Urban Mermaid Designs: Altered Birdhouse Mother's Day Gift

I wanted to make something special for a Mothering Sunday gift this year. I had a chipboard birdhouse in my stash for a while, so as my mum has lots of birds in her birdhouse in spring, I thought it would make a lovely gift.

I was inspired by the Prima and Agiart "Air" March boards as aqua and peach is such a gorgeous combination and I love the flowers and soft tones.

I cut the scalloped orning from some chipboard I had in my stash and heat-embossed it several times with Mint Macaroon WOW! Powder. This colour is translucent, so needed a few coats. I would recommend priming chipboard/greyboard with white gesso first.

I used the Prima Finnabair stencil with Finnabair Art Alchemy Paint in Rose Gold to create the roof tiles.

* Prima March Challenge - Featured

Materials:
Prima Fairybelle Papers
Prima Leaves Dies
Prima Flowers - Fairy Belle and other Prima flowers
Prima Stencil by Finnabair
Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint in Rose Gold
WOW! Embossing powder - Mint Macaroon, Vintage Romance
Chipboard Bird House

Inspired by these Challenges:
Creative Embellishments - Spring - A home for the nesting birds of Spring 30/4
I Kropka #43 - Spring Chipboard (house) and Green

18 comments:

Unknown said...: Hi - what a beautiful project! Bet your Mum was thrilled with it. Great use of colour & I love all the elements.
Thanks for joining us over at Creative Artiste this month. Hope to see you again - good luck!
Hugs,
Bev (DT) x; 26 March 2017 at 10:52
A Pink said...: What a lovely altered birdbox to gift your mum. Wonderful . Thanks for joining us at A Vintage Journey x; 28 March 2017 at 05:07
Darlene said...: WOW ... just beautiful! SURE to bring a smile! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Things that Fly’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
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Vicki said...: Gorgeous altered birdhouse! Wow, the pastels are beautiful. Thanks for joining the Double D, "Things That Fly" Challenge.; 31 March 2017 at 06:29
Yume Art said...: Beautiful! Thanks for joining I Kropka challenge.; 31 March 2017 at 23:14
ScrappingGoat said...: Wow;) wonderful; 3 April 2017 at 04:29
Unknown said...: Great ! Thank you for joining us for the challenge I Kropka;); 3 April 2017 at 05:07
Vintagehandmade said...: Super gorgeous bird house! Thank you for joining us at Stamps and Stencils! Branka DT; 4 April 2017 at 11:04
SewPaperPaint said...: What a beautiful altered bird house! A perfect gift any mother would love. Beautiful embellishments and color palette. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Stamps & Stencils. Hugs, Autumn; 7 April 2017 at 15:18
Habka said...: Lovely! Thanks for joining I Kropka challenge.; 9 April 2017 at 01:02
Marci said...: This I beautifully done! Thanks for joining us at CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS!; 16 April 2017 at 16:23
Shona said...: that is so pretty! wonderful piece. Thanks for playing with us at Creative Embellishments!; 16 April 2017 at 20:37
LisaM said...: Very pretty! Thanks for joining us at Creative Embellishments!; 19 April 2017 at 17:44
France Ringuette said...: This altered birdhouse is amazing, thanks for joining our Creative Embellishments challenge.; 21 April 2017 at 11:59
Maggi said...: oh my goodness, your birdhouse is amazing, I love it!! Thanks for joining in our Creative Embellishments challenge this month.; 22 April 2017 at 09:23
Nanne said...: wow.. what a beautiful project..Thank you for sharing with us ladies over at Creative Embellishments..
hugs
Nanné; 22 April 2017 at 20:55
Unknown said...: This is so awesome! Love the beautiful colors, flowers, and sparkly details! Thanks for playing along with the Creative Embellishments April Challenge!; 23 April 2017 at 18:16
Nadine Carlier said...: Wow, this is fabulous! Thank you for playing along with us at Creative Embellishment.
Nadine - My Scrap n' Stuff; 30 April 2017 at 15:52