Nesting Bird {Dies R Us} {Sparkle N Sprinkle} {Digital Tutorial}

Greetings, Crafty Friends!

Welcome to my first post as a new Dies R Us Inspiration Design Team Member!

Have you ever... ?

Have you ever planned a design in your head, and then made one boo-boo after another so that your project ends up completely different?

 THAT'S what happened with this card.

LOTS of boo-boos (giggle)

Dies R Us  is an on-line store carrying a huge assortment of amazing dies by several manufacturers.

I hope you enjoy today's oh-so-ugly project (giggle)...

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My card uses the following Dies R Us Products:

• Sue Wilson Pierced Rectangles
• Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large, Floral Ovals, Fleur de Elegance, 
• Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4, Labels 4, Card Creator Grate Effect 
• Memory Box Meridian Border
• Poppy Stamps Grassland Border
• Impression Obsession Grass

TIP:

Change the appearance of die cut "frames" by adding borders to them:

TIP:

It is not necessary to use the dies within a die set to create pretty frames. Change it up by using other dies (like circles, ovals or shapes) rather than what the manufacturer has put together.
This gives you the ability to create frames to suit your project needs:

TIP:

Mark frequently used dies to help expedite your crafting:

The Poppy Stamps Grassland Border does not have a cut edge on the bottom, making it ideal for wide borders of grassy layers, or turned upside down for icicles. It's a long die, but can be cut apart to use in patches (shown in the base of the card). It can also be fussy cut in a shape, shown in the sample below:

TIP:

How to customize the sizes of your panels while keeping the details of the dies (like the piercings on the Sue Wilson set):

Boo Boo Time!

While the stencil for the Fleur de Elegance die is beautifully detailed, I was displeased with the way the ink looked around the decorative portion of the die cut. It was too dark. To fix that, I resorted to glitter. Probably opaque white embossing powder would have been easier:

AFTER:

I used a very large transparent chunky glitter and SNS Waterfall Ultrafine Glitter to "distress" the problem area and hide the ink:

I slightly altered the SNS digital image to place greenery around the sentiment, and add greenery around the bird as well. View my TUTORIAL for altering and masking digital images, including using Apple products.

Other Products:

• Copic Markers: Y15, Y32, E00, E19, E43, E50, E35, E11, B0000, B00, B02, G0000, G00, YG03, YG11
• Images: Sparkle N Sprinkle Nesting Birds (digital set), Nesting Birds (rubber stamp set)
• Chunky Glitter, SNS ultrafine Waterfall glitter
• Embossalicious Regency Swirls by Die'Sire embossing folder
• Ribbons, Brad, Dye-base inks

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Animal Friends Challenge #37 "Birds" 5/1
2. Card Mania Challenge #79 "Spring" 5/1
3. Craft Your Passion #306 Anything Goes 4/10
4. Crafting for all Seasons - #123 Use Die Cuts/Punches 4/13
5. Crafty Boots Challenges (Mar 28) "Spring is in the Air" 4/10
6. Creative Card Crew #110 Die Cut (list of dies shown above) 4/18
7. Critters and Creatures Linky Party - Ellibelle's Creative Moments (April) "Critters and Creatures 5/2
8. Dies R Us Challenges #46 "Use Scallops" (scallop border at the top and bottom of the top card portion) 4/14
9. Doodle Pantry Challenge #16 Anything Goes 5/1
10. Love to Scrap #75 "The Big Bow Theory" 4/17
11. Ooh La La Creations Challenge #201 "Feathered Friends 4/10
12. Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge "Anything Goes With Wings" 4/13
13. Sisters of Craft (April) Anything Goes 5/1
14. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (April) "Anything Goes" 5/1
15. Where the Heart Is Challenge #8 "Sparkle and Bling" (Used lots of chunky and ultrafine glitter on the frame) 5/2
16. Word Art Wednesday #224-225 Anything Goes with an Uplifting Sentiment 4/13
17. The Ribbon Girls Anything Goes as Long as it is a Card 4/17

Thanks for stopping by today, my sweet friends.
hugs,