Home Again

Bling a basic chipboard bird with Limolicious, Gold Glow and Pink Sprinkles Smooch Spritzes - and Spritz Screens from Hampton Art.  It would also be a great way to up-cycle diecut cardboard from boxes  - or old file folders.

 
The screens, like plastic stencils, are perfectly-sized for craft projects.  Limolicious and Gold Glow were spritzed over the screen first.  Pink Sprinkles - spritzed without the screen - highlights the background and creates cool little specks over the Limolicious and Gold Glow.  The beak was Smooched with Carrrot. Experiment with different Spritz combinations and different screens - you'll love the results!

    

Here are the directions for this happy little project:

Clearsnap Products

• Limolicious Smooch Spritz    
• Gold Glow Smooch Spritz
• Pink Sprinkles Smooch Spritz        
• Carrot Smooch
• ColorBox Espresso Limited Edition Pigment Inkpad    
• ColorBox Boysenberry Limited Edition Pigment Inkpad    
• ColorBox Fluid Chalk Rouge Inkpad
• ColorBox Stylus and Tips
• Sweet Orange Glitter

Stamps and Screens

• Hampton Art Vintage Spritz Screens
• Hampton Art Birdhouses Cling Stamps Set

Other Supplies

• Bazzill Sour Apple Cardstock
• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Textured Cardstock (light and dark turquoise, orange, brown)
• Paper Accents Chipboard Birds
• Paper Accents 6" Square Chipboard
• Spellbinders Small Circles Dies
• Acrylic stamping blocks
• Detail Clear Embossing Powder
• 1/4" Hole Punch
• 5/8" Circle Punch
• 26-Gauge Copper Craft Wire
• Paper Crimper
• Small Black Button
• 1/4" Foam Dots
• Decorative Scissors or Rotary Trimmer and Wave Blade 

Directions

• Place the screen on the bird, spritz it with Limolicious - do not remove the screen
• Spritz it again with Gold Glow, remove the screen, and allow the inks to dry
• Using the Stylus and Tips, ink the bird's edges with Rouge, then with Espresso
• Crimp brown cardstock, cut it into narrow strips, and attach strips to the back and front of the bird to resemble a nest
• Smooch the beak with Carrot
• Attach a button for the eye
• Stamp "HOME" on the smooth side of medium turquoise cardstock with Boysenberry and emboss it
• Trim the bottom edge of the cardstock with a wave blade or scissors,  cut the cardstock to 4-3/4" high x 4-1/8" wide, and ink the edges with Boysenberry
• Stamp the birdhouse on the smooth side of a 3" diecut circle of  Sour Apple with Espresso, emboss it, and ink the edges with Espresso
• Cut a 4-7/8" square of orange cardstock and ink the edges with Espresso
• Trim one edge of a 5-3/8" piece of dark turquoise cardstock with a wave blade or scissors, cut the cardstock to 5-3/8" square, and ink the edges with Espresso
• Attach the pieces to the chipboard square, using foam dots for the left edge of the birdhouse circle
• Ink their edges, then attach 5/8" circles to the top of the chipboard, then punch 1/4" circles
• Bend and twist nine strands of copper wire together to create a loop at the top of the chipboard
• Attach foam dots near the right edge and press Sweet Orange Glitter onto the adhesive

Hang it on your bulletin board - or send it to a friend and brighten her day!