A Little Birdie Told Me
by Kathy BergerThis card started out to be a quick card, but once I got going on it, I just kept having to add details, and the quick card ended up taking a little more than an hour to make. Oh well. It was worth the time, I think!
I started by wiping three shades of blue distress ink onto an acrylic mount. I lightly spritzed the mount with water, and then pressed the mount onto a piece of watercolor paper. I let it sit for a minute or so to let the color sink into the paper, and then lifted off the mount. I had a lovely blue backdrop for my bird. I quickly dried the paper with my heat gun.
Next I stamped the Frantic Stamper Bird on Pussywillow image over my blue backdrop with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored my bird with Inktense watercolor pencils and a water-brush. I wasn't happy with the willow buds as they were, so I decided to flock them with white flocking powder.
While the glue for the flock dried I worked on my background layer and my tag. For the background I rubbed Faded Jeans distress ink directly onto a piece of white card-stock. I then spritzed that with water mixed with a small amount of Pearl Perfect Pearls. It gave the card-stock a quiet shimmer.
I cut a small piece of watercolor paper into a tag shape and then covered it with a piece of white card-stock (I wanted the sturdiness of the watercolor, but the color and texture of the card-stock). I stamped my note saying onto the tag, and colored it with Inktense pencils and a water-brush. I punched a hole, and added a hole-protector punched from a scrap of my blue background paper.
I punched two small holes in my stamped watercolored image. I threaded a piece of blue baker's twine through the two holes so the ends were to the front of the image. I passed one of the ends through my tag, and then I tied the tag to the image with a bow.
I then glued my background piece to my standard white card, and then used strong tape to adhere my watercolored image to the background, finishing the card.
I hope you have enjoyed my little birdie card!
Products Used:
- FranticStamper Bird on Pussywillow Cling-mounted Rubber Stamp
- Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
- Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils
- Tim Holtz Detail Water Brush
- Stampendous Cottonball White Flocking Powder
- We R Memory Keepers Angle Corner Chomper
- American Crafts Baker's Twine
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