Spring Bird

Inspiration

Good Sunday to you and Happy Tax Day! LOL - well, I guess you actually have one more day....

Here's an easy card that I made using a sketch from a sketch group I belong to called CardSketchesByZacksNana. We're just a small group of ladies that trade cards once a month and the cool part is that we have friends now in Austrailia and Canada and the US! Lots of fun.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 /12"

Stamps

Asian Artistry (SU!)

Paper

Basic Gray (SU!)	5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4", and 1 3/4" x 4 1/4"
Walk in the Park DSP	4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Pretty in Pink	1 1/2" x 4 1/4", and 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Whisper White	4 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Ink

Basic Gray (SU!)

Accessories

Scalloped Petite Oval - Large - Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Petite Oval - Small - Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Becca's Peg Bow Maker (ODBD)

ATG (3M)

Zip Dry Glue

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD and MAT

Cut a piece of gray card stock measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4", and fold. Cut a piece of patterned paper measuring 4 1/8" x 5 3/8", and mount on the front of the card.

IMAGE

Cut/emboss a large scalloped oval from pink card stock. Cut/emboss a plain oval just smaller than the pink oval. Mount the white oval onto the pink oval.

Stamp the image with gray ink at one end of the oval. Cut the oval just to the left of the image, and mount on the left side of the card.

Bow Trim

Cut a piece of gray card stock measuring 1 3/4" x 4 1/4", and a piece of pink card stock measuring 1 1/2" x 4 1/4". Mount the pink strip onto the gray. Mount a strip of white ribbon around strip length-wise, putting a twist in the ribbon at the point you will mount the bow. This creates the illusion that you tied the bow around the strip.

Tie a pretty bow using the peg bow maker, trim the ends, and glue the bow over the twist in the ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rockin Birthday

Inspiration

Good morning, Monday. I enjoyed a long weekend and got the opportunity to make an extra card or two. This is my first time to enter the Mo's DP2 Challenge - this week it's anything goes, with an optional sketch, as long as you use one of Mo's images. I used the sketch, and picked the Air Guitar image for a birthday boy who loves music.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 6" x 6"

Stamps

Air Guitar (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper

Brilliant Blue Textured (SU!)	6" x 12", scored at 6", and 4 1/8" x 4 1/4", and 1 7/8" x 5 7/8"
Music Patterned Paper (unknown)	5 7/8" x 5 7/8"
Silver Pinstripe (DCWV)	4 3/4" x 4 7/8"
Stamper's Select White (PTI)	3 7/8" x 4 1/8", and 1 3/4" x 5 7/8
Basic Black (SU!)	3" x 4"

Ink

Epson RX620 Ink Jet Printer

Accessories

Music M-Bossabilities (Spellbinders)

Music Notes Die (Provo Craft)

Cuttlebug (Provo Craft)

Lemondrop Baker's Twine (The Twinery)

COPIC Markers (Imagination International)

Zip Dry Glue

Glue Dots

Scissors

ATG (3M)

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD and MAT

Cut a piece of blue card stock measuring 6" x 12", score at 6", and fold. Cut a piece of music-patterned paper measuring 5 7/8" x 5 7/8", and mount on the front of the card. In the center of the card, mount another mat made of black pin-striped paper, measuring 4 3/4" x 4 7/8".

Use the Music M-Bossabilities folder to emboss white card stock. From this embossed stock, cut a strip measuring 1 3/4" x 5 7/8". Cut a strip of blue card stock measuring 1 7/8" x 5 7/8". Mount the embossed white strip onto the blue strip, and mount them onto the right side of the front of the card.

IMAGE

Print the image on white card stock, then cut out to measure 3 7/8" x 4 1/8". Cut a blue mat for the image, measuring 4 1/8" x 4 1/4".

Color the image with COPIC markers. I used these colors:

• HAIR: E53, E57
• SKIN: E000, E00, E11, R20
• MOUTH: R21, R22, R24
• T-SHIRT: Y32, Y35, Y38
• JEANS: B21, B24, B29
• SHOES: W0, C3, C7, 100

Mount the image onto the mat.

FINAL STEPS

Wrap twine around the card front 3 times, and tie with a bow. Hold the bow in place with a glue dot. Mount the image over the twine on the card front.

Finally, use the music die to cut two diecuts from black card stock. Clip one set across the top bar to create a single note. Glue the notes to the card front.

Thanks for stopping by!