Bird Cage Blues

For the May Day bank holiday craftyness... First of all,I painted a bird cage chipboard template with acrylic paints. Stamped the frame. Then stamped the paper artsy bird image onto to metal foil & cut out & attached to the cage, along with flowers, gems & some threads.


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