Love Birdies (& a whack of birdy templates)

How do you spell birdy anyhow? Is it birdie? LOL. I made this for my cousin Lisa's wedding. She's an absolute angel. I used to babysit her, so to this day I get a little happy tear in my eye thinking how she's all grown up.


I drew the birds (I'll whip up a template for you soon, but I'm workin' on some huge envelope templates first.) They're stamped with Versamark & a Paisley stamp (large design category) from Above the Mark (56005 I) onto white cardstock in white (& embossed with clear e.p.) The side panels are stamped with that same paisley stamp but their glittered with Iridescent Ice.

The little ring the birds are holding is a silver jewelery finding I bought on ebay (it's glued on with Crystal Effects.) The stitching is an example of faux French knots (but with the stitching on the front in between the knots instead of at the back.) [Tutorial here & a sample card here]

The metallic background is another example of faux tin tiles (with tinfoil) [previous post with the tutorial here & another example here.] This version is just brayered with gesso & scratched up a little.


A few birdy templates & project ideas:

TEMPLATES:

Recently added:

Bird cage by Godelieve
Bird house box template for PaperTrey Ink by Nichole
Bird template ...
from this Martha Stewart bird mobile (video there too)

home & garden bird template & wreath project
Heather's bird template & a sample project
Michael's Bird template for this beautiful bird mobile
Flying dove template
bird template from this bird puppet craft
Bird templates from this Family fun project
Dove template from Susan
Dove template from Babaganewz
Lisa's bird templates
Dove colouring page
Magda's sweet bird embroidery template (adapt it?)
May's sweet bird embroidery template
Free cross-stitch bird patterns
Simple (cute) bird template (from this project)
Crow template
from Papercrafts magazine: Simple bird on branch shape
From Papercraft inspiration: Stork card template
& their swan, toucan, flamingo & peacock templates
another swam (from Papercraft inspiration)
& their penguin & other penguins
wee bird from here
Cute bird (outline would be sweet)
rustic bird shape template
bird bag
bird template from urbandebris

Martha et al:
Bird template
Bird stockings (wingless bird template)
puppet templates (with a bird) from this project
State Birds (trace shapes if desired)

TUTORIALS:

Carla's bird tutorial
Nellie's stuffed bird tutorial
Zindorf's prismacolour bird tutorial
Vicki's altered chipboard bird
Julie's love birds mobile
Felted ornament (use any template here/cookie cutter)
Bird beak pop-up card

Martha et al:
Crepe paper birds (sculpture like)
Cardinal clip art
bird boxes (no template there but this box & any bird might work well)
birds on candy pouch nest favor idea (no template)
Bird embroidery (adapt patterns for cardmaking/scrapbooking)
Bird embroidered quilt
Messenger bird cards
Faux porcelain bird branch
Glitter bird center piece
Bird atop a crib canopy
bird nest favors
needle felted chicks
monster bird template (heehee)

Birds that put me in a flap:

this sweet wire warbler by Luminatii
this little paper guy whom i think is made by this etsy artist
this birdie and his little house & his musically inclined cousin
this chicken wire chickidee (well sparrow...)
this little felt fella & his sisters

Bird schtuff on etsy
stuffed birds on etsy
bird mobiles on etsy


Thanks for taking time out of your day! :o)



P.S. You can carve your own wee birdy stamps if you like. Here's an example.