Hi! Mary Nasser here! For today’s project, I wanted
to create an inspiring Artist Trading Block (ATB for short!) with a little bird
house on top! I used Carolyn Dube’s Now Is The Time small
and Now Is The Time large stencils,
Eileen Hull's Barn Wood stamp, and a box and
birdhouse from Sissix!
For the box, I began
by painting the entire surface with unbleached titanium acrylic.
Once that
dried, I used the Barn Wood stamp and StazOn Metallic Ink in Copper over the
entire surface, too.
I added Tim Holtz Distress Stains in Brushed Pewter,
Tarnished Brass and Antiqued Bronze.
Then I used a mini
sponge dauber to apply Teal Blue StazOn through portions of Carolyn’s stencils.
Post-it notes helped mask off areas of the stencil around the words I used.
I also laid out some metal ephemera I was considering adding (Mary Beth calls this "auditioning" parts for a work!).
For the birdhouse, I
began by painting the entire surface with cobalt turquoise acrylic.
Once that
dried, I used the Barn Wood stamp and StazOnTeal Blue over the entire surface, too.
I
placed a small matte board flower I’d painted copper and a metal ephemera bird on the surface to "audition" these elements.
Once I finished
painting these, the box and birdhouse were easy to
assemble with double-sided adhesive tape!
I adhered the bird, flower, text and lock with double-sided adhesive tape
and added a teal gem decal onto the center of the flower.
My last step was to adhere the birdhouse to the top of the box with more double-sided adhesive tape.
I adhered the bird, flower, text and lock with double-sided adhesive tape
and added a teal gem decal onto the center of the flower.
My last step was to adhere the birdhouse to the top of the box with more double-sided adhesive tape.
Below are views of the side and back:
And here's a detail:
Happy Stenciling!
