Crafty Secrets Color Challenge - Hello Little Birdie Card

Good morning and Welcome to another Crafty Secrets Challenge! Today our challenge was to use color on our images and to share with you how we did our coloring. I have a link list at the bottom of this post so you can visit each of the Crafty Secrets Designers. For my card I used the NEW Cupcake Party stamp set from Crafty Secrets. I think this is going to be one of my new favorite stamp sets! Here is the card I created. I used the bird, flourishes and the hello sentiment from the Cupcake Party stamp set. As part of my tutorial I will share with you how I created the beautiful crackle vintage bird.Step 1~Stamp the image with gold ink and emboss in gold.Step 2~ To add color to the bird image I used pastels and applied the color just using my finger. Easy peasy! I started with a light blue.Step 3~ Next I added pink.Step 4~ Add a dark blue.Step 5~ Cut out the image and edge it with a Gelly Roll Metallics Gold pen from Sakura. Step 6~ Add Crackle Accents from Ranger over the entire image and set aside to dry.Here is what the Crackle Accents looks like after it is dry.Step 7~ Apply Chestnut Roan ink directly to the image and wipe off excess with a kleenex. By applying the ink directly to the image it will fill in the little cracks to show off the crackle.Step 8~ To create the oval die cut I used the Wizard™ and Labels Ten S5-022 die templates from Spellbinder™. I misted the label with Crushed Shells Glimmer Mist and for the flowers I used Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.Step 9~ For the base of the card I used a piece of cardstock from the Classic Paper Pad from Crafty Secrets and I stamped the flourish image on top.Step 10~ The last step I used for adding color was to ink the edges of the card base with vintage photo ink.Here is a close-up of the bird with the flowers. For the background I used the Labels Ten S5-022 die cut and the Fancy Tags S4-235 were added behind the oval. I used a twig punch and added some Flower Soft and I also added pearls to the center of the flowers.The tag was stamped and embossed in gold. I added foam tape to the back and light blue sheer ribbon to attach it to the card and some pearls to the corners.Here is another look at the finished card.

Supplies~ Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage~Classic Paper Pad, Cupcake Party Stamp Set (bird, flourish, hello sentiment)
Paper~The Paper Company-White, Royal Langnickel-Gold Engraving Art Foil (black/gold)
Ink~ClearSnap-Gold Pigment Ink, Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink, Tsukineko-Memento Lilac Posies, Ranger-Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Other~Spellbinders™-Wizard™, Labels Ten S5-022, Fancy Tags S4-235, Prima-Flowers, Tattered Angels-Iridescent Gold, Crushed Shell Glimmer Mist, The Stencil Collection-Pastels, Ranger-Crackle Accents, Gold Embossing Powder, Queen & Co. -Pearls, Flower Soft-Glue, Nut Brown, Shamrock Green, Christmas Green, Martha Stewart-Twig Punch, Sakura-Gelly Roll Metallics Gold, Beacon Adhesives-Fabri-Tac, Scotch-Foam Tape, From My Stash-Light Blue Sheer Ribbon

Don't forget to stop by each of the Crafty Secrets Designers and see what they created for the color challenge! I know I can't wait to see!!

Vicki Chrisman Team Leader

Pam Hooten

Heidi Blankenship

Marisa Grosson

Linda Duke

Michele Kovack

Melissa Phillips

Michelle Van Etten

Flo from France

Julie Campbell

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Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a Wonderful Day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi