Anniversary Birds

It's always CRITTERS at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge, so join us, here: 2craftycrittercrazies










Our Sponsor is DigiDooodles Studio with this sweet image.  Get it here: digi-doodles-little-love-birds



Image: digidoodlestudios-little-love-birds-digi-stamp
the birds and some leaves paperpieced
Some paper piecing left 3D (bow and leaves)
Some  colouring with Copics
Silver heat embossed Sentiment stamp: magazine freebie
Corner punch: unbranded
Also: gem, Kindyglitz, Distress Ink

Shared on challenges:
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Old Bird

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And our sponsor with this super cool image is a set from Sparkle n Sprinkle, get it here: sparklensprinkle-digi725b-cool-chicks

Image: Sparkle n Sprinkle Cool Chicks set
Paper pieced bodies from snippets, legs are Copics
Washi tape, white pigment pen, flower

Shared on challenges:

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Bright and Beautiful

I was invited to be May guest designer for AAA cards, along with great designers and interesting challenges - so it check out here: aaacards



I think my usual style is fairly clean and simple but CAS category cards are extremely so.  I think you really do have to have the vision clear before you start ... not like other styles where you can play and jiggle until you get what you want.






Image stamp: Rubbernecker
Sentiment stamp: HeroArts (part of a stamp)




I heat embossed the stamps and coloured the birds using distress inks as watercolour paints - the blue-green-purple bird is actually more colourful than shows in the photo, don't ask me why, the green didn't even show up   (Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Dusty Concord plus Lipstick Red for her beak of course!).


Shared on challenges:
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