Spring has Sprung challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Wonderful, spring is finally here.

We have a nice spring challenge.

I made you a birdhouse with the Los Coast Designs stamp "Megans Christmas Bird".

Well you will think, but isn't that a Christmas stamp?

That is true, but with some adjustments you can change that.

I simply replaced the lights with blossom flowers.

So you see that you can use a stamp for several things. 

I Used:

LCD Megan's christmas bird.

LCD crackle background.

Folkart acrylic paint, toasted vanilla.

A dark brown water-based pencil, i used Derwent inktense.

Soft pink paper.

Soft green, brown and dark green paper.

colored pencils.

Distress oxide Saltwater taffy, Wilted violet and Dusty concord.

Ink on 3 pad.

Enn cutting pliers for small flowers.

Dies of a branch and leaves and a egg.

A green and purple fine line marker.

Stazon Timber brown.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Dryed green moss.

To start, stamp Megan's christmas bird with the Ink on 3.

Color the bird as you like or as the example.

Cut out the bird and branches, but you can cut back part of the lamp.

We will glue the flowers on that later.

We are now going to paint the house, it is a nice soft yellow color that looks a bit old.

When the paint is dry, we draw lines with the dark brown inktense pencil.

These should be the wooden planks.

Go over the lines with a damp brush of water to blur them slightly.

With the crackle background,

 we stamp here and there a piece of the stamp with Stazon Timber Brown.

Now we die cut the large branch from brown paper.

We also die cut the small leaves with light and dark green.

And dont fotget the little pink blossoms. 

Use the green fineliner to draw the veins on the leaves.

And the purple fineliner for the flowers.

Glue the flowers and leaves on the branches.

Now for the egg.

Color a piece of paper with the Distress oxide Salt water taffee.

Add a layer with the wilted violet.

But smudge this a bit.

Now stamp over it with the crackle background.

Die cut now with the egg shape die.

Make the edge of the egg darker with the Distress oxide Dusty concord.

Splatter some white paint over the egg.

You can now glue everything in place.

Don't forget to add a bit of moss as a nest.

I love the spring look this little house has.

Now for the challenge, the team hopes you will join.

We are curious what you make for beautiful spring cards,

 or tags or something completely different.

It's entirely up to you, as long as it's stamped on it.

So click the link and join the fun and you might win new stamps.

Vivalasvegastamps Birdhouse

I have painted this birdhouse with Americana acrylicpaint and Posca acrylic paint marker. Than used stamps from Vivalasvegastamps and dylusion stamps. The drops and polka dots are from Prima marketing.


Heb een vogelhuisje van de action beschilderd met Americana acrylverf en posca pennen. Bestempeld met Vivalasvegastamps stempels en Dylusion stempels. De druppels en stippen zijn van Prima marketing.

Nog even laten zien.

Zoals al eerder vermeld ben ik gepubliceerd in de ArtSpecially nr.18.
Ik had daarvoor een aantal werken ingestuurd, 3 zijn gepubliceerd en een aantal andere niet.
Ik wil deze werken toch graag even laten zien, dus alsnog hier op mijn blog.

I was published in the latest issue of the ArtSpecially magazine, these are the one's that where not selected.

 stempels van: Lost Coast Designs, Tim Hiltz, Indigoblu.

Stempels: Santoro, prima marketing Donna Downing, mask van The Crafters workshop, dylusions on the edge.

Stempel van Kaisercraft.

En de laatste is een mask van The crafters workshop, stempels van Tim Holtz en swirl van Inkadinkado.

Even een tussendoortje gemaakt.
De vogel stempel Item 19064 Plate 921 is van Vivalasvegastamps en de roset en bladeren tak van Dylusions.
Vivalasvegastamps zijn ook te koop bij de http://www.thestampingcottage.nl/