Bird House Card

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[Image ID] A birthday card featuring three blue tits and three bird boxes. The central box at the bottom has a blue tit peeping out through the hole and another perched on the roof of the box. That blue tit is looking down at the third blue tit which is perched on a smaller bird box that is lying on its side. To the left of the central box is a yellow flowered plant in a terracotta plant pot, and above it is the final bird box. The ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment is in the top left corner. The background behind everything is a dusty pink, tessellating pattern. [description end]

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A 5 x 7 inch card featuring this lovely blue-tit die by Tattered Lace. I started by applying pink Nuvo Embellishment Mousse through a stencil. Once it had dried, I added the brown ink blending around the edges of the card panel. The colour on the blue-tit scene is from the corresponding ‘charisma’ sheet I had downloaded from Tattered Lace’s website. Having printed the charisma I was simply able to line up the die with the colour and cut it out.

I’ve had issues with sizing the ‘charisma sheets’ in the past, but during this project I discovered that all I needed to do was select ‘actual size’ when printing the pdf ‘Charisma sheets’. After sticking on the blue-tit scene and the happy birthday banner (which was coloured by hand), I finished the card with a few Nuvo jewel Drops.

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Bluetits & Birdhouses die: Tattered Lace Magazine issue 76

Happy birthday stamp and banner die: Sentimentally Yours Box Kit Issue 3

Stencil: Moroccan Screen by Pretty Quick

Paste: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Nuvo Jewel Drops: Lemon Cello

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