Bird Life

Hi!  The birds are always flocking around our neighborhood.  We get great enjoyment out of seeing their antics.  The new Darkroom Door Bird Life set designed by  Godelieve Tijskens is charming and reflective of the views we have from our porch.  I was lucky enough to receive the stamp set form Darkroom Door and wanted to share a few projects I created using the new set.

I am sharing this one first because it use the book stacks stamp which I love.  Rachel has designed a few different stamps with books and book related sentiments and I couldn't resist blending them with the birds.

The birds perch perfectly on the stack of books:

I started by stamping the birds on a pattern paper.  (The soft text gives them a lovely layer of texture).  I then colored them with watercolor pencils and a waterbrush.  After they dried I cut them out to place on my book stack.

I stamped the books using black archival ink and then cut them out to place on the card base.  The books were colored with the sames watercolor pencils and waterbrush.

I inked up the background of the card with a little bit of dye ink and stamping.  I also stamped the nest with eggs and colored to coordinate.

I stamped the sentiment and cut it up into pieces to place along the side of the card.

For my next set of cards I wanted to play with mixed media tape and stamps! 

I started by taking some of the Dina Wakley Media Tape and tearing off multiple strips.  I taped them to my craft mat.  I painted them with white acrylic paint and waited for them to dry.

I took the French Script and chicken wire and stamped using archival ink onto the painted surface.  I heat set the ink to make sure it didn't smear.

I then started working on the background of the card.  I started by smearing a little scattered straw dye ink onto the craft mat and spritzing it with water.   I dragged the background paper through the inky mat.  

I then stamped the coffee stain with a cobalt blue ink onto the background.  To finish the background I stamped partially the splatter and French Script with coordinating blue ink.    I stamped  the birds multiple times and colored them with watercolor pencils and a waterbrush.  After they dried I added highlights using white gel pen.

 I cut out the birds and placed them in a cheese cloth and washi tape nest.  (Leftover golden bits from an old project that were easy to shred up and place under the birds.

When I saw the cute bird bath and bird houses I immediately thought how cute they would be as a focal point for place cards on the dinner table. 

 I created a set of four little place cards with different sentiments and same color scheme to be set out on the table for a dinner party.

 I could hand write the names of the guest on the bird house.  I cut the width of the base but left the top long to allow for stamping and cutting out the bird house.  I could have just cut the bird  house out as well and taped it to the base.

My final project was just a scrap but I loved how it turned out so I turned it into a simple book mark.  It is folded like a card but I can slide it over my page and keep my page in the book.

The only thing with this is to make sure to seal the distress inks because you wouldn't want it to get wet and mark up the book pages!  :)

Hope you enjoyed the birds as much as I did! Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Product List (all linked to Darkroom Door)
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set:  Bird Life 
Darkroom Door Texture Stamps:  French Script, Splatter
Darkroom Door Photo Stamp: Book Stack,
Darkroom Door Eclectic Stamp: Coffee Stain
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set:  Garden Greetings
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set: Wings
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set: Bookworm
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set: Nature Walk
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink:  Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo
Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt Blue, Jet Black, Potting Soil
Ranger Distress Ink - Scattered Straw, Peacock Feathers
Staedtler Watercolor Pencils
Waterbrush
White Gel Pen
Twine
White Acrylic Paint