Prima Flowers on Bird in a Cage

I am so excited that the Design Team at Altered Pages has the opportunity to be a product partner with PRIMA this month.  We plan to inspire creativity through our projects. 

Prima has the most amazing line products.  Each package of flowers is unique with so many ways to create with them!  The Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint will cover just about any surface you apply it to.  I plan to try it on as many surfaces as possible.  

Supplies for this project:
Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint:
  Metallique Dark Forest
  Metallique Soft Satin
  Sparks Dragon Eye
Prima Flowers
Black birdcage - recycled
Chipboard Bird - Queen Sparrow
Ribbon
Large Sheet Music
Rhinestones
3D Foam Mounting Squares
Tacky Glue

First, paint the flat black birdcage with Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints. Fully cover the cage with Metallique Dark Forest.  Let it dry. Then with a paper towel dab a little of the Sparks Dragon Eye over the cage and let it dry.  Finally, with a paper towel dab the cage with Metallique Soft Satin.  When you are finished the cage will appear distressed.

Next, paint the Chipboard Bird - Queen Sparrow.  I did not have a blue Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint, all the same I wanted the shimmer of the paints.  I tinted the Metallique Soft Satin to get the color I wanted for the bird.  The chipboard crown was painted with Sparks Dragon Eye. 

 

Once the bird is dry assemble.  Adhere the wing with 3D Foam Mounting Squares.  Add rhinestones to the crown and adhere with Tacky Glue.

 

For the birds nest cut thin strips of Large Sheet Music and gently curl with the edge of the scissors.

Everything is ready to assemble.

Put the Large Sheet Music curls on the bottom of the cage, gently place the bird eggs on the sheet music. 

Add one Prima Flower inside of the cage.  Place the cage top on the bottom and secure tabs.  Gently slide the bird into the cage from the side.

 

 

Add two Prima Flowers and butterfly to the top of the birdcage. 

 This would make a beautiful center piece for an afternoon tea, baby shower, ladies luncheon and more.

 Be sure to stop by for more PRIMA inspiration tomorrow!

Let us know how much you enjoy the projects we have created! 

Creative Paperclay® Bird Nest & Eggs!

I love collecting little things... even more I love making shadow boxes with the little things.  Sometimes I can't find everything I would like to put in a shadow box, so I make them!  I wanted a birds nest and couldn't find one small enough.  My Creative Paperclay® BIRD NEST with EGGS is the focal point.  

Here is the finished nest! 

To make the nests I took Creative Paperclay® and made long skinny noodles. Then laid them in a circular nest shape. The noodles are very delicate and were not adhered to each other.  When they were dried I used Sakura Crystal Lacquer to hold them together.

With small amounts of Creative Paperclay® I rolled out very small eggs!  

Here is the nest and eggs in the center of the shadow box after they were painted with acrylic paint.  

In this box a frozen Charlotte made of Creative Paperclay® is holding one of the eggs! 

Here is one of the eggs balanced on a shoe from Monopoly sitting on a dollhouse chair.   

 

In the back is a Creative Paperclay® heart cut with a mini cookie cutter, painted with burgundy acrylic paint.  

Left over from a previous project the bird is made with Creative Paperclay® in a mold! 

 

Close-up of the top of the bird themed house.  

The finished house

Just think of the endless items you could create with Creative Paperclay® to add to your collection of little things to make a shadow box!

Random Hearts - Update on the Bird Family

Momma sits patiently most of the day.  In the late afternoon she leaves to get a bite to eat. 

 To get pictures with this view of the nest 
I go out the garage and stand about 15 feet from her.  

My zoom lens on my camera (Nikon D90 with 300 lens) is AWESOME!!!

This is what we see when we sneak a peek out the front door.

If you look closely you can see a few hearts on the eggs...

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Links to all posts here!

July - August 2011

01-New Neighbors 7/31

02-More Pics of the New Neighbors

03-Update on Bird Family

04-Baby Birds Arrive 8/13

05-More Baby Pictures 8/15

06-Birds are Growing Fast 8/16

07-Wednesday Baby Bird Update 8/17

08-What More Bird Pictures 8/18

09-Friday Bird Pics 8/19

10-Saturday Pics 8/20

11-Caught Pics of Momma Bird 8/21

12-Sunday Afternoon Bird Pics 08/21

13-Monday Pics 8/22

14-Tuesday Growing Up 8/23

15-Empty Nest 8/24/11

 

 

To see more amazing hearts this week visit Random Hearts HERE! 

 

Surprise We Have New Neighbors!

Today we noticed a nest on the front porch... at first we thought it may be a wasp nest as we have had a few lately... a closer look tells another story.  Looks like a family has moved in.   Today we put up a new suet for the momma bird to eat from! 

Momma keeping the eggs warm.

Three little ones.

Momma keeping an eye on us.

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Links to all posts here!

July - August 2011

01-New Neighbors 7/31

02-More Pics of the New Neighbors

03-Update on Bird Family

04-Baby Birds Arrive 8/13

05-More Baby Pictures 8/15

06-Birds are Growing Fast 8/16

07-Wednesday Baby Bird Update 8/17

08-What More Bird Pictures 8/18

09-Friday Bird Pics 8/19

10-Saturday Pics 8/20

11-Caught Pics of Momma Bird 8/21

12-Sunday Afternoon Bird Pics 08/21

13-Monday Pics 8/22

14-Tuesday Growing Up 8/23

15-Empty Nest 8/24/11