Sweet Garden Bird Winter Scene

 Happy Thursday crafty friends!  I'm sharing just a few details of my card that features Altenew's beautiful Sweet Garden Bird layering die set.  If you would like to see more, please visit my Instagram for my reel!

I used several of the Crafty Necessities Cardstock colors for this Sweet Garden Bird.  I really love how there are gradient shades of cardstock that work so well together!  All of the colors I used are linked in the supply list below.

To set the winter vibes, the background layer is Arctic Mountain cardstock embossed with the gorgeous, and my favorite, Layered Snowflakes 3D embossing folder.  After I trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼", I swiped a white pigment ink pad over the raised areas to set off the snowflakes.  Then I added white splatters to the entire panel.

I glued an A2 sized piece of Brushed Silver Metallic cardstock to my card base and then glued the Snowflake embossed layer to the card.

I die cut three green cardstock shades from the Intertwining Leaves layering dies and added a few white splatters to it.  I glued it to the card and trimmed the excess from the edges.

I perched the Sweet Garden Bird on a branch I die cut with dies from the Intertwining Leaves die set.  I die cut more Brushed Silver and Arctic Mountain cardstock for the sentiment from the Timeless Sentiments 3 die set and popped it up with more foam tape.

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Beautiful Butterfly Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing some details about my card that features Altenew's beautiful Craft Your Life Project Kit: Wings & Petals.  I love monarch butterflies!  Each October they migrate through our area here in Texas and I always think of my mother.  We would always tell each other when we saw the first monarchs passing through.  I miss her, but I know she would love this card!

The Craft Your Life Project Kit is one of several of Altenew's monthly subscriptions.  The reason this particular one is my favorite is because it includes a few of my most favorite products!  I love 3D embossing folders and having the layering stencils to color the embossed image is awesome!  You can purchase this Kit separately, but if you subscribe, you will save $16.  Check out this subscription and the other options on the Altenew website.

First I die cut the Wings & Petals butterfly dies from Sunkissed and Jet Black cardstock.  I used blending brushes to add shading with Autumn Blaze and Orange Cream inks (Warm & Cozy collection) to the solid die cut.  After gluing the black top layer to each piece, I glued them together.

I embossed white cardstock with the Wings & Petals Botanical 3D embossing folder and trimmed it to 4" x 4-¼".  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Wings & Petals stamp set at the bottom of an A2 card base with Obsidian black ink.

I added a strip of Jet Black cardstock to separate the embossed cardstock from the sentiment.  The Intertwining Leaves layers are die cut from Grass Field and Hunter Green cardstock.

I used foam tape to adhere the butterflies to the card.

I absolutely love the details of the Wings & Petals butterfly dies!!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

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