Sunday, July 3, 2016

A little zebra finch told me...

I had limited crafting time this afternoon and decided to challenge myself to make a completed birthday card in my current quest to restock my stash... I did it!


Supplies and notes:

  • Dina Wakley's birds are center stage here,  stamped in Ranger Archival and painted with Loew Cornel watercolors to resemble zebra finches. I had zebra finches in college-- loved them.  Anywho, FYI, these are both males on the card-- the stamp appears to have the cheek-patch, so I went that route
  • Next, the glorious grid is a stamp by Andrea at Snapping Monsters... go see if she has more sets at her store! 
  • I added the ink splatters by using some Tea Dye DI + high-quality H20 dripped onto the surface, and finished the panel by daubing Tea Dye DI anywhere the grid was
  • The terra cotta-colored mat came in a stack from my best friend years ago
Super cute! I'm way happy with this card,  and especially pleased that it could go to any gender of person for multiple occasions... exactly what I need in my stash. 

I'd like to share this at Creative With Stamps:


8 comments:

  1. cuuutee birdie
    and that GRID
    I love it
    can make for manly card my friend
    and the splatter Tea Dye is lovely
    it is popular now and I am the one who afraid to make splatter hehehe
    love this cute bird card

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    1. Oh many thanks sweet friend to joining our challenge at CWS #4 Splatters...as I told I love your splatter :)

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  2. Such a fun card, Mimi. Love the grids and ink splatters framing those sweet 'Zebra Finches'.
    Thank you for playing along with Creative With Stamps~Ink Splatters challenge this month :)

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  3. This is just beautiful. I love the birds, they are so delicate and light. Beautiful coloring and splashes of light brown. LOVELY :-)

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  4. This is just beautiful. I love the birds, they are so delicate and light. Beautiful coloring and splashes of light brown. LOVELY :-)

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  5. First: thanks for your lovely coment on my blog and man thanks to share xour beautiful card at "Creative with Stamps" :)

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  6. This is one of my favorite cards of yours! That meshy stamp! WOW! So cool!

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  7. Awesome card! Love the grid stamp!
    Thank you for joining us at Creative With Stamps!
    Lilian
    The Leaf Studio

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