BIRD TRYPTIC x2

Hello!

Found this wonderful stamp by accident a while back and have been waiting to use it.  It is one long block with all three bird rectangles horizontally oriented.  It would be perfect for a slimline but I was feeling an A2 card as usual so I fussy cut it up  :o)

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp

Add a Sentiment  (ends 6/22).

Bastel-Traum

#114  Something with Wings  (ends in a month)

Sparkles Challenges

#153  Things with Wings  (ends in a month)

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping  (birds, cardfront background - I used a blending brush to add the ink heaviest at the center of the stamp, and then lighter and feathered out at the edges)

faux watercolor wash  (bird rectangle backgrounds)

colored pencil  (bird rectangle backgrounds)

fussy cutting  (image rectangles)

foam mounting (sentiment strip, center bird)

*birds were colored using ink and a small blending brush

SUPPLIES

tryptic bird stamp  -  Club Scrap 2009

distressed flourish background stamp  -  Stampers Anonymous TH Collection #V4-1163

inks  -  Distress Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass and Barn Door

preprinted sentiment strip  -  Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets 

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!