Bye Bye Blackbird…

The Three Muses – yay!! That’s the theme – and of course it got me humming. I am too tired to go all Drama Queen-Art-journalling-collage-spread-with-lotsa-birds, as I have suddenly become busier than usual; Yes, well, this is a seasonal area and it’s nice to get work, so I am not complaining, (that would be my bones!!).

I now have fallen into the habit of creating ATCs as light relief between other more complex projects. I’m enjoying myself and here’s one I made this evening for this challenge:

"Blackbird, bye-bye!"

I used another piece of the water, ink, cardstock for my base, stitched down a woolly-strands crow’s nest and the piece of green leather (for a bough), and then found an entry in my oldest dictionary – again, sewn in place. I used my crow mask for the birdie and applied black stazon ink through it. I wrote the words and doodled a musical note and then finished off by couching a leather thong round 2 of the edges. Fun!!

I never know what I’m going to do when I start, these little artworks just evolve, almost of their own volition and the beauty of it is, I am using up a lot of scraps and recycling cards, belts, threads, etc. 🙂

Posted by Rosie on April 6, 2010

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