Saturday, March 27, 2010

Birthday Card - Cherry Blossoms & Birds

Hello and Happy Saturday! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Today I have a pretty Spring card to share with you. I made this card for my aunt who will be celebrating her 85th birthday tomorrow! The floral stamped images are from My Garden stamp set from JustRite Stampers. I used the cherry blossom center stamp. I love all of the beautiful floral images in this set! The set includes a cherry blossom, daisy, morning glory and sweet pea and the My Garden stamp set fits the 3-1/4'' Round Stamper. I started by stamping the cherry blossoms twice onto white paper using gold pigment ink and then heat embossing with gold embossing powder. Next I started to watercolor the images using Twinkling H2O's. I started with the flower center using Dreamsicle and Lemongrass.Next I painted all of the blossoms using Blushing Rose. Once all of the blossoms were painted then I added the green using Lemongrass. I also added a little bit of darker green, Green Tea. I am sorry I forgot to take a picture of the darker green but you can see it in the finished piece.Next I cut out the images and then I layered a few of them just to add a little dimension to the card.I cut/embossed a label diecut using the Wizard™ and Labels Four S4-190 die template from Spellbinders™. I left the paper in the die template and used it as a stencil to airbrush with the Copic airbrush system.Next I inked the label with Distress Ink Antique Linen and then I edges both diecuts with a Gelly Roll Metallic Gold Pen from Sakura. To create the oval diecut I used the Wizard™ and Big Scalloped Ovals Large S4-251 die templates from Spellbinders™. The image on the oval diecut is from Crafty Secrets Birds and Blossoms Creative Scraps.Here is another close-up of the cherry blossoms. I also added a couple of accent diecut pieces. To create the accent pieces I used the Wizard™ and Floral Accents S4-199 die templates from Spellbinders™. I inked the accent pieces with Antique Linen ink and then edged them in gold. Here is a close up of the image with the birds and the nest. I added a little sparkle to the birds and the flowers using a Gelly Roll Clear Star Pen from Sakura. I tried to pick up some of the sparkle in the picture.Supplies~
Stamps~JustRite Stamper-My Garden, 3-1/4'' Round Stamper
Paper~The Paper Company-White; Daisy Bucket-Shabby Green Door Songbird
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger-Distress Ink Antique Linen; Clearsnap-ColorBox Gold Pigment Ink
Other~Spellbinders™-Wizard™, Big Scalloped Ovals Large S4-251 Die #3, Labels Four S4-190 Die #5, Floral Accents S4-199; Crafty Secrets-Birds and Blossoms Creative Scraps; Copic-Airbrush System, B21; Twinkling H2O's-Dreamsicle, Lemongrass, Blushing Rose, Green Tea; Joann's-Gold Embossing Powder, Blue Rhinestones; Sakura-Gelly Roll Metallic Gold Pen, Gelly Roll Clear Star Pen; Beacon Adhesives-Gem-Tac; 3M Scotch-Foam Mounting Tape; Heating Tool

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you are having a Fantastic weekend!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

12 comments:

  1. Wow - everything about this is absolutely stunning! I never think of combining different Spellbinders like you did on this card.

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  2. Oh, Heidi! This is just beautiful!! SAKURA/Cherry Blossoms are my FAV...reminds me of Japan in the Spring :)

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  3. What I love is the combination of the airbrushed blue on the larger spellbinder label with the distress ink and gold pen. Very nice!

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  4. Oh my goodness Heidi, this is breath taking! Absolutely stunning!
    Every detail is just awesome. The way you did the Cherry Blossoms just makes them look almost real. I love it!!!!

    Great job!!!!!
    Joan

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  5. Oh, WOW!!! is what I said when I saw this card. Beautiful! Great job! Hugs!!

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  6. Heidi, you are so creative, I don't know what I enjoy more - the eye candy from your beautiful designs, or reading about how you did each step. I simply love this card. And happy birthday to your Aunt! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful card.

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  7. This is simply beautiful and what great ideas...I love birds and with the cherry blossums in Washington,D.C. this week this is so appropriate...I am a fan of your work

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  8. Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

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  9. I really love what you did on this card. You did so many wonderful details. It is absolutely beautiful. I was just introduced to your blog during the 3 day blog hop and I feel I have found a real treasure. Thank you for such wonderful ideas.

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  10. WOW, this is just gorgeous!!!

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  11. This is way beyond gorgeous, just stunning!!! I made some cards but don't see anything to link them to on the crafty secrets blog? Maybe this was just a challenge for the DT?

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