Birdhouse Moneybox

 

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Kirsten here, taking a break from the butterflies, but staying with the flowers to show another of my event day samples, this time a wooden moneybox (not on the website, but available to order from Lisa).

 

 

 

I painted it, firstly with gesso, then with a number of coats of Martha Stewart acrylic paints; Pollen, Hailstorm & Hydrangea Purple..............

 

 

 

Stamping on a shape like this with a large stamp is not easy, so the answer is to stamp onto tissue paper with a permanent ink. I've used an orange Archival ink here.....

 

 (NB I used the Woodware Clear Magic stamp 'Georgina' on the moneybox, but these next few photos show 'Fiona' & 'Chloe' for demo purposes)

 

 

 

Torn tissue paper edges will blend into the background more easily than straight ones, so the way to tear the edges without the risk of tearing your image is to load a paintbrush with water, drag it down all four sides & gently pull the tissue apart along the wet seam................

 

 

 

 

 

The torn tissue will be dry in seconds..........

 

 

 

 

 

You need to make sure the tissue is well stuck to your chosen surface, so use a gel medium, such as Mod Podge. Brush it over the entire surface & carefully place the tissue on top. Gently smooth it down with your fingers, you'll get a few wrinkles, but most of them will be gone by the time the glue dries......  

 

 

 

Brush more glue over the top of the tissue, making sure the edges are sealed. Smooth over with your fingers again & leave to dry.

 

 

When the glue is completely dry, gently tear off the excess tissue paper.

 

Another handy hint: keep a paintbrush for gel medium only & keep it in water. If it dries, it will be unusable.

 

I stamped the Woodware Clear Magic mini flowers onto white Supper Smooth card with

embossing ink & heat set with WOW Bright White embossing powder & used Cut-n-Dry foam to apply Boysenberry, Ash Rose & Orange Versacolor inks on top, then cut them out...............

 

 

 

 

I glued two of the flowers together, glued some thin wire behind them & used hot glue to keep them in the chimney, along with a little cotton wool 'smoke'..........

 

 

 

To each side I added a Tando bird & branch that I'd painted & stamped with Card-io Majestix stamps.

 

                                                 

 

That's it for now, thanks for looking.

 

Kirsten