Jamie Dougherty Designs: Bloom Birds in Flight!!!!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Bloom Birds in Flight!!!!

Hey Everyone! Courteney here!

Playing with Prima's Gate fold album, Jamie's NEW Bird Stamps, the new Royal Menagerie flowers and Prima's Paintable's. I really went a little crazy this month and I couldn't stop embellishing. Lol!!!!

Fresh from Prima's Art Venture Canada my mind was wheeling with ideas and with so much product I could sink a battle ship!!!! (The goodie bags and kits really are that amazing) A little inspiration was all I needed and this project came to life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Step 1

Taking Franks Memory Hardware Gate Fold Album and some off white Acrylic paint I painted all the edges on the outside of the Album.

( learned this straight from Frank)

Step 2

Once paint was completely dry I took my Tim Holtz distress ink in Vintage Photo and distressed all the edges.

Step 3

Fussy Cutting!!!! Yup not always that pleasant but the end result is always stunning. Taking Prima's new Enchanted Aviaries Paintable's I cut out the bird house. Then I cut it perfectly in half. Gluing down each side on the front of my Album, so when I closed the book it would look like one piece again.

( I used the one on the top left)

Step 4

Stamping Jamie's NEW Bird stamps!!!!!! The best part!!! I stamped them once onto my Royal Menagerie paper then cut them out. I decided they needed a little dimension. so I stamped them a second time using a different designer paper from the same line and just cut out the pieces I wanted to use. Gluing them just on the edges so I could bend the outside edges making them look dimensional.

Step 5

Flowers! Flowers! Flowers!!!

Adding my Royal Menagerie flowers, stamens, leaves and berries to both sides of the album starting from the bottom working my way up. I stopped about half way up wanting to leave room for my birds!!!!!

Step 6

Using pop dots I added my birds, popping them up and making them fly!!!!

Step 8

Taking my 6x6 pad of Royal Menagerie paper line I measured the sides and back of the Album, then taking my tape runner I taped on the paper, leaving a little of an edge so you can see my distressed ink & paint.