Early Morning Bird Song--#tgifc266

It is inspiration challenge week at TGIF Challenges.  My card today was inspired not only by the vellum die cuts TGIF Challenge but also my early morning walks. We've got lots of different birds nesting in our big yard full of brush and oak trees and they have been singing joyfully early in the mornings when Roxie and I take our morning stroll.  We used to have a pair of bluebirds, but they have not been around for a long time (we also have owls and hawks).  I decided to color my 4 little bird chicks image from Free as a Bird stamp set (#149468) Pool Party in honor of the bluebirds:

I wanted to evoke an image of birds singing from the trees, so I created an background for that purpose.  I stamped the leaf image from Free as a Bird randomly over a piece of Whisper White card stock with VersaMark ink, heat embossed it with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder (#109130) and then used a Sponge Brayer (#141714) to layer on Old Olive ink.  

I stamped the bird image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored it with Pool Party combo, Soft Suede combo, Old Olive combo, Mango Melody combo and So Saffron Light Stampin Blends.  I stamped five more leaf images on Vellum card stock (#101856), embossed them with White Stampin' Emboss Powder (#109132), fussy cut them out and colored the backs with an Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends marker.  I adhered these to the back of the fussy cut bird image.  This piece was layered over a Vellum Nested Label die cut with one of the Stitched Nested Label dies (#149638).  

The greeting was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and fussy cut.  A Whisper White thick card base, a layer of Pool Party card stock and three Pool Party rhinestones from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels pack (#150457) complete the card.

Go get some inspiration for the Vellum card stock sitting in your stash over at the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Hope you hear the singing birds this week!

--Sara Nell