Category: Pretty Birds

Last week,things were looking great. I had just caught up with my schedule and was posting each day. It didn’t last long but for very good reason. I spent Saturday morning setting up for a Market Stall for the following day. I spent 4 hours on Sunday at my Card Stall. Unfortunately, there were lots of “lookers” but very few “buyers”. Fortunately, I was able to hand out lots of fliers about my classes and other events.

On Monday, I made my #simplestamping and Step It Up Sunday projects. This week, I am featuring the Pretty Birds Bundle.

Let me show the five cards that I made.

For this card, I stamped the Pretty Birds budgerigar using Memento Tuxedo Black before colouring it with some Water Colour Pencils.

The birthday greeting is from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set and I stamped it in Bermuda Bay. The Pretty Birds bird cage image was stamped inside the card and on the envelope in the same colour.

Three stamps, two ink pads and three water colour pencils is definitely some #simplestamping.

This so-slightly stepped up card uses a third colour and another stamp.

The birds were stamped directly on the card front and then coloured. The birthday greeting was stamped three times in three different colours. These were then trimmed to layer on the card front.

For the third card, I stamped the bird cage three times across the card front. The cage stamped again and then die cut so that it could be popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The birthday greeting was stamped onto a strip of Basic White cardstock and trimmed. Dimensionals were added to the back so that it could be raised u on the card front.

I stamped and coloured one of the birds. After I die cut the bird, I added dimensionals to it as well.

This stepped up card features 1/2″ strips of Brights 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper that been shapped using the Banners Pick a Punch. I stamped the birthday greeting on two of them.

The bird was coloured using Blending Brushes before it was die cut.

I added some GLossy Dots Assortments to the card to finish it.

My final card features three birds that were coloured using Blending Brushes before they were die cut.

The three panels of Brights DSP were cut using one of the All That Dies.

These were the main products I used for the first two cards.

These are the main products I used for the last three projects.

Phew – Saturday and Sunday are now covered.

My next post will be my Wednesday Global Design Project share.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Pretty Birds Bundle [158847] $81.00	Pretty Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set [158845] $32.00	Birdhouse Dies [158846] $58.00	All That Dies [159078] $49.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159258] $21.00
Glossy Dots Assortment [158827] $14.00	Banners Pick A Punch [153608] $42.00	Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes [159232] $12.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $14.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $14.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $14.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.75	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $28.00
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $21.75	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $15.75	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.75	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $15.75
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $110.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00