birder feeder chipboard.
I covered the tag with Chic paper using the left-hand side. Then I started to complete all the other components I would need.
For the bird feeder I painted the building in blue and stippled a little cream paint on to make some texture. Once this was done I used 49 and Market Blendables 01 over top. I made my own galvanized iron paper which I mounted and attached to the roof section of the Bird Feeder.
From the Style sheet of paper, I cut the blue flowers out and from the 49 & Market Botanical Laser cut elements I picked out some flowers and butterfly’s I wanted to use as well as the fence. Behind the fence I stuck several layers of mounting as I new I would need this once I assembled everything together.
Chipboard blessings, I used the word Blessings from the collection and covered with Nuvo Embellishment Mouse in Seaspray Green and Cornflower Blue. Blending the two colours together in the middle. (Nuvo and 49 & Market Products also purchased from Denise Boddey Designs).
I made a little resin bird and painted him up and found some wonderful leaf lace that Denise had died to use in my background as well.
Construction. I stuck house down first followed by the piece of lace across the front. I then had a play with my cut elements and fussy cut flowers to decide how I wanted to place them. I layered them attaching the pieces I wanted flat first and then slowly mounting the rest up. Finally, I added the wording, butterfly’s and the little blue bird.

Some time ago Denise also had a bird feeder that was 3D which I still had in my stash.  I already had my ideas of using bark from my garden as the roof and I knew I wanted to attached it to some wood. 3D is a little harder to construct as you have to have patience for the glue drying time and my roof in the end did not line up on one side for the chipboard hole however because I was covering it with the bark it didn’t matter. I loved adding lots of other fun elements including gum nuts and dried leaves also from my garden. I have included some pictures for you to see what it ended up looking like.

 

thanks Sonia

and thanks for dropping by

The Simple Life

 A little late again with this Share with all of the public holidays lately I am not sure what day it is. feeling out of Wack. 

 How ever today being Anzac day I do believe this is a great share for such a day. I just wanted to take a minute to recognize those who stayed behind at home and stepped up to support the country in multiple different ways whilst those who left for war left many a gap how hard it must have been waiting for your loved ones to return, as their lives still went on.

The Australian Land Army 

More than 3,000 women volunteered in the Australian Land Army during World War II.

Their duties include anything from dairying to driving tractors, the work required of the land girls was varied. But one thing was certain — it was quite unlike what was generally expected of women in the 1940s.

"They were some of the most extraordinary pioneers because they were doing things and transforming our understanding, particularly for women, of what women could do," they were a part of our Unsung Heroes 

unsung heroes

Another long standing tradition is the baking of Anzac biscuits both here and New Zealand. This is my simple way of remembrance and the recipe has been passed down from my mother to my daughter and it has coconut in it, something I believed to be normal.  But the first recipe for an Anzac biscuit containing the desiccated coconut is recorded to be from the city of Adelaide in 1924.^[17][18] 

So having said all of this Today we welcome back Tina  with a special layout that says more than the perfect placement and colour choices, she has made. Her Page tells a story and that too is what Scrap booking is about. 

Thanks for dropping by and seeing my latest share. 

• I started with a sheet of time warp paper from the Cogs of time collection. 
• I added some stenciling over the top.
• I then painted my chipboard black and added waxes from Finnabair. 
• I layered my photo with various papers and a piece of denim. 

•  I cut my chipboard up and layered it.  
• I added some 49 and market pieces, a title and then splatters.

 thanks for stopping by

Tina

 

Today we get to welcome Sharon onto the blog today

with two beautiful layouts using the Storybook Collection papers

Sharon Himmighofer 

           

Sharon Himmighofer @ Vintage Book Décor              

Double Layout – using these beautiful Day Dream Papers The colour has come through darker on the finished pages, but it is more the grey colour as below.

Starting with the first Layout -

 

                        

 

Select a delicate stencil using gesso or white paint to add some softness and dimension on the page.

  Using the Denise Boddey Die – Deco half circle, cut two using gold cardstock. Saving the little pieces to use as decorative little leaves on your page.

 Select a piece of desired chipboard, paint with a Lavender shade and glue to paper.

  Attach adhesive tape to the back and front of the die cuts and place under your selected photo, view photo below as a guide.

 I have used an extra sheet of paper to fussy cut more flowers, leaves and a crown. I used foam tape for all my photos and fussy cut images.

    

 Add your fussy cut flowers to the top right corner of your main photo, using a split pin add a metal word (optional) into the crown and glue down.

 Using a very light white lace gather and tuck under these flowers and glue down.

 I added rose gold glitter glue to the crown, just to add character. I used the little pink pearls in the centre of the flowers with glossy accents.

I finished the flowers with glossy accents and added some on the leaves. Looking at the finished page I have added some pearls from my stash to the bottom of the main featured photo (optional)

To finish the top left side, I added more fussy cut flowers and leaves. I added 2 white flowers, any you have will be fine. I added dimension letting the leaves drape into the white flowers. I added the Fairytale word with foam tape and just added some gloss accents to the letter F. I tucked a heart embellishment under my fussy cut flowers.

                        

Now for Layout Page 2

Once again I used another sheet for fussy cutting, I love the leaves on this page, flowing and soft.

 I also used the same stencil just letting the leaves flow down the page.

     

I used an oval chipboard, white paint and embossed using a luxurious sparkle. I also used a little chipboard leaf, emboss for later.

Add your photo and position at the top left side, add your frame using foam tape. I decorated the frame with the fussy cut roses and flowers. Add your leaves trailing downwards and only glue a few down.

    

 Gather some tulle with a dab of hot glue and place under the flowers at the bottom of the frame.                                                                           

 I added two Wedding Rings which I purchased from a cheap shop. I tied the rings together with some gold twine, tie a bow and leave the rest to place between the leaves. Just tuck them under the leaves.

 I placed one white flower at the end of the rings, allow your leaves to spread over this flower and finally you can tuck the embossed chipboard leaves under the flower as per photo.

 Add glossy accents to some leaves and roses.

 I added more glossy accents to place my little pink pearls inside the flowers and finished with adding more glossy accents to a few flowers near the tulle. 

Thank you for viewing and happy crafting.

here is a link to Sharon's Facebook page drop on by for some more inspiration

Vintage Book Décor