Hello and Happy Spring everyone! This is Roberta and today I am bringing you an adorable wall hanging featuring Unity Ann Butler Designs faux-quilted stamps, EZ-De’sTM stamps, and ColorBox Crafter’s® ink by Ann Butler.
I have been holding onto this fabulous shadow box house by Maya Road for a little while and knew it would be perfect for today’s project.
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- The Before; Ready-to-decorate Maya Road shadow box.
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- #1 Paint all outside edges with mixture of decoupage and ink.
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- #2 paint all inside surfaces with decoupage/ink . The ink is very juicy and the decoupage helps spread it easily.
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- #3 Paint roof with Tangelo and Limielight. I sponged them on.
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- #4 Brush on a coat or 2 of Irisdescents on each of the four inserts before stamping. This creates the beautiful mirror-look behind each embossed stamp.
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- #5 Each of the four inserts were stamped with Faux-Quilting stamps and heat embossed. I also chose to line the inside walls with a coordinating paper.
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- #6 Randomly stamp a 2″ faux quilting stamp on a piece of cardstock. Let dry
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- #7 Punch out butterflies and label from these 3-in-1 EK punches
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- #8 Take 2 butterflies and sandwich a fancy stick pin in between.
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- Stamp your ‘birdie-bits’. Use foam squares to attach wings to body. Embellish.
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- Finished butterflies waiting to take flight. I chose not to emboss this background to display how vibrant the ink is and the crispness of the stamp.
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- I think he’s trying to hide or peck his way through to his friend on the other side.
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- The Princess: She thinks she’s so special.
I chose to stagger the depths of each quadrant, too.
TIP – I achieved the clean cut edge on the burlap on either side of the roof, by first stiffening the material with decoupage, but any stiffener will do. It also allowed me to seal the edges so they wouldn’t continue to fray.
Supplies used in this project:
- Ann Butler Crafter’s ink – Limelight and Tangelo
- Ann Butler’s Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents, Lipgloss
- EZ-De’s faux quilting stamps
- Faux Quilting stamps
- DecoArt decoupage medium – matte
- Maya Road shadow box
- Maya Road burlap, stick pins
- DCWV bird diecuts
- Recollections green book mark
- Jillibean Soup cardstock
- Laura Kelly buttons
- Recollections embossing powder – clear
Oh my goodness Roberta you totally “Shine” with this project, it is adorable and showcases all of my products to the “T”….Love Love Love it!
Thank you very much, Ann. I had so much fun making it 🙂
I absolutely love it.
Thank you, Steph 🙂
Roberta, Ann is right! You totally rocked this project! Too cute!!!!!!
Thanks Lisa!
Love this project Roberta and awesome tutorial you make writing a tutorial so easy. Absolutely love the shine.
Thank you Vishu. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
This is the cutest project. I love the birds. 🙂
Love all the textures.