Birthday wishes - it's your day

So if you know me well, you will know that I love the colour purple - I mean, come on .. what's not to love?!?!?!?

If I can create a little with the colour purple, well I'm definitely in my happy place.

and if you know me well, you will know that I love to make little boxes.

And so I made this wee box and I used a little purple-iciousness.

Purple, boxes, I'm a happy crafter.

This wee box has a flap that comes over the top of the box.

I've used gorgeous FabScraps papers on this wee creation.

And those blooms, they are gorgeous too - Little Birdie Crafts and the sentiments,

well they are Little Birdie Crafts as well.

Throw in a little purple crafting fibres and voila ...

Hope you found time to be a little creative this week.

Until next time,

CYA

Michelle

Boxed easel card

A big hello to all crafters and Little Birdie product lovers around the world.

I am Michelle Frisby from New Zealand and it’s my turn to now share a little creativity with you all.

Remember one of my fellow design team crafting friends, Linda, shared an easel card with you last week? Well I am going to share another easel card with you today.

I love making boxes so that I can tuck little treasures or gifts inside and I love making easel cards.   When you put them both together you have a boxed easel card.

Let’s make the box first.

You will need a piece of 6″ x 6″ patterned paper to make the lid.

Flip it over and by using a ruler and a pencil, draw diagonal lines from corner to corner.

Then fold each corner into the middle ‘x’ and score and then fold in again on all sides.

When you flip it back you can see all the score lines.

Now using a pair of scissors cut in the equivalent of two sections or panels on either side of the middle.

Now fold in opposite sides first and tuck them in.

Fold in the remaining sides and when you flip your box, you are now looking at the lid of your box.

Now you need to make a whole new box and I use white cardstock and make another box which will be cut slightly smaller to allow for the cardstock being thicker – make sense – this square will be 5 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ square to start with.

Now let’s make a scalloped shape easel card.

I have used a scalloped circle shape metal die and a die cutting machine.

You will need to cut two scalloped shapes using patterned paper and one cardstock scalloped shape.

You will also need to fold a piece of white cardstock in half and place your scallop die hanging over the scored edge, so that it stays together – have a look at the next photo so you can see the straight edge.

Adhere one of the patterned paper shape to the cardstock circle.

Adhere the second piece of patterned paper shape to the base of your cardstock card.  Fold back the top portion of your card [in half].

Use some double sided tape and now adhere the separate piece of your card to the top half.

Your easel card should now look like this.

Adhere the bottom of your card to the top of your box .  You will have an overhang of your card all around your box and that’s the way it should be.

Now it’s time to add your embellishments.

I always choose a selection of bits and pieces before I start.

My embellishment pile for this card consisted of a piece of corrugated cardboard [think to yourself your packaging box/pizza box], a small white cardstock circle, variety of foliage – some patterned paper foliage and white paper foliage, sentiment, flowers/blooms, baubles, fibres, muslin [sometimes called cheesecloth].

I start with my small piece of corrugated cardboard and put a dollop of glue on the top, I inked around my small white cardstock circle, then adhered.  Glue, fibres, which I have loosely pulled apart with my finger tips, and then I have layered my foliage.  Adhered my stunning Little Birdie flowers and these ones are a gorgeous teal colour and together with my small pink flowers [so cute] and tucked in a couple of baubles as well.

I’ve then adhered my chipboard sentiment [oh my, Little Birdie have gorgeous sentiments – this one is a flag banner and then I tucked in a few smaller pieces of foliage behind it.

I’ve randomly applied gesso with a toothpick to soften the overall look.

Now by adhering the flowers the way I have with glue, my easel card stays permanently open and on display on top of my box.

Here’s a side view of how the back of the card looks adhered to my box.

And once again my finished boxed easel card.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Michelle

Tag duo

For This Project You Will Need:

• FabScraps C74 002 12×12 patterned paper
• FabScraps 74 003 12×12 patterned paper
• Cutting machine
• Foliage dies
• Blooms – two
• Crafting fibres
• Gesso
• Corrugated card
• Heat gun
• Hot glue gun
• Adhesive – tape and glue
• White cardstock
• Bakers twine
• Prills
• Mesh
• 3D gloss gel

Instructions For Your Tag:

1. Cut two pieces of white cardstock as the base – 4 ½” x 2 ¼”, as you are making two tags in tandem.
2. Shape top of base as a tag.
3. Cut same shape as cardstock base using C74 002 and C74 003.
4. Tear apart.
5. Cover one base with plain blue on the top of the tag and use the remaining piece for the bottom of the second tag.
6. Do the same with the second piece of patterned paper and reverse.
7. Punch a hole.
8. Add a little self-adhesive mesh to your tag.
9. Adhere some corrugated packaging for height to the middle of your tag to build up your embellishment cluster.
10. Cut a variety of pieces of foliage using the same patterned paper [including the reverse sides].
11. Adhere a little crafting fibre.
12. Adhere the foliage pieces.
13. Adhere your bloom.
14. Use a little 3D gloss gel and randomly apply and sprinkle prills over the gel.
15. Using a toothpick, randomly apply gesso around the edge of your tag and your embellishment cluster.
16. Tie through some bakers twine.
17. Add sentiment.

Happy creating.

Until next time,

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Do you want to know a secret ...

It's time ... I've had a wee secret ... but now I can share ... it's time - I'm so excited ... looking forward to sharing a whole lot of 'Little Birdie' creativity with you over the coming months. Woo hoo!!!!

