Little Birdie Birthday!

I made this card for my friends son for his birthday! I wanted to use these cute little bird stamps (again from hero arts) and bright colors.

Since he is 3 I stamped 3 birds, cut them out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and colored them with bold bright markers from Stampin' Up. Then I mounted them on apricot appeal card stock bordered with pumpkin pie card stock. I added some of the striped grosgrain ribbon from SU (LOVE this stuff!) and used a wild wasabi card stock base! The leaves on the base are stamped with a leaf from a retired Stampin' Up set (I can't remember the name right now)
I think i must have spring fever right now since I'm so into using birds on everything!!

stamps: Everyday flexible phrases, decorative birds (hero arts)
paper: wild wasabi, pumpkin pie, apricot appeal, whisper white
ink:basic black, bold bright markers
other: striped grosgrain ribbon, circle punch

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Gotta love birds!

I have to admit I am totally addicted to these little hero arts birds! They are so adorable. I usually only buy Stampin' Up stuff but these birdies just keep calling my name!

For this card, I wanted simple thank you so I used the thank-you sentiment from the Wonderful Words stamp set (one of my favorite word sets) and stamped it on whisper white. Then I stamped the cute little birdie and colored him in with ink and blender pens. I then did a simple layout with a blue border that I paper pierced and a brown scallop layer. The base of the card is River Rock and the ribbon is kraft colored taffeta ribbon.

stamps: bird from hero arts, wonderful words
ink: basic black, various with blender pen
paper: river rock, close to cocoa, bashful blue, whisper white
other: kraft taffeta ribbon

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Free Wheel Promotion

Sorry I haven't been posting for quite some time. I went on a vacation last month and I'm still getting caught up from that at work and home! I do have some cool cards to show you that will be coming as soon as I get a change to take some photos of them!

Meanwhile, just wanted to show some info about the new promotion that Stampin' Up is doing right now.

Buy any of the stamp sets from the list below and receive the coordinating wheel for FREE! Options, prices, and bundled item numbers are listed below:

Item Number	Description	Price
112848	Wonderful You bundle Includes Wonderful You stamp set and free Stems & Silhouettes jumbo wheel	$33.95
112851	Life's a Breeze bundle Includes Life's a Breeze stamp set and free Something Fishy jumbo wheel	$29.95
112850	Pun Fun bundle Includes Pun Fun stamp set and free Sweet Stars jumbo wheel	$30.95
112847	Year after Year bundle Includes Year after Year stamp set and free See You Around jumbo wheel	$30.95
112849	Stitched Exotics bundle Includes Stitched Exotics stamp set and free It's Beautiful jumbo wheel	$33.95
112853	Enjoy Every Moment bundle Includes Enjoy Every Moment stamp set and free Daisy Dash jumbo wheel	$29.95

Contact me for details. This special will be going on until April 30!

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You're the Best Bird

Since it's cold, snowy and blowy again today I thought I'd share a springy card.

I made this card using pieces from my scrap pile. I haven't made anything using brilliant blue card stock in forever but I just love how it turned out! I love the how the bold colors work with this stamp set. The stamp set I used is Spring Solitude, which is a new level 2 hostess set.

For the base of the card, I stamped the outlined flower image with brilliant blue ink. To create the main image, I used old olive and chocolate chip markers to ink and stamp the branches.

The "you're the best" sentiment is from the A little Birdie Told Me set.

stamps: Spring Solitude, A little Birdie Told Me
ink: Brilliant blue ink pad, old olive and chocolate chip markers
paper: whisper white, brilliant blue, chocolate chip, creamy caramel
other: white taffeta ribbon

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embrace life

It's still cold here today but finally warming up a bit. Tomorrow it's actually supposed to be above 30 degrees!!

Here is a card using one of the new Stampin' Up sets, Embrace Life. I liked this set right away when I saw it. I knew it would be fun to watercolor. On this card I wanted to make it sort of springy so I used bright colors for the card base. I colored the flowers using watercolor crayons and a blender pen. I haven't used the watecolor crayons a lot but thought this turned out really well.

stamps: Embrace life
ink: basic black, so saffron
paper: regal rose, so saffron, creamy caramel, chocolate chip, whisper white
other: watercolor crayons, blender pens, taffeta ribbon

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A little Birdie told me...

That it's finally Friday! Whew! I don't know about you, but this has been a long week for me. It's been hard to go out in the cold everyday this week. I'm so ready for some warm, sunny days...wishful thinking, I know.

Today I'm showing a card that I'm doing as a make-and-take for my open house on Sunday. I used the set A Little Birdie to make both of the cards in this post. What's fun about these cards is that I used exactly the same materials, cut to the same sizes to make both cards! It's fun to see how you can make two totally different looks using the same materials. Plus, this set is so versatile. It comes with all these fun sentiments so it can be used for tons of different occasions!

I also love the new designer series paper Ginger Blossoms, that I used on both of these samples. The colors are so pretty, perfect for spring or valentines!

stamps: A Little Birdie
inks: Basic Black ink pad, always apricot and regal rose markers
papers: Whisper White, Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, and Ginger Blossoms Designer paper
other: pink Taffeta ribbon, oval punch, dimensionals

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Thank You Card

Here is a card using the hostess set Spring Solitude from Stampin' Up. The base is bordering blue card stock. For the strip through the center I used glossy white cardstock and stamped the flowers on it with Night of Navy ink. Then I used sponges to sponge river rock, and bordering blue over the top. The two flowers were stamped on white card stock and cut out and attached with dimensional dots. In the centers I attached pearls from the Stampin' Up Pretties Kit. These go on easily using glue dots. The ribbon is double-stitched grosgrain.


stamps: Spring Solitude
inks: Night of Navy, River Rock
papers: Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White, glossy white
other: River Rock and Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain, flat-back pearls from Pretties Kit.

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