Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Bird Art Journal - Meg's garden DT Project

Our new challenge at Meg's Garden was to create with an
Accordian Book Kit available from Meg's Garden,

Check out the website here
check out Meg's Garden Blog here
for more inspiring creations from the wonderful
International Design Team of Meg's garden.
Here is my creation



DETAILS OF BIRD ART JOURNAL


I decided to turn my accordion kit into a mini book,
A Mini Bird Art Journal.
First I covered the foam covers with Music sheet paper, then
glued the pages together, so it formed 6 pages to decorate
I wanted this book to look like a study of different birds,
A vintage journal style book, with a very rustic feel to it.
Before I glued the covers to the inside pages, I used Tim Holtz
Die cut “Hardware Finding” using the long hinged shape,
cut out of Grungeboard, I inked them and secured it in place
with brads. This created a hinge for my mini book. Then glued
the pages to the cover. All the lace I used from Meg’s Garden
was white, I stained them with distress inks to make them look
vintage colour. I did the same to the Paper doilies.

FRONT COVER


Front cover & Back cover
Megs’ garden materials are
Paper doily small , Key, mini rosebuds, gingham ribbon,
Foliage, lace, white paper gardenias, tassels
Collage images Bird of Paris 3341A,
French writing ephemera collage sheet 3377,
Other materials
Dusty attic frame and dragonfly chipboard
Ink, paint, hessin, letters.



PAGE 1

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

PAGE 4


Inside pages
Megs’ garden materials are
Lace, Gingham ribbon, forget me not flowers, tag,
Paper doily, Mini Oval Frames, German glass glitter,
Birds of a feather stamps kit from TJ designs
Designs Galore ATC 023 light rulers
Birds of Paris collage sheet 12 x 12 -  3341A
Other Materials
G45 Paper of Tropical birds,
Calico, ink stains, feather, brads, kraft stock card,
Music sheets paper.


PAGE 5, TAG WITH POCKET

PAGE 6, GERMAN GLASS GLITTER WITH MINI FRAME




You can make more pages to this book by cutting up more
Card stock and then glue it together.
I really enjoyed and had a lot of fun making 
this mini book, 
I hope it has inspired you 
to create one for yourself.

Thanks for looking
Have a great week 
Cheers Adriana XXXX



11 comments:

Heather Jacob said...

sooooooooooooooooooooooooo divine !!!! this is totally outstanding Adriana .. loveeeeeeeeeeee it to bits ... so inspiring and beautiful ... xoxoxoxoo

Sandie said...

This is beautiful Adriana, all those gorgeous elements!

Marilyn said...

What a BEAUTIFUL mini, Adriana!!!
awesome details as always!
Take care dear!! :)

sandi said...

Wow! This is just gorgeous!

Patricia said...

waouh.. this irds are toooooooooo beauitful. Like very much this album!

Gayle Price said...

This is gorgeous Adriana !!

Vicky Varvadouka said...

Wow! So vintage and elegant! Beautiful work!!!
xoxo

~Marlene Krogh~ said...

Adriana, it is beautiful !!! Love the birds, the lace and all. Vintage with a rustic feel - love it... Have a nice weekend & a happy easter, love from Denmark

Cathy said...

WOW so beautiful Adriana.. love all your gorgeous layered details!! :))

Tracey said...

Your album is so beautiful.....you do vintage sooooooooo well. I enjoy visiting for inspiration:)

Eila Sandberg said...

OMG Adriana! this is magnificent! each page is like a piece of art, so much to look at. I can only imagine how much time you must have spent on this treasure! Gorgeous my word! xoxox