That is exactly what John said when Hels turned up with two birds in hand!
I asked him for two hammers ... he eyed us up and down and said "Oh great ... sore thumbs and blood blisters!"
What faith!!!
We had a fab time altering our birds Wendy Vecchi style! And no blood blisters either ... I did hit my thumb once ... but we're not telling John that! OK?
Ever since we saw Wendy's beautiful birds in the June 09 edition of Craft Stamper we have both been itching to have a go at this ... so a really really big Thank you to Hels for making it happen!
Now for the introduction... this is Rose and she is a bit of a party bird ... she likes to shake her tail feathers ... if you know what I mean!
Today she is wearing grunge paper ... in a mixture of broken china and peeled paint and every pattern and mark on her came from a Wendy Vecchi stamp!
I am not sure if you can see her earrings in these piccies but rest assured she has some on!
Her boyfriend should be putting in an appearance here and what a cool dude he is ... he even has his own set of wheels .... which is partly why Rose likes him so much!
Thanks for a fab day Hels ... and Thank you Wendy for the inspiration ... again!
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WOW...Rose is beautiful...and I just looooove the finished look hunny...and thank YOU for letting me play in your craftroom...and for the yummy handmade sarnies and the cake that I forgot to eat too...and I would also like to say thank you to John for doing the dangerous drilling thing...and to Athena for licking my elbow *ROFL*....hugs hun...see ya soon xx
BTW, forgot to say...love the colour of the paint you used ;O))
Fab birdy! Love your very apt name for her too! Was just over at Hels' blog and had to pop over to see your bird too.
This is seriously one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
Ooo...at first sight as your rose scrolled up, I thought it would pass as a prize cabbage from my allotment! LOL. Aww...just kidding...my sense of humour. I LOVE your creativeness Linda and the hen - very cool.
She,s absolutely stunning Linda. Sounds like you had a great day.
Wow!! She is a stunner!!!!
another fab bird I have seen today, I must say you and Hels have done perfection in art and I love her colour and the stamps, brilliant Linda even minus the Fiat 500 :-) xx
Love this bird what fun you must have had! Think I MUST have bird to alter!
hugs xx
Fabaroonie!.. love it!
She is fantastic Linda, I love her necklace - very bird around town lol
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I would never in a million years have thought of doing this. Fabulous work. Keep up the good stuff
Hugs
Oooh, it looks like bird day at Ascot has arrived! Fab bit of altering Linda, love it!
Rose is gorgeous love the colours
Love love love Rose!
very creative!! I would have no idea where to start!! Love the colours you have used! such a stunning work of art!
what a fab project!
She's totally gorgeous and beautiful Linda, thanks for bringing her yesterday, was great to see her magnificance IRL! Loved the bling she's wearing! xx
Wowsers! Linda, Rose is totally stunning, I would not have a clue as to where to begin making such an amazing piece xx
Beautiful, and so creative! :)
Eqsquitely taken photos too btw! :)
That is just soooo stunning. You are so talented.
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how amazing! a real work of art; pleased there were no blisters!
Oh my... Rose is just stunning!!
WOW she is sooooo fab - I think she goes well with her boyfriend :)
Absolutely wonderful ;) - enuf said!
Anne x
She is ADORABLE!!!
What a cute couple they make!
wendy
Love it, she's a classy bird! I think I may have to get some of this grunge paper to play with.
Oh my, what a stunning bird she is, loving the tailfeathers xx
How, how, how did I miss this post? Lucky for me I was trawling to find your cuff post again and stumbled across her. She is an amazingly beautiful bird though... I have to say... with those earrings she would be labelled a chav round these parts. But sssshhh, I think she carries them off well. And I wont tell her if you don't ;) ;)
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