There is this Art Journaal- the first I ever made and it’s not even finished yet:) I come back to it rarely as my way of crafting changed and even though there are some pages I really love, there are also  a lot which I am unable to finish. Yesterday I got a little upset, said to myself- enough, just do one page, and so I did the birdie/ leafy spread:)

There was a lot of fussy-cutting involved as I stamped the images of leaves ( Woodware Singles stamp) on mixed-media paper, coloured each leaf with Letraset AquaMarkers and added some glitter , than cut them out. Background was created with white gesso and black and violet acrylic paint (by Pebeo). At the end I added some more gesso just to tone down the colors. Then added some masking  with PaperArtsy stencil (Mini Stripped Flower) and Distress Ink- Seedless Preserves.  I glued the leaves onto the page  and attached to them wooden bird cage with a little birdie inside (the cage was covered earlier with white acrylic paint). To attach it I used silver thread which hangs from the leaves. Then added some splatters of black paint and the sentiment I’ve printed out. I chose this particular sentiment because kindness really matters and we need to be good to animals, and birds, and each other:)

I am entering this page for the challenge on Stamps and Stencils blog- Chirpie, Chirpie, Cheep, Cheep!