I have a family friend who loves birds. I wanted to make her a gift set of cards that could be easily sent through the mail without requiring extra postage. I knew I needed to skip the knots/bows and all lumpy embellishments. This was hard for me – but I love how these cards turned out! I popped the focal image up on dimensionals and still managed to work in some ribbon.
I kept the sentiments somewhat generic so the cards could be used for whatever came up. The pattern paper is actually made with the Stampin’Up! Beautiful Borders – I love that set! I just repeated the border to make the background. I also used that same border on the inside and envelope.
Bird Card Set
Stamps: All Things of Nature (TAC), Beautiful Borders (SU), various sentiments (PTI);
Ink: Sage Shadow (SU); Burnt Umber (Palette), various colors to watercolor;
Paper: Sage Shadow (SU), Chocolate Chip (SU), Naturals Ivory (SU), Taken with Teal (SU);
Other: Chocolate twill (SU), tags (Cuttlebug);
Ink: Sage Shadow (SU); Burnt Umber (Palette), various colors to watercolor;
Paper: Sage Shadow (SU), Chocolate Chip (SU), Naturals Ivory (SU), Taken with Teal (SU);
Other: Chocolate twill (SU), tags (Cuttlebug);
Wow! I am a lover of all things bird related! These are amazing! Are you sure you weren’t going to send them to me? LOL! Just kidding! I love them!
great cards karen! the colors are wonderful (as is your coloring) and the layout is great for these.
These are gorgeous, Karen! I love the details you’ve added inside and on the envelopes. I am too lazy for that stuff, I guess! 🙂
Such gorgeous cards! I think I need a lot more supplies to make really good cards like yours.