Working with Stencils- Some Basic Techniques

Hi Everyone, Saadia here Little Birdie Crafts has recently launched beautiful new stencil designs and great art and mixed media journals. I thought I should share with you some of the very basic stenciling techniques, these will be useful to those who are new to stencils. I used only one design of stencil in almost all of the techniques. Stencils and stenciling: The stencil is usually a thin sheet of material, such as paper, plastic, wood or metal, with numbers, alphabets or a design cut Read more…

Smell The Sea…. A Canvas with Chalk Paints

Hello atry-crafty folks, Gayatri here with another inspirational project with Little Birdie Chalk Paints. Today I have gone out of my comfort zone and tried something new.  All our DT members are so talented that they have inspired me to try something new. So, this time I tried my hands on a mixed media canvas. I used chalk paints to create the background. The more I work with chalk paints, the more I fall in love with them . They dry quickly and give a matte finish. Little Birdie has such Read more…

Happy HOME…Decor with Chalk Paints

Hello friends, Vaishali here on the blog today. Hope everyone is doing great!! The title of the creation expresses my feelings, being on the Itsy Bitsy design team …I truly feel at home and a its a Happy Home indeed!! Itsy Bitsy has recently launched some beautiful bright chalk paints. Chalk paints from the store are loved by all crafters and now there are happy bright colours added to the range. I am sure everyone will enjoy using them.  I have played with the  New Chalk Paint Colour – Read more…

‘Wisteria Garden’ Miniature Mixed Media Decor

Hello everyone Pooja here with a mixed media project for you today! I am going to share my new creation that I made with Little Birdie Embossing Texture Paste and Chalk Paints. These products are fun and exciting to work with as they give you wonderful options to create many things. Today I am sharing my miniature home decor “Wisteria Garden” Have a look… How I created these mini Wisteria with Embossing Texture Paste and more about the creation is here in a video tutorial Read more…

Friendship Forever – A Mixed Media Card

Hello friends, Today I am sharing a Mixed Media card, efforts of my tiny steps in mixed media. I have used Little Birdie’s recently released Embossing Texture Paste for creating texture and it is really addictive to see the paste develop texture under a heat gun. I wanted to make a tall card,  so the dimensions are 8″ x 4.25″. I took another panel which I trimmed 1/8 of an inch smaller. I laid the script stencil on the panel and applied ‘Frosty Fizz’ Embossing Texture Paste. I allowed Read more…

Fun Craft with Embossing Texture Paste

Hello everyone Pooja here! Today I am here to share my review, some salient features  and a project I created with Little Birdie’s Embossing Texture Paste. This product is truly versatile and awesome for giving texture and dimension to projects. Let’s first talk a little about the product. What is Embossing Texture Paste? Embossing Texture Paste  is a heat embossing paste, this needs a heat gun or tool to emboss the pattern or design you have created with this paste. Little Birdie Read more…

Colours of Spring – Mixed Media Layout

Hello everyone, Pooja here Today I am sharing a mixed media layout inspired by the colourful mood of Spring! I hope you will find it inspiring to make  something for this month’s challenge have a look…this is what I made! Let’s take a look at the step by step process: I took a navy blue cardstock and applied gesso on it. 2. Thereafter I applied Little Birdie Soft Matt Acrylic Gel. 3. Did some stamping with Versa ink using different stamps and used Wow embossing powder Read more…