A Two-step Stampin' Anniversary Card

On Friday 30th July, my hubby and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. Rather than go out for a romantic dinner for two, as originally planned, we decided to take the boys away for a camping weekend. That's a story for another day.. and another blog.. Meanwhile, here's the card I made for Gareth..

Supplies:

Cardstock - Kraft, Almost Amethyst, Very Vanilla

Stamps - Bird on a Branch, Fun & Fast Notes

Inks - Almost Amethyst, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Lavender Lace, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa

Other - Linen Thread

Techniques:

• I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the flowers precisely on the branch.
• The flower stamp on the main image was inked with a combination of inks to give a variety of colours.
• I used the 'rock & roll' technique to ink up the purple bird first with Almost Amethyst, then rolled the Perfect Plum ink pad along the head and tail of the bird.
• I stamped the greeting by masking off each word in turn with a Post-it Note and using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to get each word exactly where I wanted it.
• The birds were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock, cut out and the purple one mounted on a foam pad, overlapping the red one.

Thanks for looking!

Sarah x