* AALL & Create: Little Birdie Tiny Book

Hello!

This week for my guest spot at AALL & Create I have made a mini book. I used the Tiny Book die by Eileen Hull and die cut the cover from mount board.

Here  is the front cover:

Little birds sing the sweetest songs:



Spring chickens:



A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush:



I call this last page The Hen Party!


I love to add dangles with beads to my projects. These wooden beads were gifted to me by my lovely friend, Monika:



Step by Step

1. Heat emboss in white with stamp #210 Background Mash Up.

2 & 3. Apply Distress inks for colour (Twisted Citron, Broken China and Salty Ocean). I used cut n dry foam for the cover and used acetate and water for the pages.

**I wasn't thinking straight and made an accordion for the inside pages. This little book really needs folded pages.**

4. Glue the two strips of card together. 

5. Hold in place with a bull dog clip until glue is dry.

6. Add background stamping in Broken China using stamp set #336 Bold Alphas.

7. Add more background stamping, this time in black around the edges with set #338 Background Noise.

8. Stamp #346 For The Birds several times.

9. Stamp the foliage from sets #305 Hoot Hoot and  #306 Owl.

10. Colour the birdies with Copic markers. Add white Posca pen highlights and finish off with pencils.

11. Fussy cut the coloured birds and the foliage (which I decided to leave in black and white).

12. Put the elements together on the pages, adding some Tim Holtz Sticker Number Tape as embellishment.

I needed to add an extra card to the end of the accordion, as a face page and also a piece of card to cover the front inside cover of the book, as only when I was finished making the accordion, did I realise I should have made pages for this tiny book.

I used a small die cut from # 14 Cells on the front cover to ground the bird. I also added some twine and coloured wooden beads (thank you, Monika) to the centre spine. For the closure I went with a Tim Holtz mini clip and added a touch of turquoise and white Fresco paint so that it matched the book cover.

Stamps Used:

#210 Background Mash Up

#295 Adventurer

#296 All Good Things

#305 Hoot Hoot

#306 Owl

#336 Bold Alphas

#338 Background Noise

#346 For The Birds
Die
#14 Cells

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 
AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 
AALL & Create Facebook Page  and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* 613. Avenue Create  Aug AG 05/09 TOP ROCKER

* Crafting Happiness #64 AG 06/09

* Always Fun #178 Cute Critters 06/09
* A Gem of a Challenge #18 AG 08/09
* Cardz TV #122 AG 10/09
* INTAS #91 Include an Animal 12/09
* Crafty Cardmakers #262 Things with Wings 13/09

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