Sunday, August 7, 2011

Bird Seed Wreath by Cherry Hill Cottage

Bird seed wreath...Tie with ribbons and hang it for the birds to enjoy.




Bird Seed Wreath~

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup warm water

3 tablespoons light corn syrup

1 pkg. unflavored gelatin

4 cups bird seed

bundt pan

nonstick spray

Stir the gelatin into warm water until dissolved. Whisk in the corn syrup and flour. Stir well, it will make a thick gooey paste.

Mix the seeds with the paste in a large bowl until all of the seeds are coated and the edible glue is distributed. The mixture will start getting very sticky.

Make sure its well mixed to keep the wreath from falling apart.

Spray the bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Using a spoon, press the seed mixture into the bundt pan. Be sure to press the mixture down firmly until its well packed and even. Set the pan aside overnight. The mixture will harden and turn white and the surface will be firm and dry when its ready.

Once the wreath is hard, gently remove it from the mold. Tie with ribbons, and hang it for birds to enjoy!!

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My friend made me one of these wreaths and shared this blog site with me. I was in love with the cute ideas (The link is under my favorites on the right side of page). These make great gifts for the bird lovers in your life.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Magic Card by sparklensprinkle.com


Looks like magic (secret is acetate film....shhhhhh).

Monday, June 27, 2011

Twiggy!!


I just love little Twiggy! Get out and do some water skiing! :)

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Quick Coloring of Stamped Images by Hero Arts


This is great tutorial on fast & fabulous ways to color with ink, markers, & pencils.

Watercoloring a Stamped Image by Crissy


I really enjoying watching her technique. She systematically wets sections of the image with water, then adds color. Color blends better showing greater depth of shading in your image. This is the true way to watercolor paint.

Blossom Petal Punch WOW Card by Tami White


I really like the petal punch. Making multi-dimentional flowers is always fun. And, using embossed paper adds even more texture to the petals. Tami also applied the "tone on tone" technique for interest. Give it a try.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

DIAMOND FOLD CARD by Beate