Birdie and Bloom

It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and I was lucky enough to receive a Lavinia gift voucher from a dear friend, so thought I would put it towards the cost of some of the new Versafine Clair ink pads which are currently causing a frenzy amongst crafters worldwide!! By good fortune Lavinia got them back into stock this past week and I managed to get in quickly enough before they sold out again, so 6 of the new colours (along with a few other bits and bobs) were winging their way to me.

Having been inspired by an online  tutorial for Tracy Evans’ new stamps for my previous post my own ideas started to flow, and I made another card with some of the same stamps but this time also using some of my new VFC’s. Here it is.

I cut a 5 1/2” square of stamping card and created an inky background by dragging three different Distress Oxide inkpads repeatedly across the page then spattering with water. I then stamped a background stamp which I had inked up randomly with 3 of the new VFC colours - Baby Pink, Hawthorn Rose and Very Peri. I stamped the flower onto separate card using the same 3 VFC inkpads and heat embossed clear, then coloured with my Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and fussy cut out. I stamped the bird in the corner of the background and added some white gel pen highlights, added a couple of stamped words to the background, then stamped a sentiment and hearts onto a white die cut stitched frame (which I already had in my stash from a previous crafting session), and attached the coloured panel behind it. I attached the flower with silicone glue using some scrunched holographic silver thread (which absolutely has a mind of its own!) behind the flower head, then matted the completed panel onto a dark pink border and a 6” square card blank, and added some teeny heart gems 🩷 to finish - the colour of the gems does actually match the ink colours, they just look as if they don’t in the photo!!)

Stamps: Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE13 Delight In Nature (flower), TE4 New Beginnings (bird), TE6 Branched Heart (hearts), TE5 Clematis (sentiment); AALL & Create #909 Garden Notes;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Shaded Lilac); Versafine Clair (Baby Pink, Hawthorn Rose, Very Peri, Nocturne); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); gel pen (white);

Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone Duo-Stitched Square dies.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #781 - Anything Goes - Special 15th Birthday Challenge (2nd entry)

Aud Sentiments #313 - Flowers plus a Sentiment (2nd entry)

Beautiful Blossoms #17 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)

C.R.A.F.T. #720 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket #114 - Flowers (3rd entry)

Moving Along With the Times #166 - Flowers (3rd entry)

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2420 - Anything Goes

Papercraft #106 - Flower Power (2nd entry)

Triple B (May) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #647/648 - Anything Goes (5th entry)

Take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,