Birds of a Feather...

This is my first submission to the Artistic Outpost Referral Program. This month's Referral Program is Anything Goes and the winner will receive an Artistic Outpost Prize Package!

When I saw this bird, I knew that I wanted to add him to some kind of wall hanging and decided to use chipboard. First, I painted the background with a mustard acrylic paint then added a few layers by using strips of dictionary pages, then a few pieces of tissue paper. The quote at the top left corner is stamped with black ink on tissue paper and the quote on the bottom left hand corner was stamped on a piece of muslin. I wanted to simulate what I imagined a bird would use in nature to create its nest, so for the embellishments I used feathers, small tree branches, a small piece of bark, piece of cheesecloth and a maple seed. Not sure if that's accurate, but that's what I imagined. :)  All the buttons used are Mother of Pearl. The plain ivory are vintage but the smaller ones with the yellow flowers are new. A piece of muslin was tied at the top in order to allow you to hang the wall decoration. The bird was stamped on watercolor paper and painted with Distress Inks using water brushes. I added a bit of Distress Stickles to give it some sparkle.

I am also going to submit this project to Fashionable Stamping Challenges. This is Challenge #41 and the theme Birds. The winner at Fashionable Stamping will receive a prize from Cottage Crafts.

Hope you liked my project and thanks for stopping by!!! :)