Julie Ann Lee #3 Feathers and Bones (Part 3)

"Hi there, Julie Ann here. Thank you for returning to see the last stage in my 'Bones and Feathers' suitcase inspired by Emily Portman's song. Last night we took a peek inside. Here are the little birds all ready to fly out into the dawn and fill the air with their singing"!

Just over on the left, you can see some more card eggs ready to add. I just snipped them in two with zig-zag cuts to create the effect of broken shells then I touched them with some Versamark to make the edges nice and tacky. I then sprinkled them with UTEE and, holding them with tweezers, melted the UTEE with the heat-gun underneath. I then fixed them to the back of the case with dimensional foam pads. Just a touch of Florentine Treasure Gold also helped to make them gleam and gave them dimension.

Now it was time to concentrate on decorating the lid! I am still using my trusty Mini 99 and the lovely Urban Snapshot Nature range, which I think have gone so well with this project.

Mini 99

I stamped Mini 99 twice onto book paper again, painted with diluted Nougat sprayed with some Inky Pool and Blood Orange mists. I created the feather's spine again using a cocktail stick and this time I sandwiched the two feathers together and snipped the edges once they were firmly stuck.

I put this to one side to add to the lid later. Then I sponged some Smoothy Heavy Weight Card with Antarctic and spray painted it with washes of Inky Pool, Blood Orange and Guacamole.

My next step was to stamp the leaves from USNT3 and the moth from USNT4 in Inky Pool, keeping a damp cloth at the ready to cover my stamp to prevent the Fresco from staining it. I then 'fussy cut' both the leaves and the moth.

Urban Snapshot Nature 3 

Urban Snapshot Nature 4

I added a few Mica flakes to the moth to make her glimmer and a sprinkling of Gold UTEE to the leaves and the moth and fixed them to the lid of the case in one corner.

The feather and some more egg shells were placed in the other two corners.

A mini case like this could contain a little gift nesting in  some tissue or perhaps a silk scarf with a pattern of birds that could be wound out. 

Maybe it could contain travel tickets or a mini travel journal!

Instead of a song-themed case, you could try a 'Bon Voyage' theme and fill it with mini bottles of travel cosmetics!

Do have a listen to Emily Portman's haunting song if you have the chance and thank you so much for joining me on the second flight on my PaperArtsy Journey! 

Leandra Says: Oh your attention to detail is amazing, for example the spine of the feather, and the cracked eggs. Such a wonderful series of posts! Thankyou for a wonderful start to an exciting week!!

Gillian Says: This has been a delight to see how you have brought all the different elements together and the beautiful colour palette you chose to work with. Thank you so much for sharing Julie Ann. x

If you would like to join in this week's challenge and play along with Julie Ann's techniques, then do link up your creativity here, and go in the draw to win some PA stamps of your choice! You need to link your entry by 17:00, Sunday February 16th 2014.