Friday, 13 October 2023

Art Journal Journey - Birdie

This is one that I did as an extra and decided to publish today rather than wait a couple of days for the next one for my theme at Art Journal Journey where I am guest host.

It is an image by Stampendous and reminds me of a wooden bird I once did with Tim Holtz years ago at CHA.  I am afraid my wooden bird has lost lots of his bits and only seems to have a little propellor and a measure stuck to his tail left.  Maybe now is the time to resurrect him.  Here is the page:


He is a Stampendous image, as I said, and he was coloured in using Inktense watercolour crayons.  I tried to get as close to a rust colour as possible and went with grey and some other orangey colours as well.  I don't know where the words came from but I thought they were quite apt.  The cogs were a diecut cut in a beige coloured cardstock and the stencil is from Lavinia, again a second image where the stencil had been used and the ink left on, was spritzed and placed ink side down on the card.

Maybe I should find some feathers for my Tim Holtz bird, I'll certainly be looking at some of my wooden gears to place on him now I have got him down and dusted him off.


Would love you to join us at AJJ with your 'In Gear' creations.

6 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

This is beautiful, love the image and the quote. The wooden bird is lovely, it would be great if you could feather it again. Have a good weekend, I hope you are keeping well. Hugs, Valerie

kiwimeskreations said...

What a stunning page Neet - love your gears paired with that fantastic image!!
May you newly dusted bird be fully restored :)
Blessings
Maxine

sirkkis said...

Well said!
Beautiful bird.
Happy weekend xx

lichazul said...

Congrats, beautiful page💐☺️ happy weekend

My name is Erika. said...

Somehow I must have missed Friday, because it is now Sunday. Luckily I found this page Neet as I like this fun gear bird. I haven't seen this stamp before; it was a nice find to use for your challenge. And that's a great quote too. I'll have to remember this one. have a great start to the new week Neet. hugs-Erika

pearshapedcrafting said...

Ooh! I love this and you've reminded me that I have this stamp too (if I can find it!) Love the quote. Another great page for your AJJ theme, hugs, Chrisx