Here, Birdie.

Hello dear friends and readers,

First day of Spring, and I do not believe this weather does justice. I am sure we are all ready for some nice warm weather to enjoy the outdoors and have some fresh air throughout the house. I know all the creatures out there are ready for it too.

Birds are coming already and I can hear them in the morning and see them busy at work getting ready for their matting season. I love the birds. Can you tell?

For the DoStamper Stars 274 I could not help but select birds for the card. The images are from Best Birds which has a matching framelits, got love that. This is a simple to make card, just take a few steps. The background was sponged using So Saffron, Soft Suede, and Bermuda Bay. I kept it light, because I just did not want a complete white background. The bird was stamped, colored, then cut. I used some Prismacolor pencils color it, since I did not want to water color. The small flowers are also part of the set and those I colored the center of them using our Watercolor Pencil and used a wet brush to give the color it full value and to spread around a bit. I love how they turned out. If you like to color images that you will cut out, I strongly suggest that you color first, then cut. You will have some surface to hold on to and that will make coloring a breeze.

Thank you for visiting today. Be well

Miriam



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Spring Sampler

The first day of Spring has arrived and it appears that brought Spring weather along. Beautiful sunny days has bathed us and the birds are happy making nests, singing, dancing in the air. What a blessing to wake up, hear this wonderfully beautiful music, seeing all the beauty around us, and having an eternal hope for a fantastic season.

In a glorious homage to Spring, I made this card to participate in the DoStamper Stars 223. A sampler of what Spring will bring forth. The Best Birds stamp set provided the beautiful and delicate cherry blossom, the Detailed Dragonfly thinlits gave the bee new heights;  the Birds & Blossoms thinlits brought the bird in search for the ideal place for its new nest; the Flourish thinlits reminded us of all the leaves that soon will show its spectacular hues of green; the Beautiful Wings Embossilit, retired, but still fantastic, gave me the right size butterfly, and the final touch came from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, also retired. All of them perfectly nested in the Swirly Scribbles thinlits. Oh, I love Spring and Summer. I have been watching a couple of birds making a nest in our back porch. They are busy at work and we sure are happy and honored to have them so close to us.

Thank you so much for visiting today. Happy Spring to all. Be well

Miriam




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Gentle Pastels.

Greetings my dear readers and friends. This has been a very windy week, and one can only take so much of this. The birds are nowhere to be seen, and I am doing the same. Staying put and not enjoying the wind blowing through. One of the panels on my fence were blown away and is now on the ground. I sure hope the wind dies down very soon.

Well, I let my Best Birds out of the case and made this beautiful and gentle card. The soft pastels colors of the inspiration were so beautiful and it made me think of the early Spring colors that are normally so gentle but bring so much happiness to our hearts. I have a friend going through some difficult time, so I think this card will bring her a bit of tenderness. I did not cut out every branch, instead I stamped them directly onto the Very Vanilla base and cut one out, coloring them all and the bird with with the beautiful new Watercolor Pencils a bit darker than the other. The bird was also cut out using the matching Birds & Blooms thinlits and both were popped up using Dimensional. This a quick, simple, but very pretty card that can be put together in no time.

Thank you for coming over. I hope you enjoyed the project and found inspirations to create something beautiful. Be well

Miriam



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