Freshly Made Sketches #628 and The Card Concept #205

Hey there friends.  I'm so glad you dropped by.

It took two challenges to inspire my card today.  Freshly Made Sketches and The Card Concept.

The design came from the sketch and the bluebird came from the photo.  I played with the Winter Birds set from Honey Bee, turning the chickadee into a bluebird.  She needed a place to roost so I pulled out the birdhouse from WPlus9, cutting it from grays and embossing with Altenew's Window Slats folder.  It's perfect to make it look like it was built from wood.  A little greenery from Honey Bee and soft inking of the background finished it off. 

I had a number of bluebirds at my meal worm feeder a few weeks ago.  It was such a thrill but sadly they haven't been back. 

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Double D and Triple B for April 2023

I have a card to share today that fits both the challenge at Double D "Things that Fly" and the one at Triple B which is always Birds, Butterflies and Blooms.  I had to buy the birdhouse and bluebird after seeing a video from Dawn at WPlus9.  I used the house on an earlier card but the bird is making his debut. 

The birdhouse was cut from TH Woodgrain cs and then I ran an ink pad over it to bring out the details. The bird was cut from white and ink blended to look like a bluebird.  The ones I have at my feeder are much darker but he was done first. I needed something to perch him on and went with Dogwood from Honey Bee.   The 'sky' is Spring Rain from PTI, embossed with a coverplate from STAMPlorations. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #582

Karren has a great sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches and I had the perfect die cuts for it.

A bird house from WPlus9 embossed with a Spellbinders folder and a chickadee from HoneyBee came together nicely for my birthday card. 

Sorry for two posts today but the dealine is nearing on this one and I have a number of other cards ready to post before their challenges are over.  I've been busy creating but also too busy to write a blog post.  You'll see more tomorrow. 

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Just Us Girls #625 - Photo Week

I'm hosting at Just Us Girls for Photo Week and this is the photo I picked.

I thought this picture evoked the coming of Spring and who doesn't love birds and flowers.  Here's a larger format so you can see the details.  

For my card I focused on the birds and birdhouse instead of flowers.  Unsual for me I know.

The stamps set is from HoneyBee and colored with Zigs.  The background was inked with an MFT cloud stencil in Speckled Egg DI.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

This is JoAnn's last week with us as a guest designer.  She and the rest of the team have some wonderful cards to inspire you.  I hope you'll take a look and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be our guest. 

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Less Is More #363

Less Is More is look for cute.  That's easy.  But also one layer.  Not as easy but I managed.

This RC stamp set was part of a win. It's not my usual style but I love the pun-y sentiment and the bluebird is cute so I put them together, coloring with Zigs. I'm generally a stickler for perspective - that bird would never fit into the bird house - but in this case I made an exception.

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