Thursday, November 27, 2014

artful

Hi there! I hope you are doing well. Today was a great day! While Scott watched football, my dear sister, Tina and I took advantage of the beautiful warm weather here in the desert. We went for a 20 mile bike ride then came home and had some crafting time. I took on another type of exercise at the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym and joined along with the Exercise #2 challenge ~ go 3D!


I altered a wooden birdhouse that I had on hand:
Here's what it looked like before I got my inky hands on it ;)
I added texture to all four sides, embellished with various trinkets then added a variety of inks and paint. I covered the roof with buttons from my stash, covered with a coat of Gesso, followed with blue ink, Gesso and a dusting of course glitter:


Using the same color palette, I made a tag joining along with the Prima 12 Days of Christmas Cards Day #2 ~ Prima dies:
I added texture using Prima Light Texture Paste along with a Prima stencil to a pretty piece of paper from the Prima Vintage Vanity collection.
After adding various inks to the background, I embellished with a wooden snowflake, a die cut that was made using one of the Prima Flowers Set of 3 dies and a beautiful Prima flower:
For color inspiration for both projects, I joined along with Colour Me creative challenge:
Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great Friday!
Be Sweet ;)
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37 comments:

  1. Wow! Both of these are absolutely fabulous! The house is just awesome and the tag is a real beauty! <3!

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  2. WOW, what beautiful colors! Amazing!

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  3. Amazing project and the tag is absolutely stunning! Love the colors, they are so vibrant and happy. :) Your creations are show stoppers as usual. Thank you for bringing joy to the world...

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  4. Your birdhouse is an amazing transformation and your tag is just beautiful. You are so inspiring!

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  5. WoW, what a fantastic house you made and the tag is so beautiful :-))
    You use a pretty colours!
    Hugs, Andreja

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  6. 20 miles? My goodness you are fit! I love your pretty altered birdhouse - beautiful colours and your tag is gorgeous!

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  7. Sounds like you spent Thanksgiving in a wonderful way! I would never have recognized the original birdhouse. Your altered version is beautiful. And the tag--so gorgeous. Love it!

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  8. Wow these are stunning Mona- so love the texture and colors you used on both projects. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving

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  9. Oh, so pretty, Mona... :) Love the texture & colors.

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  10. Wow - good for you on your 20 mile bike ride Mona! What a wonderful project - love how you made your plain wooden birdhouse a lovely work of art - with all the stenciling, layering and paint! And the tag is gorgeous too!

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  11. Wow, Mona, these are both amazing!! The birdhouse looks stunning!! The texture and colors are beautiful!! I love all of the details!! The tag is gorgeous!! I love the pretty flower!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  12. Love your pretty makeover on the birdhouse Mona and your tag is just lovely!

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  13. You must be a super fit gal to ride for 20 miles! The transformed bird house is a delight and the colours work equally well on the delightful tag. Thanks for the inspiration :D

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  14. Love them, they looks so wonderful!!!!

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  15. Your tag is stunning! I love the colors! And your birdhouse is a beauty!!!

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  16. Beautiful tag and altered piece! Love these bright colors! Just gorgeous!

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  17. Lovely project, Mona! Really amazing texture and colors! Have a great weekend!

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  18. Love both, the gorgeous birdhouse and the beautiful and colorful tag!

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  19. Oh, my word! These are absolutely amazing! The altered birdhouse is over the top fabulous....then I saw the tag and my jaw dropped even more! GORGEOUS! GORGEOUS!

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  20. Love how this little bird house turns out!!! Thank you for joining the Mixed Media Place challenge!!!

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  21. Mona, the little birdhouse turned out sooo pretty! Love the colors and textures you added, really nice :) The Tag is beautiful I love the way you enhanced the dp and the cool way you layered the snowflake and flower!!

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  22. Lovely project! Really enjoy your mixed media projects! Absolutely stunning as always!

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  23. Did you hear my jaw hit the floor? Stunningly beautiful work, Mona--love the way you used the colors & all the elements! Sounds like you had a lovely day. I froze just walking from the hospital to my car today.

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  24. So sweet and colourful! Absolutely amazing detail!

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  25. I love the colors and texture, both are stunning!

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  26. Wow, these creations are stunning. You really are talented when it comes to transformations! Thanks for sharing and using the colours at Colour Me...!

    Anita x (Guest Designer)

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  27. Mona both the birdhouse and tag and complete works of art! You are so talented when it comes to mixed media - they really are two inspiring pieces. A fantastic use of this week's colours - thanks for joining us again over at Colour Me...! this week.

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  28. I would love to live in this dreamy home :)

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  29. Your creativity is just out of the box, Mona! LOVE the textures and the colors and the glitz on the birdhouse and the tag! FANTASTIC creations! Really!

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  30. WOWSA! Beautiful hous! I love the gorgeous tag!

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  31. Stunning color and texture! Really creative!

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  32. beautiful projects--love the house!

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  33. Love the colors in these! Beautiful and gorgeous crafts them both! Thank you for joining the Mixed Media Place challenge! <3

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