Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop - Bird Fancy

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps design team blog hop!  Mary the talented owner of Serendipity Stamps has challenged us to make a creation featuring a bird image.  What a perfect challenge for spring as so many migrating birds are returning this time of year.  My family always compete to see who will spot the first returning Robin - a sure sign that warmer weather is headed our way!

Serendipity has so many realistic beautiful bird stamps including hummingbirds, gold finch, owls, eagles and  many more.   This weeks special at  Serendipity is  purchase 3 items and your 4th one is free.   Sale ends on April 9 so better hurry!!! 

My projects feature the Nest with Eggs stamp.   I stamped the Feather Background on kraft paper with brown ink, and embossed the nest and the feather with gold embossing powder.  I fussy cut them and then used pop dots to add some dimension.  I embellished using a few die cut twigs, leaves, and store bought cherry blossoms.   I purchased the flowers in off white and died them by mixing ink and pigment powder with rubbing alcohol in a mini mister / spritzer.  I added some twine under my sentiment to keep it all very natural looking.  Here are a few close ups so you can see the details.

This is the finished card.....

I wanted to show you how versatile these stamps are so I also made a clean and simple one layer card featuring a few of the same stamps.  It was quick and easy.   I stamped this one on fine linen paper to lighten it up.   To give it a little extra detail I added some simple twine, rounded the bottom corners, distressed the sides and bottom, and stamped the feather in a lighter shade of brown. 

Please visit the other design team member blogs to see what they came up with for this bird themed challenge. Simply click on their names (listed alphabetically) below to jump to their blogs.

Kathie Bailey

Amy Cokley

Jenny Gropp

Miriam Napier

Thanks for having a peek and have a fantastic day!

Jeanne

Layered Card

Supplies Used:  Finished Size 5 x 7

Stamps:  Serendipity  Feather Background 488L, Nest with Eggs 218G, Bent Feather 066C, Spring is Sprung 254D

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels & Tags, Foliage, Quickutz Branches

Cherry Blossoms The Ribbon Reel

Ink:  VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Embossing Powder Zing! Gold

Twine, Button

Light Pink Cherry Blossom Color Mix:  Ranger Spun Sugar, Perfect Pearls Pigment Blush

Dark Pink Tattered Angels Pink Ink Glimmer Mist

CAS Card

Supplies Used:  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"

Stamps:  Serendipity Nest with Eggs 218G, Bent Feather 066C, Spring is Sprung 254D

Ink:  VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Extras:  Corner Rounder, Twine