Butterfly cage

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the Sizzix Alterations Cameo Frame die?  It's just about my favourite of the moment. And when I saw Shelly Hickox's Bird House, I knew I had to make my own version.

So here it is.

It's die-cut from chipboard, which I get from the boxes of envelopes we use in the office.   I painted it first with turquoise acrylic paint, gave a coat of crackle medium, and then painted white paint with a bit of yellow oxide added to warm it up a bit.  Once dry it got a touch of Black Soot to distress it a bit.  The mesh panels are made from some stuff to cover gutters.  (You can see a "how I made it" here)  The feet are wooden beads, coloured and inked to blend in.

The flower and leaves I bought ready made. ( I just don't have a die big enough to make one that would fit.) The rose is made of a thick, soft paper.  I sprayed it with inks and mica sprays to get a more vibrant colour.  Because the arrangement can be viewed from all sides, I wanted to keep everything neat.     I made a mount from a cut-down packing tube (a bit left over from the stand for the mini hat), covered with a scrap of patterned paper and hot-glued the flowers and foliage to the inner surface.

I added the butterfly - cut with my old faithful Quick-Kutz dies.  The lower part is paper I'd coloured with mica sprays, the upper part is shiny black card.

This is going to go to my mother-in-law for her birthday, with the addition of a suitable sentiment.   Before that, though, it's going into the Our Creative Corner blog challenge.

Thank you for stopping by;  I do hope you enjoyed your visit!

Crafty Hugs,

Keren