Birds and Curvy Dies

I saw the idea for this card from Vicki Boucher and just had to make it!  I used the Bird Ballad set and Fancy Phrases for the flowers.  The designer paper is from the Peony collection.  The background of the card is Gray Granite.  It's hard to tell in the photo, but the card is more colorful in person.  I just love this card.  :)

I took out the Quite Curvy to make this card.  I love the sweet scapped edge that the dies make.  And the little birds are so sweet.  I got the idea for this card from Deana Leonard.  It's made with Mint Macaron cardstock.

On this variation, I used the Brick embossing folder to make it look more like a wall for the bottom section.  I can't wait to use this set again!  I hope it doesn't retire.  

 

Masculine Cards Using Seagulls

I needed a masculine Thank You card today to send out and after looking through my card stash, I found that I didn't' have a single one to use!  So I made this sweet card using Bird Ballad designer paper and the seagull stamp from a Paper Pumpkin kit that coordinated with the Bird Ballad suite.  I found this idea from Kerry Bunting on Pinterest.

After I made that, I realized that I needed more masculine cards.  My son's birthday is this week and I wanted to make one for him, too.  So I made another one.

And another one.

And another!  I ended up making 5 cards using these colors and this theme.  Why have I not used this amazing designer paper before? 

Here are four of the five cards.  Which one do you like the best?

Heirloom Frames & More

One of the first sets that caught my eye from this year's Stampin Up catalog was the Woven Heirlooms stamp set, papers and embossing folders.  Although I didn't use any of the pretty papers for this class, I did make 3 cards using the rectangle die to show how versatile that it can be.

For this first card I stamped the lacy image from Southern Serenade for the background in Soft Sea Foam.  This gave the card a soft, feminine feel.  The sayings and paper flower cut outs are from the Free as a Bird stamp set and it's coordinating paper.  The little envelope is from Love Notes framelits.  I got the card idea from Helen Edenbreejen on Pinterest. 

Next up I made this pretty vintage card featuring the Woven Thread Suite.  I have never put these colors together, but I saw this card online and decided to give it a try.  I love the richness of the colors with the pale purple in the background.  So beautiful. 

The card was originally made by Elizabeth Price.  She had used the First Frost stamp set, but because I didn't have that, I substituted an older flower set.  I think it came out just as nice.  For some reason, I especially love this card.

The next card is, of course, a Christmas card.  I used the tree cut out from the In the Woods die set, the saying from Winter Woods and the detailed trim from Dashing Deer stamp set.  I cut out the tree using silver glimmer paper.  I cut out two trees so that I could put another one underneath the first one.  And even though you can't see it, this makes the tree more stable.  The blue cardstock is Seaside Spray.  This is an easy, striking card.  I saw it online by Sherry Wayt. 

Lastly, we made this seaside card that uses Come Sail Away designer paper.  You really could use any blue or tan paper for the background of this card.  Then I cut a circle frame using 2 different sized circle dies for the frame.  We used watercolor crayons on watercolor paper for the sea and the beach.  But you could paint your colors on from the markers or the stamp pads.  The card idea is from Stacia Siorna. 

The chair is from Colorful Seasons and the seashells are from an older ocean stamp set that I had.  I just love this card.  Makes we want to drive to the ocean today.  Well, maybe not today.  But sometime soon.  :)

More Birds

I had so much fun making cards using the Free as a Bird set that I could make them all day, every day!  I just love anything that had little birds in it.  They are so trending right now.

It's hard to pick a favorite card, but I just love this one.  I cased it from the Stampin Up catalog and I just love the colors in it!  The new Pretty Peacock and Terracotta Tile are featured in it.  I colored in the birds using the stamping blends.  And I love the saying, too.

 This card uses the Stitched Nested Labels in both the positive and the negative space.  I added a dimensional to the saying to make it pop in the space.  Isn't the paper with the birdhouses on it so adorable?  I saw the idea on Facebook but can't find the name of the designer.  Let me know if it's you or someone that you know.

Last up is a gray card that uses a branch cut out from last year's Petals and More framelit set.  It looks so great on this card!

I cut out the bird duo from the designer paper and framed them in a scalloped circle.  The larger flowers are stamped and colored in using the blends.  I used the Stitched Nested Label dies for the saying.  The gray birds match the gray cardstock perfectly.  I love the look of this card. 

Which is your favorite bird card?