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Thursday 2 March 2017

Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep cheep - put a bird on it at stamps and stencils

Hello there! How are you? Another day in March and another new challenge! This time its Toni's turn to choose our theme at stamps and stencils - this is what she had to say....

One of the joys, at this time of year, is to wake up to the glorious sound of birdsong. The challenge this month is in celebration of our fine, feathered, friends. We would love to see your mixed media projects, that include at least one bird. Whether it's a  journal spread, an assemblage or card, just make sure that a little dickie bird or birds, feature somewhere. Please don't forget to include stamping, or stenciling or even both! Can't wait to see your creations!


So I decided to go ahead and have a play in my journal - using stamps and stencils mostly from Dina Wakley.



Here's my final piece and I have a step by step in photo form to share with you.


First off I used a Clarity mask, stencil brush and adirondack ink to create a cloudy sky.


Next I added some grass using meadow ink and again a stencil brush.


I used the stencil from Dina Wakley to add some birds in latte ink.


Next I stamped these scribbly birds using potting soil archival ink...


I then used distress inks and pens to colour the birds.


I added a sentiment and some more vegetation - the last thing I did was to use a posca pen to add some red paint dots around the edge.

So I hope you can join us! You can find the page to add your makes to here

Big hugs

Rachel x

22 comments:

  1. You create such lovely clouds on the background and I love your cheerful chirpy robins, great journal pages Rachel. Hugs Ruth xx

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  2. Glorious page and I love how you built it up! LOve the clouds and all the different birds!

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  3. You really have created such a lovely cheery Springtime scene Rachel with all those lovely birds! The red dots are a great finishing touch too. Hugs, Anne xx

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  4. Wow, stunning journal pages Rachel. I love those bird stamps you've used.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. What a delightful page spread, Rachel - I can almost hear the chirping from here!
    Alison x

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  6. Fabulous page spread Rachel, I love the beautiful birds.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. totally fabulous journal pages Rachel xx Love those amazing clouds and super cute birds.

    TFS and hugs
    Annie xx

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  8. Beautiful page Rachel, the clouds are wonderful and I love the robins ! Sue C x

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  9. Great pages for your journal. I do love those fluffy clouds. hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  10. Gorgeous pages for your journal. I love the fluffy clouds. Big Hugs Marlene

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  11. These are wonderful pages Rachel. Really very pretty. Thanks for sharing your step by step process. Barbxx

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  12. A beautiful page Rachel, lovely birds.
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
    x

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  13. Love these fat little birdies Rachel, soooooo tweet and fab design !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  14. Beautiful JP Rachel, hope you guys are doing ok.xx[aNNie]

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  15. Beautiful page, Rachel! Your clouds are simply stunning and I love the way how you colored those amazing Dina's birds! I totally love this! Big hugs! Branka xx

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  16. Great journal pages-fabulous sky and love the birds and step by step
    Carol x

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  17. Rachel, it has been ages since I sponged a sky and I just love it! Great base to your beautiful stamping. I just love those bird stamps and how you used them. Hugs, Autumn

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  18. This is so fun Rachel, and you've inspired me to get this set of stamps out again. Thank you for that x

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  19. Hi Rachel, this is just so pretty, I love your colouring and the sweet robins, beautifully designed page Kate x

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Thankyou so much for leaving a comment - it really does mean a lot to me! Hugs Rachel xx