Birdy Inchies!

Ooooh, can you tell I've had a busy week at work?! All work and no play, that's me. Ah well, I've had a little bit of playtime this weekend and I have completed some inchies on the theme of 'birds' that I made for a trade. To be honest, I made them twice but the first lot were such complete rubbish that they are heading for the bin. Sometimes I just can't leave well alone and I have to keep adding a bit more .... and a bit more .... until I spoil them. The first lot were a bit too grungy - even by my standards. So, I tried not to everdo it with these. I started with my fave Claudine Hellmuth paints and chose these colours:

Gorgeous aren't they? And I painted over some old text for the background (it was 'The Darling Buds of May' if I remember rightly)

Then I added my fave stamp of the moment, from Dark Room Door. I love it, love it, love it. It's just perfect for backgrounds.

Then I added the birds. I think these are mostly crows but I could be wrong. They could be rooks or a number of others but for the purpose of my art these are crows and rooks :-)

The images came from the fab Paperstreet on Etsy (see the address in my sidebar).

And finally I added some numbers, some words and of course a little stitching to finish.

I MUST NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE I MUST NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE I MUST NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE....

Byeeeeeee for now