Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Mother's Day Birdcage Card

Today's card is for a Mom this upcoming Mother's Day. The birdcage and bird stamps along with the bird dies are by Prickley Pear. I stamped the birdcage onto white cardstock by Recollections with brown Stampin Up ink. I fussy cut it out and colored in the leaves to match my paper with Stampin Up watercolor pencils. I then punched a whole in the top of the birdcage to set an eyelet with my Crop-o-dile. I ran this string (for lack of a better word) through the top and adhered it to the back of the patterned paper. The "string" is a find from my MIL's craft stuff when she went into a nursing home. The birds are tricky but I found that die cutting them first and then stamping the image was easier then vice versa. I cut out a ton of birds and then stamped them with different Stampin Up inks. I adhered the wings to the appropriate bird before adding them to my patterned paper. The sentiment stamp is a $1 aisle find from Michael's by Studio G and the patterned paper is by Crate Papers.






Thanks for looking.

12 comments:

Colette said...

Oooo! I like this Cindy. Thank you for joining us over at Incy Wincy this week - Colette DT x

Unknown said...

Such a sweet "mom's" card. Really like the color combination! Thanks for including Retro Rubber in your stamping fun this week!

Denice said...

Such a pretty card, the birds are the perfect embellishments! The thread/ribbon is a great find in your MIL's stash! Thanks for sharing with us this week at Loves Rubberstamps, hope you'll join us again soon.

Di said...

Wow Cindy! This really is absolutely beautiful. The birds are fabulous :-)

Hugs

Di xx

Cuttlebug Mania DT

Christine Traversa said...

Super sweet design and elements! Thanks for doing the RR challenge!

Unknown said...

Such a pretty card! I love the colors so rich! Thanks for joining us at the Craftin Desert Divas Mother's Day Linky Party Jessica DT happy crafting

Neva Cole said...

Lovely card! I too find that sometimes it is easier to die cut then stamp, especially with polymer stamps. Thank you for playing along at RRBC!

Debbie Mageed said...

Pretty! I love those birds and cannot imagine stamping them after cutting them out! Yikes! Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber this week! (BTW I am in Grand Rapids!)

Tina H said...

This is so pretty! I love the sweet little birds. Thanks for joining our Mother's Day Linky Party at Craftin Desert Diva's!
DT Tina

Jane Knudsen said...

This is adorable! The birds are so cute! Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber! We hope you play along again soon!

Lisa Mensing said...

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing at Eureka! Stamps this week for Feminine Cards challenge. Lisa DT

Unknown said...

Lovely card, Cindy, thank you for sharing with us at Whoopsi Daisy this month, best of luck xxx