Is Spring Near?
Finished Size: 4.25"X5.5"
Supplies:
Stamps:
Bird (The Stamping Studio)
Sentiment (The Angel Company)
Paper:
Penelope patterned paper (The Angel Company)
ColorMates, Medium Grassy Green (WorldWin)
Classic Solar White Cardstock (Neenah)
Scalloped Oval and bottom mat - Kleenex Tissue Box
Inks:
Memento ink pad, Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Material:
Glitter Dots (Jesse James)
Mesh (unknown)
Glue (TomBow Mono)
Ribbon attached with Ribbon Adhesive (K&Company)
Large Scalloped Oval (Spellbinder)
Copic Sketch Markers
Directions:
- Cut the following paper:
4.25 x 11" WorldWin, ColorMates, Medium Grassy Green
1" x 3.25" WorldWin, ColorMates, Medium Grassy Green
4" x 5.25" The Angel Company (Penelope)
3" x 4" Neenah Classic Solar White
.875" x 3" Neenah Classic Solar White
3" x 4" Kleenex Tissue Box
1.25" x 3.5" Kleenex Tissue Box - Cut the large scalloped oval from the Kleenex tissue box with the Large Scalloped Oval from Spellbinders.
- Stamp the "Bird" on the 3" x 4" piece of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black.
- Color the "Bird" using your preferred coloring medium. I used Copic markers.
- Cut out the "Bird" using the next smaller size of the Spellbinder, Large Scalloped Oval set.
- Stamp the saying on the .875" x 3" Neenah Classic Solar White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black.
- Adhere the sentiment mat together. (Red,Green,White).
- Punch the large scalloped oval, in the scallopes with a 1/16" hand punch.
- Attach the "Bird" oval to the Kleenx tissue box oval, and put dots with a red glitter pen in the scallopes of the white oval.
- Cut a piece of mesh to 4" wide and attach to the card 1.25" down on the patterned paper with K&Company, Ribbon Adhesive.
- Adhere the "Bird" stack and the "saying" stack to the card.
- Attach the Copper Glitter Dots to the card as shown, with TomBow Mono Glue.
You are now finished. Remember don't throw things out; they can be used on your cards like the Kleenex Tissue Box used in this project.
Other things that can be used include onion bags or flattened soda cans.
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Love your colors. And love that you used the Kleenex box for cardstock. Cool. The mesh is just the right touch to remind us of a nest.
Carol B
Very cool! I like the colors you used. and the layers yepp very good thanks for sharing.
I too like to use things like the throways of tissues my favorite is cereal boxes. and onion bags, garlic bags I get are a pretty purple.