So my
order from the new catalogue finally arrived (woot woot!)!!! First order of
business: play with the Bird Banter stamp set of course! This was one of
my must-haves while I was perusing the 2018 Occasions catalogue...it just
looked so fun and playful...I knew I had to get it.
Anyway I
was super excited to play with this set. I had the idea to perch the birds
on top of power lines, just for fun. And so I came up with two cards using the same design but different techniques and materials.
For the
first card, I did a watercolor background using my
Picture Perfect Party ink spots, a piece of plastic, and a spray bottle. It's easy
to create this background effect: just dab ink randomly on any plastic piece
(using the smaller ink spots work best for this technique as they are easier to
handle), spray water on it to move the ink, and apply to your piece of
cardstock.
I then stamped my birds on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, colored them in, cut them out and arranged them on top of the power lines. And finally my layering piece is from the Sale-a-bration item Sweet Soiree memories & more card pack. (I just LOVE free stuff...don't you!!?!?!?)
Moving on
to my second card, I decided to make it a bit simpler.
Instead of cutting out my birds, I did
a little bit of masking. I then just stamped clouds randomly, this is from
the stamp set This Little Piggy (another fave of mine!).
For
additional interest I sponged the edges of my cardstock lightly with my Dapper
Denim ink pad. Lastly my layering piece is from the Petal Passion memories
& more card pack. I also used my Wink of Stella on all of my birds
because my cards ALWAYS have to have a bit of sparkle! ;)
So which card do you guys prefer? I think I like the first card better just because of the pop of color in it. I enjoyed making these and plan to make more projects with this fun stamp set...after I get to play with my other equally fun new toys ;) Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day crafters!
