The Alphabet Challenge starts our new challenge today, “B is for Birds” – what a great theme that is! I love the Birds & Branches stamp set and dies and haven’t used them nearly enough. Unfortunately, one of the problems of having great craft supplies is finding the time to use them all. LOL So, thank you, Melanie, for picking the perfect theme for me to ink it up again!
Once you finish here, I hope you visit our Alphabet Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!
My secrets to making this Quiet Meadow project
- Firstly, my card started with 12″ cardstock, cut at 6″ x 12″ and scored at 6.” Then, I marked the card front at 1″ on the top and bottom of each side to line up the beautiful edgelit. After that, I cut it off at the score line.
- Once that was done, I cut the Hand-Penned DSP at 5 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ for the front and 5 3/4″ square for the card inside.
- Then, instead of building the card up at the focal point, I cut the die into the card front, then cut a circle around it before adhering the DSP to the card front.
Now, the FUN Part!
- Firstly, I stamped the nest and cropped it out, then, using a bone folder, gave it a little curl like a real nest would have.
- After that, I stamped the bird in Misty Moonlight ink and used a variety of Stampin’ Blends to give it some color. Then, it was cropped out with the coordinating die.
- For the next step, I cut out the branch three times – in Soft Suede, Garden Green and Basic White. Then, I cut off the leaves from the Garden Green one and glued them onto the Soft Suede. After that, I adhered the entire branch to the white one to give it more substance.
- Before adhering it to the card front, I layered it with the Forever Gold Specialty DSP. Then, I added the flowers and jewels.
- Finally, I stamped the Etched In Nature stamp set sentiment in Soft Suede and cropped it out with the Tasteful Labels banner die and popped up with dimensionals.
MYSTERY BOX SALE!!
There comes a time when every crafter has to clean their craft room. It’s always a very sad day but I know that YOU will be happy with this decision.
Every one of these boxes is filled with:
- 7-8 stamp sets and 1-2 with coordinating dies
- Punches
- Full spools of ribbon
- Full spools of baker’s twine
- packs of embellishments
Value is at least $200 and I am selling them for $60 each plus $10 priority shipping. First come, first served! Comment below if you are interested and I will send one to your USA mailing address as soon as I receive your Paypal/Venmo/Zelle payment to debbiemageed@gmail.com
I’m sharing my card with these challenges:
- 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge
- Country View Challenges – Birds & Bees
- Crafty Animals Challenge
- Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday Challenge – Something with “B” (Bird)
- The Paper Shelter Challenge – Dies and/or Punches
- Pearly Sparkles Challenge – Animals, Birds or Insects
BEFORE YOU GO!
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A brilliant card,love your layout,papers and nesting bird, the borders are a fabulous finishing touch
This is simply amazing Debbie! All of the die cut detailing is incredible and it looks like this nest is situated in a magical forest! I love the color palette and the specialty cut with the side edgelits is perfect! I really love this card – it’s special! Take care and have a great weekend!
Hugs – Rachelle : )
Wow! B is for Beautiful!!!!
This card is so cool and imaginative! I agree with Rachelle about the magical forest- this is one lucky bird to live here! I need to try the side edging trick!!!
This is so gorgeous!
So pretty Debbie! I love the border dies that you used on the front panel, that adds so much to the card, and the gold embellishment is beautiful too!
Your card is so lovely Debbie. This would have been perfect for my dad. He’d have loved it. Love Dawn x
Your card is wonderful, I love the jungle vibe with all the branches and the beautiful background paper. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this shape of card before, but I really like the design, and how you managed to add so many details. Needless to say, the centerpiece is just perfect.
Hugs, Veronika
Lovely card Debbie. Lots of work into it and we’ll worth it.
I also like your idea on cleaning out your stamp items.
Oh this is so beautiful! Super design and wonderful use of dies. Gorgeous rich colour too. Thanks for sharing this with us at The Paper Shelter!
Linda
This looks beautiful!! Thanks for joining us at Pearly Sparkles Challenge. Hope to see you again next time.
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Such a beautiful card! The little bird looks super cute in its nest – gorgeous 😀. Thanks so much for joining us at Country View Challenges! Hugs, Jo x
Beautiful design, Debbie. Loving the image and the way you added the die cut borders. Stunning colors as well!
And wow, that’s a lot of packages!! It’s always so hard to part with crafty goodies but sometimes they have to go!
Thank you so much for joining in at my April Crafty Wednesday challenge. A new theme starts tomorrow, would love for you to stop by and check it out then!
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