Congratulations to all of my fellow creative friends from around the world.

Read all about it below.

Revealing Little Birdie Design Team 2018

Hello crafty folks,

We are enthralled to welcome abroad our lovely new Design Team for 2018. We would like to introduce to you 10 extremely talented and passionate crafters from around the globe who are going to inspire everyone with their extraordinary creations. We must admit that it was a herculean task to narrow down the team from the large pool of fabulous applications that we received. Thank you to everyone who sent in their projects and we wish to continue to see your jaw-dropping creations.

This year we have had many interesting developments and have added a whole new range of Mixed Media products, Embellishments, Handmade Flowers, Paper packs and more! Our Design Team members will primarily focus on our New Mixed Media Releases and gorgeous Handmade flowers and we couldn’t be more excited about that! Our team members come from nine different countries with tons of creativity and out-of-the-box ideas. We are looking forward to sharing exquisite tutorials that each one of them will bring to the table over the next six months and hope that you will join us in welcoming them!

Without any further wait – let’s meet and hear from each of the members:

Hello, I am Anila Dikay from Mumbai, India. I have worked as an interior designer for many years and then moved on to teach Arts and Crafts at Bombay Cambridge School, Mumbai. Currently, I am a full-time crafter and a homemaker. Among paper crafts, Stamping and Card-making are my strengths. I love working with Little Birdie Craft products and have hands-on experience with many of the products. I am extremely excited about being on the Design Team and create unique and inspiring projects.

Hello! My name is Annie. I live with my husband in the French province of Quebec. Now that the kids are not home, I am having a lot of time to craft. Scrapbooking is not only my passion, for me it is a way of life. I love playing with mediums and add textures to my layout and altered projects. Flowers are my favorite ornaments. I am very proud to be a DT member for Little Birdie Crafts! I am looking forward to having loads of fun and sharing my love for flowers through my creations.

Hello, I am Bela Shah and I am into art and craft from the time I was a child. I love creating with oil paints, acrylics, water colors and pencil sketches. I enjoy Calligraphy, Indian folk paintings, Mixed Media Art, Decoupage, Home Décor panels and Altered Art. After I resigned from my corporate job in 2006, I am turned to crafting full-time and have no regrets. I am super excited to be associated with Little Birdie Crafts team and looking forward to inspiring others with my creations.

My name is Ezmé Hartman. I live in South Africa in the Winelands District on a farm, with my husband and eight cats. I am a multi-facetted crafter who specializes in scrapbook layouts as well as mixed media projects and journals. I tutor crafts and scrapbooking at various shops and clubs. I am delighted to be on Little Birdie Crafts Design Team and looking forward to having an amazing experience.

I am Kathy Clement, and I have loved paper ever since I can remember. While I am primarily a card maker, I also love to create mini albums, canvases, altered art and even scrapbook layouts. My most recent crafting obsession is designing interactive folios. My style is decidedly vintage/shabby chic with lots of layers, embellishments and ribbons to add loads of texture and dimension. I was drawn to Little Birdie Crafts when I saw their gorgeous, realistic flowers and their lovely primed chipboard. I’m very excited to be on the Little Birdie Crafts Design team, and look forward to sharing lots of crafting tips, tricks and techniques with my fellow crafters.

Hello, I am Linda from Down Under (Australia). My love for crafting was since I started knitting at the age of 6. I have gone from being addicted to obsessed with paper and anything associated with it – and I am not looking for a cure anytime soon! I love card making, scrapbooking, altered art and mixed media. I love details and lots of embellishments – so I am excited to create with fabulous Little Birdie products and would love you all to be a part of my creative journey.

Hi, I am Mariusz Gierszewski and live in Central Poland. I love papers, flowers and scissors. I am passionate about scrapbooking, card making and have recently tried my hands at Mixed Media. My favorite styles are vintage and shabby. I travel a lot to conduct crafting workshops and I wish to visit India someday as well. I am very excited to be on the team and create with Little Birdie’s incredible products.

A big hello from the bottom of the world. My name is Michelle Frisby and I live in New Zealand. I love to create with paper, cardstock, paint, mists, gesso, metal dies, canvases, flowers, chipboard, off the page projects. I love adding ‘bitsers’ to my creativity. When I’m not at work, friends and family know that I am happy to be in my craft room, my messy crafty space. I am looking forward to work and play around with Little Birdie Crafts products.

Hi, I am Olga. I am a Polish crafter, currently living in Germany with my husband and son. I have been crafting for 10 years now and I am also a designer and a Mixed Media Art teacher. I love romantic style, bright and light fairytale, shabby chic style and heavy vintage grunge. I also enjoy making home décor and multi-technique projects. I am in love with the mission and the work that Little Birdie Crafts does in India and super excited to be part of this amazing journey.

Hello, I am Ruth aka Nuneka Box, from Spain. I have been crafting for a long time now and it all started with making albums for all my photographs. I am extremely passionate about Mixed Media and Altered Art. And I’m not afraid of trying and experimenting with new things. I am a Nature photographer and love clicking little creatures, animals and landscapes. I believe I am blessed to have great sense of colour and composition and a special eye for details.

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Exciting ... looking forward to this creative journey and waving the Little Birdie Crafts banner not only at the bottom of the world, but around the world.

Happy creating everyone.