Bird cards

It’s true. Occasionally card makers get in creative slumps and feel like they are making the same kind of card design over and over again. Why does this happen? As with any craft, the … A Card Within a Card Read More »

Mum, look away now! This is me being organised! I used a number of dies to embellish this card. The Touch of Ink stamp set for the bird and then framed it using the rectangle stitched dies. The lea…

Today's Sketch For this bird card, I stamped body in sky and wing in lagoon then sponged both using lagoon, popped her up. Die-cut 2 circles sponging them and adhering with foam tape. Added the white ferns and stamped leaves to mama's nest. I used 2 different texture plates, which create softer embossed images for the bg then added some pearls. Thanks for stopping by today! ~Roberta

The past few months I have been sharing some techniques from my original series Technique How To! Today's featured technique is a fun fold card called Shadow Box. This is a really simple card however it doesn't look simple. The Free as a Bird stamp set has been around awhile and is one I reach ... Read More about Free as a Bird Shadow Box Hand Stamped Card

"Handmade Happy Birthday Card featuring an adorable blue and white bird, pastel blue and white florals and a cute cozy colorful birdhouse. Spring is definitely in the air with this card, but also perfect for any time of year, for the bird lover, and the flower fan! Made using high quality color cardstock. Lots of different Spring flowers die cut from pastel color cardstock and no-rub gold glitter cardstock for sparkly accents. Background is tan (Craft cardstock) adhered to a white card base…

Hello! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge ! Products I used to create my card: Spellbinders dies - Wreath Bui...

I made one of these slimline cards this past week, and really enjoyed it, so here's another one. It's a CASE of a card I made back in 2015. This one is all die-cuts, with only a small stamped sentiment. supplies: white card base, kraft, Green Leaf, Sea Glass, Audrey Blue, and Peacock Teal cardstock, Wplus9 (retired) Folk Art Florals birds and leaves dies, Hand Lettered Hello die and stamped sentiment, Paper Smooches (retired) Bird House dies, Doodlebug Heart Sprinkles, natural twine Here's a…

I've been in a creative slump for a few weeks and too busy to try to get out of it. So, I cleared a couple hours yesterday to sit down and create! Since I attended OnStage (a Stampin' Up! conference) earlier this month I got early access to a few new products that will be coming out in the new catalog next month. One of my favorites is the Free As A Bird stamp set, which I used to create the following three cards. I also used coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper) and ribbon, which are…

Hi Friends, I love stamp sets that are versatile enough to be used for multiple occasions, and Birds & Branches is one of those stamp sets. By simply changing colors, it becomes a completely different card! This friendship card uses Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake & Early Espresso cardstocks. Inks are Soft Suede and Crumb Cake. Just by switching out the colors, it becomes a lovely holiday card! For this card I used traditional holiday colors - Whisper White, Real Red and Shaded…

Welcome to the July Creation Station Blog Hop. We've got your back this month! The team is making handcrafted backgrounds to inspire your own creative spirit. Be sure to click on the next button at the end of each post to see every design team member's background creations. Making my own backgrounds is something I love to do. I've shown many different background techniques on past Creation Station blog hops, so I wanted to try something new (at least new to me!). This one is a twist on a…