So my husband is a bit of a bird man, not the human kind I hasten to add, no the feathered variety. We have some many bird feeders in our garden that we have to have a huge (and I mean huge) delivery of bird food stuff virtually every month. In fact it's so much that it was decided it needed its own shed that could also double as a bird hide for my very own Bill Oddie!
Homework was done and a suitable shed identified, purchased and delivered. and one weekend husband and brother put it up. I kept well out of the way as I knew there would be a clash of egos (no, you should do it like this, no it should go like that - you know what I mean) and I figured my input would only antagonise not soothe the situation,
So now we are the proud owners of a bird shed and as you can see its fairly well hid under the plum tree so makes an excellent bird hide.
It makes him very happy and that makes me happy!
The background 12x12" card had plenty of texture added with a thin layer of PaperArtsy Grunge Paste mixed with Guacamole Fresco paint, whilst it was still wet I gently pushed a piece of hessian into it to give more texture (you can see that hessian under the photo). More green PaperArtsy Fresco paints were added along with Glimmer Mists.
Stencilling with Hyde Park Fresco paint and stamping with Ink & the Dog Mini 59 in Green Fern Archival Ink. Lots of distressing and sanding and Walnut Ink and Peeled Paint Distress Inks to highlight the distressing and sanding on the edges.
The embellishments are as you can see are lots of fabric, tags, book text paper, chipboard, staples and the lovely little mini bird from Hot Picks 1103. I used the the small songbird die to cut the shape before stamping.
The photo is of husband and bro adding the roof and if you look carefully you can see some finger pointing from my bro!
The photo had filters and layers added in Pixlr and I really sanded it around the around the edges. I added some Walnut Stain Distress Ink and spritzed with water, but because its a home printed photo the inks ran when I wiped the edges with a baby wipe! I thought "oh %$$^&*!, but actually I think it looks OK with the smudging.
Bit like an old 1970's Polaroid picture that's faded and got crumpled in the back of the drawer and squint at it because you can't quite make out what it is but you can vaguely remember it being taken and going "oh yes that was the weekend we put the bird shed up, do you remember ?"
Hugs
Jo
xx
The background 12x12" card had plenty of texture added with a thin layer of PaperArtsy Grunge Paste mixed with Guacamole Fresco paint, whilst it was still wet I gently pushed a piece of hessian into it to give more texture (you can see that hessian under the photo). More green PaperArtsy Fresco paints were added along with Glimmer Mists.
Stencilling with Hyde Park Fresco paint and stamping with Ink & the Dog Mini 59 in Green Fern Archival Ink. Lots of distressing and sanding and Walnut Ink and Peeled Paint Distress Inks to highlight the distressing and sanding on the edges.
The embellishments are as you can see are lots of fabric, tags, book text paper, chipboard, staples and the lovely little mini bird from Hot Picks 1103. I used the the small songbird die to cut the shape before stamping. The photo is of husband and bro adding the roof and if you look carefully you can see some finger pointing from my bro!
The photo had filters and layers added in Pixlr and I really sanded it around the around the edges. I added some Walnut Stain Distress Ink and spritzed with water, but because its a home printed photo the inks ran when I wiped the edges with a baby wipe! I thought "oh %$$^&*!, but actually I think it looks OK with the smudging.
Bit like an old 1970's Polaroid picture that's faded and got crumpled in the back of the drawer and squint at it because you can't quite make out what it is but you can vaguely remember it being taken and going "oh yes that was the weekend we put the bird shed up, do you remember ?"
Hugs
Jo
xx
what a great piece of art... love the shed too! (is it weird that I'm watching a programme on tv about sheds right this minute?! ok, back to the commonwealth games now..)
ReplyDeleteHaha Jo. The bird shed photo sits very comfortably into it's setting. A lovely idea to mark the event and also to keep out of it in more ways than one. Fab piece of memorabilia.
ReplyDeleteFab post Jo and brilliant layout and bird shed. I am totally with you about keeping out of the way. Crafting the event was a much better idea. I bet your Hubby is going to spend many happy hours in there.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Lesley Xx
WOW Jo i am loving all the layers and textures on your page. Great to know you are both happy because one of you is happy, that's how it should be, lovely sentiment.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the bird house... :-) xxx