Just popping in with a card for a few challenges that caught my eye two of which I’ve never played along with before, so here goes.
I used a fantastic set by Pinkfresh Studios consisting of a glimmer plate, stencil, and die-cut called Folk Art Birds. It really is a beautiful set and so easy to use. The only tricky part is choosing what colours to use. I started by using my Spellbinders glimmer machine to foil the image which looked lovely as it was but I decided on doing a bit of ink blending using the stencils and my tiny weeny Pinkfresh Studio blending brushes to get into all the nooks and crannies with a variety of Distress Oxides. I then used the die-cut plate to cut out all of the pieces and used what was left as a template to re-insert them after I had adhered a million tiny pieces of double-sided foam to the back to give dimension. I find it helps to keep the paper in the dies while adding foam as I’m a messy crafter and tend to lose at least one major piece.
The hardest part is trying to align all of the pieces so using the outline of the dies really helps especially for someone like me who suffers from bloggers blindness and has been known to make a couple of wonky cards.
I’m linking up to the following challenges.
Wishing you all a fabulous week filled with good health and plenty of creative fun.
Take care
Marie
baileyrosy 
So very tweet – I mean sweet! Marie, I have another of their folksy sets with birds but hadn’t seen this one – it’s so lovely! Worth every little bit of fussing and fiddling time that you spent arranging it so perfectly! LOve it!
=] Michele
I have double sided foam everywhere even the doglet is wearing it. Thanks for stopping by and your lovely comment.
I forgot to thank you for playing cards with us at The Flower Challenge!! Always appreciated, my friend! xx
Your aligning and colouring is fabulous, love the colour mix, a bright and happy card Marie. I hope October is going well? xx
Better than September that’s for sure !
Oh so very pretty Marie… all that gorgeous dimension and a cute colour combo too!
Even my doglet has dimension after lots of double sided foam escaped from my desk
Gorgeous card! I love the folk art bird images. Pretty colors and the added dimension looks amazing. Thanks for sharing at A Cut Above’s October, “Double, Triple the Die Cut Fun” Challenge and for stopping by my personal blog and leaving a comment.
Vicki – Owner at A Cut Above Die Cut Challenge Blog
Thank you for stopping by and your lovely comment
this is just so pretty. I love it and I admire you for managing to put foam tape on those tiny pieces. It was worth it. Well done xx
Thanks Hilary it was very fiddly but keeping the paper in the die really helps
That’s so beautiful Marie – fab stencilling!
Thank you so much deborah
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the coloring you’ve given the stenciled images and I love how they lift off the card too! Beautifully done my friend!
Aw thank you so much Vicki
Oh my oh my Marie, this is an absolute beauty! I would have developed full blown hysteria and a tic if I so much as attempted such a design but you have pulled it off effortlessly. Gorgeous colours and dimension and a total piece of art. Thank you for coming to share your genius over at The Flower Challenge! Vicky x
Vicky you are far too kind but I’ll take it ! (:
Ha ha! Wonky cards? Tell me about it. Mine always have some element that I’ve had to cover or patch up :o) You nailed this though. Beautiful placement and so pretty xx
Thank you so much I’m glad I’m not alone in the wonky card department
What you created is a mini masterpiece, Marie! So much work but so worth the effort! The dimension makes all the difference, even though it’s aa fiddly process lol! Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Flower Challenge!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment I must say I do love me a bit of dimension even if it makes me cross eyed sometimes