mixed media bird *13arts*

 Today a fun project: my mixed media bird.
And of course in my favorites colors!

Found this wooden bird (36cm) in a local store and I just had to alter it! 

The fun began with collecting all kinds of metal pieces and buttons.

Added some glass filler, colored grit (grey light) and mika flakes (silver) for extra texture.

Painted all with a coat of gesso before adding all the paints.

For this project I again used my favorite turquoise and blue and green colors.

Some Scrapberry's flowers, also in 13arts store.

Metal pieces from my stash.

Thought the twigs were a nice touch, imitating some feathers.

A large key and metal leaves.

Two old buckles. You can put anything from your stash into a project! 

The bottom stand.

Made all of the textures with glass filler, grit and mika flakes.

13arts products used:

 Colored-Grit-Grey-Light

 Mika flakes silver

Glass filler

 Chalk-Turquoise

 Chalk-Turqoise-Light

 Chalk-Sap-Green

 Chalk-Indigo

 Chalk-Celadon

 Chalk-Yellow-Lemon

 Pearl-Turquoise-Light

 Splash turquoise and white

 Paper flowers

 Twigs

13 arts blog: http://13artspl.blogspot.nl/

13arts store: http://13arts.pl/

Enjoy your day! 

Ingrid xxx

mini cakes *Maja Design*

A yummy but bittersweet blogpost.

This is my last official blogpost for Maja Design.
It's been a great journey but sometimes life got in the middle of things.
Wasn't an easy decision to stop this awesome team but I think it will be for the best.....
A huge thank you to the staff of Maja's, you're the best!
And thanks to all the talented ladies in the team, you're amazing!
I will always love Maja papers and I'm sure you will be seeing some paper projects of me in the future!

This post is all about my love for the Maja papers!

There are also some other cakes I have made with them.

Made this first one with the Summer Crush collection.

Loving the colors from the latest Maja Design papers, esp. the turquoise! 

These cakes are pre made (Pipoos) but you can easily made these with small round boxes.

I used some fabric fiber to imitate the whipped creme.

Some mini beads and pearls for decoration.

Once dry, I gave it a touch with gesso.

Some flowers and mini roses in matching colors.

Papers used:

And her are some oldies.

Old cakes but still yummy! :)

All of these cakes have found a new home.

Such a wonderful way to give a small birthday gift.

Vintage Summer collection.

Vintage Summer collection.

Vintage Autumn collection.

Vintage Spring collection.

Vintage Summer collection.

Vintage Summer collection.

Hope you are inspired to use these beautiful Maja papers as well.

You can check out all of the paper collections HERE

And you find the stores in your country  HERE

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

home decor piece *13Arts*

Today a home decor piece for my friend's birthday. 

Made it with her favorite colors and of course lots of 13Arts paints and embellishments.
It measures 15x40cm.

Had this wooden tray for a long time and also the wooden "love" letters.

Embellished it with flowers, beads, flakes, grit, glass beads and paints.

All the embellishments got a coat of gesso first before the paints.

Added the Scrapberry's blossom flowers and the small roses. 

Got this effect on the big 13arts flowers by gessoing the flower before the paint.

Just some touches with a brush.

Flakes, beads, grit and microspheres for an awesome texture! 

More texture!

13arts products used:

 Pearl-Black-graphite

 Pastel-Pink

 Pastel-Lavender

 13arts flowers

 paper flowers

 Gesso

 Glass beads D2

 Glass beads D5

 Colored-Grit-Grey

 Silver Microspheres

 Mika flakes

 Decorative beads

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

photo frame with shutters *Maja Design*

A photo frame with shutters today.

Made this project with the Summer Crush collection from Maja Design.

The photo is of my youngest girl and her boyfriend when the just fell in love, about 5 years ago.

Made some rolled flowers with the papers as well. 

Distressed the edges.

The white polymer items are from Scrapberry's and the heart string is a piece from a childs necklace.

For the shutters I cut small strips of paper and distressed the edges.

Never throw away an earring. Those single ones could easily be used in any project! :)

Some gesso on the flowers to get a more softer look.

A piece of paper woven through the chipboard fence.

Lots of dimension.

I'm sure you are falling in love with this collection as well! 

Enjoy your day! 

ingrid xxx