Friendship Birds

Hello everyone! Betsy here today sharing a cute spring card! I’ve used the:

These 2 stamp sets work together well. And the dies…the Scalloped

Circle Nesting Dies coordinate beautifully with the single Scalloped

Circle Die. Let me show you my process. First, I found my background

paper. This was a panel of splatters on white card stock using Distress

Oxide Inks. I used a rainbow of colors, but this panel is so old I don’t

know what the colors were. I chose some card stocks that were a good

match to the colors and used the circle dies to cut graduating layers.

I added some fairly light blue glitter card stock as the middle of the

focal circle. I used a 1 3/4″ die from my stash to die cut this with. I

stamped out my images onto white card stock. I wasn’t sure how I was

going to cut the bird image – as one piece or separately. But I cut

this little panel in half and concentrated on the birds.

I painted the little birds with Distress Ink. Even though I wasn’t

using watercolor paper, the card stock was fine with such little images.

I layered my background using the same card stocks as the focal

circle with the exception of the black. I used a fancy scalloped edged

die for the splattered panel to make it stand out. I also used some

shimmer spray on the splattered panel the layers for the die cut circles.

I backed my sentiment with the same blue glitter card stock and also

die cut a border of hearts with a die from my stash. I cut out each of the

birds, and left a white white margin around them. I popped up the

sentiment on some low loft foam squares. I popped up the birds with

a much higher loft foam tape so they really stand out. I scatted a few

Purple Heart sequins and that finished my card!

List of supplies:

Card Stock:

lavender, yellow black, white, pink, blue glitter

Distress Ink:

Dusty Concord, Spiced Marmalade, Warn Lipstick,

Scattered Straw

Tiny heart sequins

Scissors, Die cutting machine, low loft and higher

loft foam tape, iridescent shimmer spray (Amazon)

I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial. It was fun to make and I am

ready for spring after working with these colors!

Til next time…

Betsy

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