Last week I held a class that featured the Bird Ballad Suite. The class featured 4 cards using all of the different elements from the suite: I adore everything in this suite from the Free As a Bird stamp set, to the Stitched Nested Labels Dies, as well as the Bird Ballad DSP, Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Cards, Scalloped Lace Trim and the Bird Ballad Trinkets. These products are gorgeous together but also shine all on their own or when combined with other products. This week I will be sharing the cards we made at class. I hope you enjoy them.
For this feminine card, I started with a Thick Very Vanilla card base, then added a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Petal Pink. Next I attached a 1-3/4″ x 5″ piece of the “floral” Bird Balled Designer Series Paper. I layered a 2-1/2′ x 3-1/2″ polka dotted piece of the Bird Ballad DSP to a 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ Very Vanilla, then tied the Scalloped Lace Trim into a bow and secured the ends behind the Very Vanilla layer before attaching this to the card front. The bird image is part of the image that has 4 birds on it. I stamped it on the Very Vanilla with Memento ink, then cut out the part of the image I wanted with the Stitched Nested Labels Die. My Stampin’ Blends allowed me to color the image in soft shaded tones. I used the Old Olive Light & Dark for the leaves, Light Crumb Cake for the branch and Pool Party for the flowers. To aid in the shading on the bird, i colored his belly with Light Calypso Coral, then took the Light Petal Pink and colored the entire bird, coloring over the belly to help blend the colors. This was such a quick and easy way to do the shading. The last bit of coloring was adding Dark Mango Melody to the beak. Once the coloring was done, i attached the stamped image to another Stitched Nested Label cut from Petal Pink, then popped it off the card with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I added a thank you sentiment to the lower right corner of the card, but by simply swapping out the sentiment, this card could be used for any occasions from a new baby, to a birthday, to get well and even a sympathy card. Tomorrow, I’ll share a card that features the Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Cards along with the Free As a Bird stamp set and some of the Bird Ballad DSP. See you then!
Supply List for Today’s Card
