lindaalbrecht

Little bird...

"A little bird has chosen his shelter.  Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of the worlds.  Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig and leaving God to think for him."   Martin Luther



I love birds and they seem to inspire me quite often in my creating.  So sweet, so fragile and yet so strong.  Inspired by them once again and by a new snow that has fallen in our almost snowless winter I made this "Snowbird Shadow Box" for the Glue Arts Blog.

My little bird is made from a styrofoam body that I painted white then glitter up with clear glitter and mica flakes.  The twig was cut from my back yard and sprinkled with more glitter and mica flakes and a few sparkly sequins.  The "snow" is Sno-Tex paste.


The sponsored products for this Glue Arts project are from Little Yellow Bicycle (the blue papers, white paper trim and Clear Glitter shapes.


I layered one of the Clear Cut glitter snowflakes onto a Melissa Frances Resin snowflake which added pretty dimension to the corner of the shadow box.



I cut some additional trim from old music paper which I layered onto chipboard using a Tim Holtz Die.  The silver sparkle is tinsel trim.

Little snowbird also sits on some strips of the music paper that he gathered for his nest.  I love how birds are so good at recycling! :-)  If you've ever been able to look closely at a bird's nest, they are very resourceful about building a comfy place to rest.  It's amazing what they find.  My sister, who has several horses, has found nests made completely of horse hair and a friend found a nest in her yard that had a few strands of what appeared to be her own long blonde hairs.  So sweet to find such treasures.

If you have a chance to visit the Glue Arts blog you will find plenty of late winter inspiration from the design team using Little Yellow Bicycle and Glue Arts adhesives.  Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win on their giveaways.

My last post promised a giveaway and that will go to JeanFB | February 13, 2012 at 08:52 PM
Please email me with your mailing information so that I can send off your prize.  Thanks to everyone else that left a kind comment... I appreciate you all.



Have  you all discovered Pinterest ?  Crazy how much time can be spent over there, but wow, the inspiration is amazing.  Here is a beautiful photo taken with what looks like a metal bird ornament hung on a branch...


http://pinterest.com/pin/238268636505277627/

More birds that I pinned was this...


http://pinterest.com/pin/238268636505469589/  Silly little birds.... just adorable for a mobile in a kids room.

Well, I am off to bed..... 

"There's a little bird somebody sent down to the earth to live on the wind.  Blowing on the wind, she sleeps on the wind, this little bird... little bird."

Linda

Love, love, love...and a giveaway

Hello!

It's that time of the year again when it's all about love and Valentine'sDay... pink and red... hearts and kisses.  Pink makes me happy, so it's always a fun time to use one of my favorite colors.  Today I am sharing a couple of projects made for the Glue Arts Blog.




My first project is a Valentine's Day treat box with a tag card.  I picked up the wood box at Michael's for under $1 and covered it with patterned papers from My Mind's Eye "Love Nest" collection.  So sweet and perfect for the day of love. 

Don't you just love the touch of Robin's Egg blue with the papers?  The embellishment on the center of the front of the box is made with U-Cut-It Foam from Glue Arts.  I cut the blue tag from the My Mind's Eye paper and popped that up from the surface with the foam also then clipped on a mini glittered up clothespin and a "Be Mine" sentiment.  The flowers are also made from U-Cut-It foam.  I just removed one side of the protective paper and applied the glitter to the sticky surface.  The pink rhinestones are from Melissa Frances.


The large tag was also cut from the patterned paper and it has it's own little paper heart card attached that opens to reveal the sentiment inside.  I added a sweet paper lace doily too because I can't ever resist using them for Valentine's Day.  Trinket Pins used are from Maya Road and add the perfect finishing touch!

The scalloped circle die cuts were made with AccuCut dies, the flowers are a Provo Craft die and the scalloped border piece was made with a Tim Holtz die by Ranger.



I filled a cellophane bag with sugared cinnamon hearts and the bow on the tag was made from a ripped muslin strip that I painted robin's egg blue then ran under water to soften.


Remember to go to the Glue Arts Blog often to comment for a chance to win the almost daily prizes that they give away.  It always includes some of their adhesives and usually some other sponsored scrapbooking products.


My second project uses some Linen Burlap bags from the new Maya Road release.  I embellished them up and used them to wrap up little ways to say I love you.




One of the bags holds a string of simple paper hearts and the other a heart shaped felt brooch pin. 

The paper hearts are made from Pink Paislee papers and some old music sheets.  I added some lace and small buttons.

The heart was cut from Bubble Gum Pink wool felt from Sweet Emma Jean's Etsy shop.  I machine stitched the heart togehter then stuffed in some batting, added some pretty mini organze roses trim by Maya Road and an antique button with rhinestones also by Maya Road.


To the back side of the heart I added some lace, russian netting, and a daisy from a Vintage trim by Maya Road.

The burlap bags also have the Maya Road Mini Organza Roses trim that I added some rhinestones to, some vintage white buttons from my great Aunt Cora's old collection and a hand dyed seam binding bow.


As promised in my last blog post, I drew a name from the comments to receive a little gift from me.  Patty who commented January 28, 2012 at 08:18 AM you are the winner.  Please email me with your mailing address so that I can ship your package out to you.

I also want to give away one of the Linen Burlap Bag gifts so if you want a chance to win please comment on this post.  I'll try to get back within the next 10 days to announce the winner's name.

Thanks for stopping by... have a wonderful week ahead!
Linda :-)