Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Hi blog friends!  I thought that I would mix it up a bit today and show a card that was made about six months ago using the Spellbinders bird cage die set.  I didn't get very much time to play with this die set as it had been added last minute to a show I was doing at the time.  I think I have four or five cards total that use this set (mixed in with my backlog of card samples) but it quite lovely.  I tried something different here and I was rather pleased with how it turned out.  I used the actual die as a stencil for my card.  I applied black soot distress ink through the die so that you get the very subtle hint of the birdcage on the background.  I used the bird die from the set and mounted it in the centre of the floral doily pieces in the corner of the card.  The back piece of background card was embossed using the floral embossing folder and I very lightly inked it around the edges with the black soot to bring the pattern into view.  I wanted to bring a bit more of the coral colour in to the card for balance  so I ruched the vintage ribbon down the side of the floral doily border and added a scrunched messy bow and a couple of black decorative pins as accents.  A fun technique to give a try sometime!  All for now,

Sue x