BIRDS ON BRANCHES.

 Hello!

Spring feels right around the corner today, with sunshine, unusually warm temps, and birds chirping.

Playing along with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches

UPDATE: Kim gave me a Princess Clean shout out! 😍

Top half of card sponged with Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass. Beaks colored in with alcohol marker.  Branches with leaves elevated with teeny tiny dimensional circles. Sentiment is an ancient one and was hand mounted on a random wood block somewhere along its journey- will definitely be unmounting it to use in the stamp positioner as it is impossible to stamp a good enough impression as it is, and my Soft Suede ink pad is a bit dry.

SUPPLIES

die set - Spellbinders Perched Birds by Vicky Papaioannou

words stamp - unbranded

Thanks for stopping in today!

TWO FOR ONE BACKGROUNDS

Hello!  

This is a wonderful way to get two plus cards for the same amount of inking! (See HERE for another card made out of scraps from this project). I think I had seen this technique demonstrated on Simon Hurley's YouTube channel but I just gave a quick look through his list of videos and didn't come across it.

TECHNIQUES

ink swiping, simple masking

Tape a white panel onto your work surface (removable tape on the reverse), then attach a smaller rectangle of the same cardstock over the center of the larger rectangle panel.  Swipe very wet inkpads across both panels til you're happy with the look.  Once dry remove the smaller panel, trim panels and stamp as shown.

SUPPLIES

quote stamp - Hampton Art "Illustrated Faith" Line

inks - Catherine Pooler "Life of the Party" mini pad set

Playing along with the following Challenge:

Word Art Wednesday #517 - 518 Anything-

Thanks for stopping by today!