Spring has Sprung – celebration

hello everyone!!!!

today I am here to share with you a project using two of my favorite Eileen Hull Dies, the Bird and the Vase along with the flower textured impressions folder.  I love the feel of the paper leather sheets and use them quite often when creating projects as they take lots of lots of medium; both wet and dry

so I started out by embossing a sheet of the paper leather and then die cut it from the vase die. I then applied the Prima patina effect to the vase

I loved how it turned out but by applying all the medium to it I lost the look of the textured impression folder so once it was completely dry I ran it through again and then added a bit of the brass on top for highlights… this was exactly what I was looking for!

I then assembled my vase as per the instructions. now I just needed to decide what I wanted to do with my vase

i decided that i wanted it to be a spring project to sit in my entry way for when my students/customers come to visit so now it was time to figure out exactly how i wanted to do that….. and that is when i decided i needed to dig out my Christmas balls….. WHAT!!!!!

LOL..well you see i was creating away in the studio after running 16km and needed a Styrofoam ball to fit inside the vase to hold some flowers up but i wasn’t getting out of my comfy clothes to go out to the store so i had to come up with something that i already had.. that is when i discovered a regular size bulb will fit really nicely inside the vase

so now i was time to create my spring time symbol, the robin…. so out came my paper leather and Eileen’s color box Blends and her bird die and i was off and paintingi created/painted two of these and then glued them together.. love the blend ability of these paints!!now it was time to assemble everything  and as usual when i get creating, i forget to take all my pictures but i am sure you can forgive me right!

it was just a matter of gluing the bulb into the vase, adding some ribbon and metal bits. a bit of crackle glaze to the top ball and here you have it

thanks so much for stopping by today and welcoming spring with me. i hope you have been taking the time to create along the way!

until next time my friends,

diana

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