CREATE PRETTY CARDS IN NO TIME WITH GARDEN BIRDHOUSES + BLENDING BRUSHES

 Hi Stampers!

Today’s cards are quick and easy to make, perfect cards for busy summer days! With some stamping, a bit of coloring, and adding a sky for the background with ink and blending brushes you can put these cards together in no time. The featured stamp set is GARDEN BIRDHOUSES.

Here is a look at the cards:

And here is a look at the stamp set:

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THE CARDS

* 2 Crumb Cake card bases 

* 2 pieces of So Saffron cardstock cut at 5 1/4” x 4”

* 2 pieces of Basic White cardstock cut at 5” x 3 3/4”

* Ink pads - Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, and Balmy Blue

* Stampin’ Write Markers - Fresh Freesia, Flirty Flamingo, and Granny Apple Green

* Stampin’ Blends Markers - Crumb Cake (light and dark), So Saffron (light and dark), Balmy Blue (light), Old Olive (light and dark), Gray Granite (light and dark), Pale Papaya (light and dark), Color Lifter

* Blending brush(es)

* Stampin’ Seal or adhesive of choice

TO ASSEMBLE THIS CARD

* With Crumb Cake ink on one of the pieces of Basic White cardstock, stamp the branch, the string for the birdhouse, and the birdhouse. 

* Color the leaves with the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. Color the branch with the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. Color the roof, perch, and bottom of the birdhouse with the So Saffron Stampin’ Blends. Use the Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blend outline the inside lines on the main part of the birdhouse. Use the color lifter over the Balmy Blue to move the color toward the center of the sections.

* Ink up a blending brush with Pool Party ink and begin applying ink around the tree branch and birdhouse. Move out and up from the images keeping the ink coverage light. Allow the ink to tapper off in a bit of a diagonal line toward the right bottom of the focal point. Clean the Pool Party ink off the blending brush by rubbing it over a piece of scrap paper. 

* Ink up the blending brush with Balmy Blue ink. Blend in Balmy blue along the tree branch and around the bird house.

* Stamp the sentiments in the lower right hand side of the card panels using Crumb Cake ink.

* Center the focal panel on the So Saffron cardstock, and adhere this piece to the Crumb Cake card base.

* Stamp the poles and birdhouses with Crumb Cake ink on a piece of Basic White cardstock. Color the poles with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends.

* Color each birdhouse with Stampin’ Blends markers. From left to right - I used So Saffron with Balmy Blue, for the next one - Gray Granite for the roof, Crumb Cake (light) and Gray Granite (light) for the rest of the birdhouse, and for the last birdhouse - for the roof I used Crumb Cake (light) with the Color Lifter, on the main part of the birdhouse I used Pale Papaya (light and dark), for the door and area directly above it I used Balmy Blue (light).

* For the flowers I used Fresh Freesia and Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Write markers to color directly on the stamp, and used Granny Apple Green for the stems. Stamp across.

Use the grass stamp and Granny Apple Green ink and stamp twice, reink stamp twice, across.

* Ink up a blending brush with Pool Party and rub it lightly over the cardstock to create the sky. 

* ink up the blending brush with Balmy Blue ink and apply ink along the poles and above the birdhouses.

* Stamp the “hello” in the upper left corner of the panel with Crumb Cake ink.

* Adhere the focal piece to the So Saffron card base, then adhere the piece to the crumb cake card base.

These cards do go together quickly I made both of these from start to finish in just under 30 minutes. I really like the way the blending brushes can be used to create a soft colored sky. I hope you give the blending brushes a try.

That’s it for today. Thank you for stopping by. Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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