It's theme time at As You See It Challenges and our team mate, Jane, has come up with a sweet one, For the Birds, a bird theme. Most everyone has a bird themed stamp set or patterned paper to work with so this topic will appeal to most. I decided to go with the little birds in the Winterly Tree Tops suite, carried over from the Sept/Dec Mini catalogue. Here's the Challenge banner.
I decided to go soft colours and off white, so I chose the Timeless Plaid DSP, Crumb Cake and Basic Beige cardstock.
- On a card base of Crumb Cake, I added a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Basic Beige that I embossed using the Birch Wood 3D embossing folder and lightly enhanced with Crumb Cake ink using a Blending Brush.
- I cut a 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" piece of the Timeless Plaid DSP and glued it at the bottom of the Basic Beige piece, then adhered both to the card front.
- I stamped the two bird image on Basic Beige with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured it in using our Watercolour Pencils, Assortments 1 & 2. I used a Blender Pen to lightly blend out the pencil strokes and blend the colours together.
- I die cut the image using the Winterly Tree Top dies, and added it to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals and Mini Dimensionals.
- As embellishments, I added some Faux Glass Dots.
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Those birds really are sweet and it's nice to see how well they work outside of Christmas. The embossing folder is just right for them too. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jan! Do you have this embossing folder?
DeleteI love the addition of the pink plaid here Heather; it really lifts the card and gives your card a spring-like feel. A great way to ring the changes with that suite. Love the embossed panel too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joanne! I love that soft plaid!
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