Your Brave Wings by Dorthe Hansen

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Hello dear friends,

I hope you enjoyed your weekend and are ready for a new weekfilled with creative hours.

My Monday post this time, is using one of the white/greyboard tags, I really like working with.

It was painted with Chestnut Brown, mixed with White and a little Lime and when dry, I stenciled the robin using Potting Soil. Using a circle as mask over tag, covering the stenciled bird, I used the Bark tree stencil over the rest of the tag, I wanted my bird to live in a hole in the tree and this hole was created using the circle as mask!!

Next I painted the bird - same mix of colors as the tree and also created a shadowed edge inside the hole. When dry the bird and some places of the trunk was giving a layer of Crackle Glaze and left to dry.

Later I painted with shadowed White on the bird and with Teal over the

trunk and little crackles appeared whenr dry, as you can see.

I left some places free of the teal paint, to create the tree trunk pattern I love.

One of Lynne`s lovely Affirmations was stamped onto a piece of scrap fabric,

cut in two and adhered and the bird got a nest from nature findings and a tiny piece

of gauze. Also a branch to sit on, of course :-) The edges were run over with the black Archival and a piece of Sari silk added to the top hole.

This finished my nature tag, I hope you are not too tired of my birdie theme
because I love to create with them.

Hugs and love, Dorthe

Material used:

That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Tags

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencil - Robin Silhouette

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencil - Tree Bark

That's Crafty! Stamp Set - Lynne's Affirmations Set 3

Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black

Archival Ink Pad - Potting Soil

That's Crafty! Light Texture Paste

That's Crafty! Crackle Glaze

From my stash: Nature remnants, tiny branch, gauze, fabric scraps already dyed, Sari Silk

19 comments

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans16 April 2018 at 11:35
Beautiful Dorthe, love the natural feel and the textural background. Gorgeous. Tracy xxx
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Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations16 April 2018 at 14:26
Oh just look at that wee bird all snug in it's home, maybe nesting?? I love your neutral palette Dorthe to paint both tree and bird using those colours shows your are a master with that paint and his outer shadow really give a sense of depth. A beautiful piece of art.
Creative Hugs Tracey xx
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Fliss16 April 2018 at 15:34
An absolutely beautiful tag Dorthe and love the clever way you made a hole in the tree bark to give your gorgeous bird a home. I never tire of your gorgeous bird themed creations and look forward to many more.
Fliss xxx
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Dorthe16 April 2018 at 15:47
Melina, thank you so much dear friend.-
Hugs, xx
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froebelsternchen16 April 2018 at 16:12
Oh Dorthe! This is so amazingly beautiful ! I adore it ! It is so much to my liking!
I’m so awed by your artistic-ness!
oxo Susi
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SewPaperPaint16 April 2018 at 16:34
Fantastic texture and marvelous color palette and design Dorthe! Hugs, Autumn
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Roosterhead Designs16 April 2018 at 16:49
Oh so fabulous Dorthe~ Soo creative and as always your textures take me straight to nature! I've been inspired : ) Thank you for sharing~ Hugs, karen o
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Amanda16 April 2018 at 19:33
So beautiful and full of bird song, what a wonderful snap shot of nature on a tag
Love
Amanda x
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Createology17 April 2018 at 00:34
Wow Dorthe Dear it looked like you stripped Somme bark from a tree to make this collage. Spring was near however today after raining all night it snowed! Your tag is lovely and it would be lovely to hear the birds singing. <3
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Inky and Quirky Designs17 April 2018 at 13:57
Love love love this sweet Dorthe and no I’ll never tire of seeing the magical way you create these awesome little birds
Hugs
Donna xx
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