Spring Birds

The birds are beginning to return. Spring is on the way. 

When I am lacking mojo, I go to the SU catalogue for inspiration. . This one is cased from page 85 in the big catalogue. I did the stepped up version.

The cardstock is Cinnamon Cider. Over that is a scrap piece of textured vellum. Then I cut an end off the medium sized stitched label and stamped some branches across it. I stamped the same branch (an unlabeled one) on a scrap of white cardstock and die cut it with stitched rectangle. I know the flowers are supposed to be cherry blossoms, which are pink, but I like yellow with the cinnamon so I colored the branch with SU blender pens in daffodil delight and dark crumb cake. I punched out yellow flowers and colored orange centers. The hello is an old SU stamp in Crumb Cake, fussy cut and popped up with foam tape. The bird is fussy cut from the sheet of birds DSP in the Bird Ballard series. I added a little raffia bow for even more of the nature feel.

Entering at The Paper Players challenge with this pretty spring photo

Also entering at Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippet challenge #398. Playing for that fabulous prize with the big oversized sentiments.

Entering too at The Library Craft Challenge

I might need to read this book to identify exactly what kind of bird is on my card.