There are four new background stamps in the new mini catalogue and this one - Fine Flourish - is one of them. It works really well as a simple one colour print but could also be coloured in to make a big impact. The others are basic dots and stripes and there's an alphabet one too - all really useful building blocks for cards and scrapbooking that you'll want to use again and again.
The flowers and leaves are all put together using punches. Have you spotted where the leaves come from? They're the wings from the two step bird punch! They've been folded in half, run through a crimper and sponged with ink. It means that with that punch, not only do you get a bird but you also get two completely different kinds of leaf as well! (Have you noticed - I love to find lots of uses for my stamps and punches!)
Supplies:
Stamps: Fine Flourish, Happy Moments
Ink: Night of Navy, Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue
Card stock: Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery, Night of Navy, Vellum
Other: Two step bird, scallop circle, Boho Blossom and 1/2" circle punches, Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, Ballet Blue brads, crimper
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You are so right about thank you cards vs. e-mails, but I must admit that I'm much better at making cards than actually sending them. I definitely need to work on that! Anyway, great flowers on this card -- and such a good idea to use the wings as leaves! That's a great background, too -- and you used it fantastically!
ReplyDeleteClever use of the bird wings! I used them once for the flame on a large birthday candle.
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