I am a sucker for anything with a bird cage. I don't know what it is. As Patrice can attest, anything that has a birdcage on it, I'm buying. So I couldn't wait to work with this Tim Holtz bird cage die!
I didn't take pictures of this project as I went, sorry to say. I thought I was taking video, but unfortunately the camera batteries died about a minute into filming (story of my life).
For this project, I started out with a manilla tag and I covered the entire thing quickly with the vintage photo distress stain. I then went over the edges of the tag with the vintage stain ink pad to really bring out the color (not with the blending tool, I just rubbed the edges right on the pad itself).
I took a script stamp from Hero Arts and applied the picket fence stain to it and stamped it onto the tag. I hit it with the heat tool for a few seconds just to dry it a bit. Then I took my dictionary paper and ripped off three pieces and added them to the project with Ranger's glue and seal medium (love it so much more than Mod Podge).
I inked over the dictionary paper with the blending tool and some vintage photo distress ink. Next I cut out the bird cage on some of Tim's grunge paper (love that stuff too!). I painted the whole thing black with the Adirondack pitch black paint dabber. Once that paint was dry, I went back over it with the gold paint dabber and just pounced on a couple of spots (to give it an aged look).
I adhered it to the tag with one of Tim's swivel clasps, and glued the birdcage down with glossy accents. I added a few Recollection pearls in chocolate to the bottom of the bird cage, and was finished.
So who else is crazy about bird cages? Is there something else that you are crazy about? Leave us a comment and let us know!
Thanks for looking!
Keathe
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