Bird Cage Plaque

April 19, 2016

Good Morning Crafters

Another fabulous project from Tracey to share with you today.

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You will require the following for this project:

Sweet Dixie – Bird Cage Cutting Die – Includes 2 birds

Sweet Dixie – A4 Card stock – Chocolate

Sweet Dixie – A4 Card Stock – Latte

Kaiser Crafts – Vintage Timeless 6 ½ “ Paper Pad

Sweet Dixie – Clear Stamps – Daisy and Bottles

Memento Ink Pads

Light Brown satin ribbon

Chipboard Plaque

Double Sided Tape

Promarker Pen Burnt Sienna & Gold marker pen

Wooden Woods

Matt Gold Card Stock

All available from all good craft stores

Step 1

To start my plaque I took the matt gold card stock and using the Bird Cage Cutting die I cut the cage and pressed the excess pieces out of it.

Step 2

Then using some off cuts of Chocolate Brown Card stock and used the bird cutting dies and cut them out.

Step 3

This photo shows the elements needed to make the plaque base design

Step 4

Firstly I covered the chipboard plaque with the Latte Card stock.

Using the Kaiser Crafts Vintage Timeless paper pad I chose 2 sheets to use and trimmed and die cut a shape out to use as layering on the plaque.

Step 5

I then tied the light brown satin ribbon through the holes and then formed a bow at its hanging point.

Step 6

Now I have glued the Bird cage and bird die cuts into place on the layered plaque

Step 7

I decided to distress the edges of the plaque at this point just to add to the effect, which I have just done with a cosmetic sponge and some Memento ink.

Step 8

I have taken some wooden word embellishments for this project and have decided to colour them to match the design, I simply just used my marker pens to colour the top of the words and glued them in place on the plaque.

Step 9

To finish the plaque I felt it needed something else so I used my favourite Sweet Dixie Stamp set called Daisy and Bottles – I stamped the 2 larger daisies on to some of the off cut Latte card stock in Memento Brown ink and then fussy cut them out and glued them in place on the plaque to add the final touch.