Hello everyone, It’s Vini here today. Each country has its own culture and identity. I have created a project inspired by embroidery motifs and white brick walls of the beautiful country ‘Hungary’. The motifs are mostly flowers and birds characterized by bright colours. I have worked with the water based Little Birdie Archival Multi-Surface paints here, which are non-toxic, have high coverage, do not require varnish for sealing and can be used on a variety of surfaces. I have used the Read more…
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Traditional Paisley Decoupage Tray
Hi all, It is the time for festivals in India and that calls for festive gifts and a fresh home decor! I made a very elegant and royal tray using the new Little Birdie filament decoupage papers and I am here to share the process with you. The filament decoupage papers are very easy to use. They are strong, wrinkle free and perfect for a variety of decoupage techniques as I have described in detail in my previous post this month. Lets begin with the project! I chose a classy filament design Read more…
Ma Durga Shadow Box
Hello everyone! Vini here with you today. Durga Puja is just around the corner and here I present to you the beautiful Ma Durga filament paper from the store. Jai Ma! I would like to tell you about the quality of the filament paper first. You have to use to believe what an amazing product this is. This is neither like the decoupage tissues nor like the rice papers. These are not delicate or transparent, hence are excellent specially for new crafters who are worried about tearing or wrinkles Read more…
DIY Pinup Board with Little Birdie Glitter Fabric Paints
Hello creatives, Vini here today! I love shiny things and instantly fell in love with the shimmer of the new Little Birdie Glitter Fabric Paints! I decided to give a new look to an old pin up board I had at home! Let me show you what I did. I used a cotton silk fabric available with me and taped it to the pin up board so that I could do my work on the exact size. I inserted a newspaper and a polythene between the board and the fabric which I removed later. Then I made patterns with a Read more…
Make Your Own Reversible Pendant Without Any Mould
Hi all, Hope you all are safe. In the present situation we cannot step out to shop so I decided to make myself a pendant with a gift box! Let’s start. Here I have used the Little Birdie resin and no mould or frame. The Little Birdie resin is perfect for making jewellery as it dries within an hour! It has an amazing finish, shine, and strength. A few points to note about the resin is that it doesn’t stick to plastic and silicon. Otherwise it permanently sticks to anything, so prepare Read more…
A Pretty Box – Inside & Out
Hello everyone, Vini Gupta with you today to share an altered box. I have used three 4×4 inch stencils from the store to create different effects for a make over of a plain MDF box. The beauty of the stencils is that the designs are elaborate yet they fit in small spaces. I created the effects using 2 in 1 mixed media paste, embossing texture paste and metallic wax. The final finishing touches were added using paper packs and flowers from the store. As a first step, I primed the box Read more…
Gilded Rosy Gift Box
Hello everyone, Shantha here today on the blog. Valentine’s Day is round the corner and the store is all stacked with lovely flowers and paper packs for the season! I couldn’t resist picking up a pack of roses and decided to use them to make a gift box using these. HOW I MADE THE GIFT BOX I used a circular box and gilded a portion of the lid using Little Birdie’s newly launched gilding flakes. I then painted the top portion of the lid with Salsa Red chalk paint. Using Pearl Read more…
Simple Home Decor with Stone Texture Paste
Hello everyone!! Shanta here with you today! I have just ventured into mixed media and I love to try out different products just to see how they work. Little Birdie’s Stone Texture Paste and the metallic waxes were in my bucket list since a long time. Here’s what I made using these. See how you can make a simple table decor piece with Stone Texture Paste… I took a simple circular MDF base and applied the Stone Texture Past – Graphite Dust with the help of a stencil. I used Read more…
Itsy Bitsy Blog Challenge #24
Hello Everyone, Shanta here! I am so happy to be announcing the Blog Challenge #24 for this month!! With the launch of two wonderful new products from Little Birdie; The Pouring Paints and the Pouring Medium, which are not only wonderful to work with, but currently a rage in the art industry, its very interesting to have ‘Pour Painting’ as the theme for the Blog Challenge this month. Acrylic pour painting is a therapeutic painting technique that involves pouring a variety of colors of Acrylic Read more…
Easy Everyday Journal with Watercolour
Hello everyone!! Its a good habit to journal to make sure that you do some art everyday and also, this could be a way to vent out your emotions while you relax and have fun with art. With Itsy Bitsy’s home brand Little Birdie’s newly released Watercolour half pan set, journalling just became easier as it is something that makes art less messy; considering the fact that it has a brush pen that comes with it, and is pretty much portable. Here’s a page from my journal using a few clear stamps Read more…