Create a Charming Christmas Home Decor Piece with Prima's Birdhouse

From this plain metal bird house to Christmas Decor....only at Blitsy! You can find the details and step-by-step instructions right here.

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Prima's Altered Metal Telephone Frame

Prima's Altered Metal Telephone Frame (Blitsy Video Exclusive)

Blitsy is featuring Prima Metal Frames so this is a perfect time to share my recent project and video link.  

I recently grabbed the Prima Metal Telephone Frame by Finnabair.  I love whole range of  metal frames from Prima; the bicycle, house, clock, television and all the rest now being featured at Blitsy. They look great no matter which decorative style you choose as you add your special embellishments.  

I took a festive vintage approach.  I call it festive because I used a photo from my childhood and accented with bright happy colors that reflect the moment the photo was taken.   

Watch my short video at Blitsy.  See how I gave this magnificent metal frame my decorative touch.  

You can see the Video here: 

Special Tip

Jennifer used an old black and white photo, but any photo will work. Change the feel of your piece by adding different colored flowers and trims and different colored mists.

Close Ups

You can see how the mist adds a little bit of sheen and interest to the piece. The drips of blue mist add vintage patina appeal

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Additional embellishment ideas

Are you thinking of creating this for someone and don't want to add a lot of flowers? Maybe you want to make it more masculine? Why not consider these embellishment options:

Burlap or trim

Beads

Metal charms, metal vintage trinkets.,chains

Cork embellishments/stickers

Stamp on the metal using StayzOn Solvent ink or other alcohol based inks

Chipboard or wood icons

Old clock pieces

Happy Crafting!

Products Used:

Prima Finnabair Altered Metal Phone Frame

Prima Color Bloom Mist - Glistening Waves

Prima Color Bloom Mist - Antique Gold

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Ranger Blending Tool

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Mat

Prima Bella Rouge Paper

Prima Flowers - Kindled Lush 581428 ( big flower)

Prima Flowers - Bella Rouge Leola

Prima Bella Rouge Flowers Emeline

Prima Bella Rouge Flowers Daisy

Prima Memory Hardware -Antique Chains

Prima Memory Hardware Pearls

Prima Timeless Memories Metal Trinkets

We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile hole punch

Beacons 3in1 Glue

Ranger Heat-it Heat Gun tool

Prima and Amazing Watercolors

Prima Build A Page for March 

(you can see the Prima post here)

I know - March is history.  Then I realized I had not even posted my own design.   So here it is.  

I designed the Prima Build a Page for March.   I made a card - because that's what I was feeling with my sketch.  I wanted it to feel soft and watery and the watercolor pencils did the job. 

Prima Supplies:
576691 Prima Watercolor Pencils -Scenic Route
580421 Prima Watercolor Brush Pen Set
961701 Prima Art Ingredients Glass Beads - Butter
962104 Prima Finnabair Wood Stamp
951184 Prima Butterfly Collection paper - Papillon
576431 Prima Marker - Under
559007 Prima Rondelle Collection - Mini Alphas

Other:
Cardstock
Cheese cloth

Prima Celebrates Teachers and the Start to a New School Year ( with Julie Nutting and Finnabair's new lines)

Celebrating the Wonders of Reading with Prima and Julie Nutting Dolls ( Prima blog post here)

 available on my ETSY- see the ad in the sidebar at right

Teachers are in full swing right now either preparing their classrooms, or saying hello to students.  I made a banner for a classroom encouraging children to read.  Each of my sweet Julie Nutting doll stamps provides a sentiment or quote highlighting the wonders and importance of reading.  I used a variety of new Art Ingredients and Art Basics to help accent my pieces.

Below are five reasons why I love the Julie Nutting dolls.  Each one is as unique as each child is unique and special.  Make these for the home and classroom and customize them for each child.  

Better yet...have the kids decorate each tag and add their favorite book title as jounaling on the tag.  Or Use this to add stars for achievements...oh so many ways to incorporate this into the learning experience.

Each of the tags is made with the Julie Nutting Water color tag pad as a background and mounted on the 6x6 Julie Nutting paper pads - perfect for clothing choices for the doll stamps. 

Here is a list of the doll stamps I used going from top to bottom  - left to right - 

1.  Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Chiara ( product 910761)

2. Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Aidan ( product 910907 )                                                                  3.  Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp - Betty ( product 910440)

4.  Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Valentina ( product 910778)  

5. 910907 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp Aidan-( product 910907 )

I accented each piece with some fabulous new products from Prima as well - the Art Basics collection which includes matte gel medium, gesso, glass beads and mica flakes to name just a few.   Each tag has a little stenciling also to show off the newest stencil releases by Prima.  You can see the entire product list at the end of the post. 

 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Chiara ( product 910761)

I love her, with her curly hair and adorable innocence.   I can just see her now with butterflies fluttering around while she reads her book in the yard without a care.

I used a new Prima stencil here for the background applied to the new Julie Nutting watercolor tag pads and basic generic brand watercolors. 

Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Aidan ( product 910907 )  

Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp - Betty ( product 910440)

Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Valentina ( product 910778)  

Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Aidan ( product 910907 )  

I used Aidan twice so you can see how easy it is to change his look with coloring and painting.   This tag has some glass beads and mica flakes from Prima on the ground adhered using the Prima Art Basics Matte Gel as an adhesive. 

Once again, here is the "all star " reading lineup. 

Thanks for stopping by.



Prima Supplies:
910778 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Valentina
910907 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Aidan
910440 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp - Betty
910761 Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp -Chiara
910853 Prima Julie Nutting Tag Pad - Watercolor
910860 Prima Julie Nutting 6x6 Paper Pad - Dress Me Up - "Blush"
910877 Prima Julie Nutting 6x6 Paper Pad - Dress Me Up Kaleidoscope
578572 Prima Flowers - Cigar Box Secrets -Havana Nights
578480 Prima Coffee Break Collection - Cappuccino
577452 Prima Flowers -Regal (Pink)
961442 Prima Finnabair Art Basics - Heavy Gesso
961428 Prima Finnabair Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel (transparent)
961602 Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients Glitter Set -Ebony and Ivory
961688 Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients - Glass Beads Licorice
961732 Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients -Mica Flakes Henna
Prima Bethany Leaves
576080 Prima 6x8 Acrylic Stamp Holder
572785 Prima Metal Dies
575922 Prima Stencil -Decor II
575915 Prima Stencil -Decor I
575953 Prima Stencil ( wall)
961299 Prima Stencil - Elementals 6.5x12.25 Bubbles
575854 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - Clear Stamp
980269 Prima Bloom Collection A-4 Watercolor Pad
569921 Prima Wood Embellishments
543129 Prima Swallowtail Butterflies - Azure (H)
891534 Prima Typo Bulbs
558840  Prima Wood Clips
558833 Prima Wood Clips
544591 Prima Say It in Crystals -Swirl with Flower Clear