Sunday, June 30, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenge 22-Get Messy!

Well, hello! I am so glad you stopped by to visit!  Our challenge at ABAC is to Get Messy!  There are some amazing inspiriations at the challenge site, so be sure to visit them too!

I decided to go with an altered piece and while it doesn't look overly 'messy', the process was pretty gluey, inky, and messy!  I bought the little unfinished wood birdhouse at Goodwill a few months ago and decided to paint it.  I wanted an aged look, so after the paint was dry, I added crackle and ink to make it all grungy.


The brown trim around the roofs was salvaged from a shopping bag, and I colored some molded sculpy pieces I had left over from a previous crafting experiment.  Unfortunately, the ink wanted to stick to my fingers more than the clay and ended up all smudged.  I added a little crackle to these too and decided it added to the whole shabby chic thing... work with me here...


While you can't really tell from my pics, the roof has a piece of First Edition DSP under the light layer of paint and crackle.


I hope you enjoyed my messy little project, and I would love it if you would join us this week with your version of messy!!!

Have a wonderful week and happy crafting!

Project recipe: unfinished wood birdhouse (Goodwill), fawn acrylic paint, Picket Fence distress crackle, repurposed shopping bag handles, sculpey clay pieces, First Edition DSP, Ink & Markers-soft suede, midnight muse, river rock, crumb cake

6 comments:

  1. What a neat makeover! I love the soft shabby chic theme and those clay pieces! So cool.

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  2. It's lovely, Margaret - the shabby chic look you've created is perfect!
    Alison x

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  3. Great make-over.... double storey? Looks very shabby chic. Cheers, Di

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  4. Yur messy little project is delightful Margaret. A lovely shabby chic piece to brighten your home!

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  5. I love it! Hope you are having a wonderful summer. :) Hugs

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