Tutorial: Pretty Bird with Greenery

 

The stone brick background paper just make this little bird with the greenery “pop.” The paper is from the new In Good Taste Designer Paper.

 

 

Cut Cardstock:

• Card Base: Soft Seafoam – 8 1`/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
• First Layer: Gray Granite – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″, cut two
• Third Layer (front): In Good Taste Designer Series Paper – 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Third Layer (inside): Whisper White – 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Leaves: Pear Pizzazz – 4 1/4″ x 3 1/2″
• Leaves: Soft Seafoam – 3 1/4″ x 2 3/4″
• Leaves: Champagne Foil – 2 3/4″ x 1 1/2″
• Stamped Leaf: Whisper White – 3 1/2″ x 2″
• Bird, Berries and Greeting: Whisper White – 6″ x 2″
• Inside Strip: In Good Taste Designer Series Paper – 5 1/4″ x 1/2″

 

Assembly:

Adhere one piece of Gray Granite cardstock to the card base using Stampin’ Seal. Layer the piece of light gray stone brick Designer Paper onto the card front with Stampin’ Seal.

Use the Forever Flourishing dies to crop the following leaves:

Crop one large fern leaf and two tiny leaf stems from the Pear Pizzazz cardstock.

 

 

Crop the flat leaf stem from Soft Seafoam cardstock.

 

 

Crop the curved leaf stem out of Champagne Foil.

 

 

Use Pear Pizzazz ink to stamp the leaf stem and crop with the corresponding die.

 

 

Using Rich Razzleberry ink, stamp the berry image from the Forever Fern stamp set twice onto the 6″ x 2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. Use Memento ink to stamp the bird from the Free As A Bird stamp set and the ‘hello’ from the Forever Fern stamp set onto this piece of Whisper White cardstock.

 

 

Crop the berries with the matching die from the Forever Flourishing die set. Using the small tag dies from the Ornate Frames die set, crop the ‘hello’. Color the bird with Stampin Blends markers using Light Daffodil Delight for its beak, Light Smoky Slate for the birds body and Light Rich Razzleberry for the belly of the bird. Blend the line of color where they meet just under the birds wing by going over the Smoky Slate just a bit with the Rich Razzleberry. Carefully fussy cut the bird.

 

 

Arrange all of the leaf stems in a pleasing pattern. You may want to hold the bird in place so you know where you want to place the stems. When you are satisfied, use multipurpose glue to adhere them to the card front.

 

 

Add the berry stems, using glue or seal to adhere them over the leaves.

 

 

Using dimensionals, attach the bird near the top of the greenery. Attach the greeting to the right of greenery using dimensionals. Tie a small bow with the Baker’s Twine and use a glue dot to attach it near the left side of the greeting. See photo of card front for placement.

Please note – Baker’s Twine has retired since I designed this project. You can substitute the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon in its place.

 

Inside:

Adhere the remaining piece of Gray Granite cardstock to the inside of the card. Use Rich Razzleberry ink to stamp the berry image near the left side of the remaining piece of Whisper White cardstock, down about 1/2′ from the top. Using the small leaf stem from the Forever Fern stamp set, stamp the leaf image twice with Pear Pizzazz ink to the left of the berry stem and again near the lower right edge of the berry stem. See photo for placement.

Adhere the Designer Paper strip near the top of the stamped piece, covering the tops of the stems. Tie a piece of Baker’s Twine around the adhered strip and tie into a small bow. As an alternative, make a small bow with the Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon and adhere it to the strip with a glue dot. Adhere the completed piece to the inside of the card.

 

 

Envelope:

Use Pear Pizzazz ink to stamp the small leaf image from the Forever Fern stamp set to the lower left corner of the envelope.

 

 

 

Product List

Forever Fern Bundle (English) [154094]	Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562]	Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set [149468]	Ornate Frames Dies [150664]	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146988]
Gray Granite 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146983]	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730]	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131201]	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494]	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748]
Whisper White Medium Envelopes [107301]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad [147104]	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad [147091]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154883]
Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154898]	Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154904]	Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326]	Stampin’ Seal [152813]	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Paper Snips [103579]