Best Birds in a Box Card

It's been a while between posts, but at a recent class we made this box card and I based my decoration on the Best Birds bundle from Stampin' Up!

I had lots of fun with this one - it is a great card fold and you can make any style card for any occasion. I thought the birds went really well with the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack.

It's a good idea to check that your design looks good when the card is flat as that is the first view your recipient will see.

I combined the Best Birds stamp set with some retired stamps for the greetings.
This is how the card looks when it is opened and set up.

The images have all been stamped with Archival Black ink, then coloured with classic inks and an Aqua Painter. I worked on Thick A4 Whisper White card to give the shapes more strength and then cut them all out using the coordinating framelits. Then I added some shreddie in a natural colour to indicate a nest. 

The close up view shows the wonderful colour variations   that can be achieved with a quick application of water colour.

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Product List

Best Birds Photopolymer Bundle

[142315]

$73.75

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$12.25

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[126944]

$11.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

$11.50

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

[126952]

$11.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$20.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$12.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$17.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$9.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

$50.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

Love You Best Birds

Today's card use the beautiful Best Birds stamp set from Stampin' Up!®.

I'm thoroughly enjoying playing with the images in this set and today I've combined one of the birds with a cut out from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits (available in the Annual Catalogue p. 194)

Lots of different Stampin' Up!® products combine in this eclectic card. The background uses the Watercolor Wash stamp that is inked and spritzed, and an image from Timeless Textures. I've also added some lace and Washi tape. The bird from Best Birds stamp set is stamped in Soft Suede Classic Ink then additional Soft Suede is added with a Blender Pen.  Pool Party was then washed over select areas using an Aqua Painter

The detail photo shows the layers plus a little Linen Thread tied around the Heart  from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit set."Love" is also from the same Thinlit set. "you" is a stamp from the Endless Thanks stamp set available in the Annual Catalogue.

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Happy Stamping

Best Birds Watercolor Cards using Stampin' Up!® Supplies

This week I have focused on another of the new bundles from Stampin' Up! The Best Birds stamp set coordinating framelits and I had already pictured what I wanted to do with this set. 

As usual, with my eclectic style I had to use some complimentary stamps and for this set of cards I chose the versatile Water color Wash large background stamp.

Here is the card

This is the first of 8 cards I made; all slightly different but staying within a similar theme. You can see that I've used the lovely crosshatched stamp over the Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wash stamp and then dry embossed with a now retired Folder.

See how beautifully the framelits cut out the birds and branch shapes?

Lots of slight variation in colour combinations and arrangements of the birds and branches, but I kept the cards similar by stamping everything in Soft Suede and limiting the water colouring to Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Old Olive and Soft Suede throughout. 

I sponged the edges of the card with Soft Suede to achieve the look I wanted. And I used both the Blender Pen and an Aqua Painter for my colouring.

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Until Next Time

Happy Crafting