Garden Birdhouses Birthday Wishes

Greetings!

What is it about birdhouses that is so dang adorable?  Is the the sweetness of us humans to provide a special shelter for them?  Do we do it for their sake, or so that we can watch them as they flit in and out, and raise their little tweet families in them?  Whatever the answer may be, the Garden Birdhouses stamp set was a must have on my list!  

The Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper (DSP) seemed the perfect compliment to go with these adorable birdhouses.  The papers are GORGEOUS!!!  They are beautiful watercolor prints of trees and leaves for all seasons and much, much more. The hardest part is deciding which paper to use!

The paper chosen for this card is so pretty with the colors in different intensities of Night of Navy, Merry Merlot and Soft Suede.  These were the perfect colors to inspire the entire card.

Naturally Beautiful Birthday Wishes

The speckled background paper was created by using a stamp from the Color & Contour stamp set.  This set had a stamp most closely resembling the speckles in the strip of DSP on this card.  To create the background, the stamp is inked with Night of Navy, Sahara Sand or Merry Merlot.  Both the Night of Navy and Merry Merlot were stamped off once or twice first to achieve a softer background color. 

The small piece of woodgrain is also from the Beauty of the Earth DSP which provided the perfect frame for the Birthday Wishes sentiment.  

Materials and measurements:

• Stamps:
• Garden Birdhouses stamp set
• Color & Contour stamp set
• Paper:
• Merry Merlot card base- 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored and folded at 4-1/4, or 4-1/4 x 11, scored and folded at 5-1/2
• Basic White - 4 x 5-1/4 (2), 1-3/4 x 2-1/2, 2 x 1-1/2
• Misty Moonlight - 1-5/8 x 2-3/8
• Beauty of the Earth DSP - 5-1/2 x 1-1/4, woodgrain - 2 x 1, 4 x 1
• Ink:
• Merry Merlot
• Soft Suede
• Night of Navy
• Sahara Sand

Tools and Supplies:

• Tools:
• Water Painters
• Many Marvelous Markers - Soft Suede
• Paper Trimmer
• Adhesives and more:
• Stampin' Seal
• Mini Glue Dots
• Stampin' Dimensionals

Assembly Tips & Techniques:

• Stamp birdhouse and bird onto cardstock piece.  Dab water painter onto ink pad, lightly color in birdhouse, set aside to dry.  For more defined outline, redraw in lines with Soft Suede marker.
• Ink "speckle" stamp with Night of Navy, stamp off 1-2 times, stamp onto cardstock.  Repeat to fill in as desired.  Repeat steps with Merry Merlot ink and Sahara Sand ink.
• Stamp birthday greeting both in Soft Suede and Merry Merlot.  Cut out Birthday from Merry Merlot and adhere over Soft Suede using mini glue dots.  Trim stamped, layered piece down to 3/4 x 1-1/2.  Adhere to woodgrain DSP piece.
• Assemble pieces onto card base.  Adhere birdhouse feature piece with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up.
• Adhere second 4 x 5-1/4 Basic White piece inside card.  Stamp "hope each moment..." onto piece on upper half.  Adhere woodgrain strip near bottom.  Stamp a couple little birds to bring continuity in from front. 

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Product List

Garden Birdhouses Photopolymer Stamp Set [155090]	Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994]	Beauty Of The Earth 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]
Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117]	Water Painters [151298]	Many Marvelous Markers [147154]
Paper Trimmer [152392]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

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