Today's card is another one for my Mommy. I love hummingbirds, and she helps support my crazy habit. She has sent me some fun things that have hummingbirds on them. So, I made her a card with one of the funnest birds there is! Here is the card.
I was inspired by a hummingbird card I saw online by the Local King Rubber Stamp company. I used that inspiration for this card. I stamped some flowers from the Hummingbirds stamp set from Stampendous with Versamark Ink onto colored cardstock, after treating it with my Anti Static Bag. I sprinkled on Sparkle N Sprinkle's Black Detail embossing powder, and heat set it. I also ink blended some green and blue inks over the flowers and leaves to make the images a little more fun. I also stamped out the hummingbird on white cardstock, with black ink. I blended ink over the hummingbird with Distress Inks, then die cut it out with the matching dies. I also die cut the hummingbird die from the colored cardstock panel to create a negative space of the hummingbird, so that I could inlay the hummingbird. After ink blending the hummer, I covered it with Wink of Stella clear to give it a little shine. This photo doesn't quite show how sparkly the bird is in real life.
I also stamped out a sentiment from Sparkle N Sprinkle's Hummingbird 1 stamp set with Versamark Ink and heat set it. I sprinkled on White Detail embossing powder and heat set it. The white embossing helped tie the white of the hummingbird together.
I also made a matching envelope. I colored the stamps with Distress Inks and stamped the images onto the envelope. I used the same two colors I used for ink blending, and wasn't really precise where I applied the ink colors. This gave the image some color and helped connect the envelope to the card. I love to do a matching envelope, and this one was a lot of fun.
Hummingbirds are gorgeous and have such character. They are fun to watch and I really enjoy them. I know Mom will like this card, and she will know that I was thinking of her when I made it.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a magical day!
-Chris
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I was inspired by a hummingbird card I saw online by the Local King Rubber Stamp company. I used that inspiration for this card. I stamped some flowers from the Hummingbirds stamp set from Stampendous with Versamark Ink onto colored cardstock, after treating it with my Anti Static Bag. I sprinkled on Sparkle N Sprinkle's Black Detail embossing powder, and heat set it. I also ink blended some green and blue inks over the flowers and leaves to make the images a little more fun. I also stamped out the hummingbird on white cardstock, with black ink. I blended ink over the hummingbird with Distress Inks, then die cut it out with the matching dies. I also die cut the hummingbird die from the colored cardstock panel to create a negative space of the hummingbird, so that I could inlay the hummingbird. After ink blending the hummer, I covered it with Wink of Stella clear to give it a little shine. This photo doesn't quite show how sparkly the bird is in real life.
I also stamped out a sentiment from Sparkle N Sprinkle's Hummingbird 1 stamp set with Versamark Ink and heat set it. I sprinkled on White Detail embossing powder and heat set it. The white embossing helped tie the white of the hummingbird together.
I also made a matching envelope. I colored the stamps with Distress Inks and stamped the images onto the envelope. I used the same two colors I used for ink blending, and wasn't really precise where I applied the ink colors. This gave the image some color and helped connect the envelope to the card. I love to do a matching envelope, and this one was a lot of fun.
Hummingbirds are gorgeous and have such character. They are fun to watch and I really enjoy them. I know Mom will like this card, and she will know that I was thinking of her when I made it.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a magical day!
-Chris
Sparkle N Sprinkle compensated links are used when possible.
