Large all occasion cards featuring decorative paper, sanded white core cardstock, foil and little birds

Still making cards for donation and for this set I used the same deep aqua and yellow as the last set.  The deep aqua are 4" x 4" with the yellow layers being larger.  I created white cards to fit in some large envelopes from my stash.  The foil layer on the first was punched with a 1.75" circle punch (SU) and the punchie used on the second card.  I embossed both pieces of aqua white core cardstock (distressed lines - CB on the first, D'vine Swirl - CB on the second) and sanded them.  I rounded the corners on the first one.  I rounded the corner on the foil layer as well before mounting it on my card along with the aqua piece.  The little birds were created using punched pieces from a bird punch from Stampin UP.  I punched the birds from yellow cardstock and watercoloured them, added eyes with a black marker and the beaks with a yellow gel pen which I embellished with a lead pencil to give them a bit more definition.  I punched the wings from teal cardstock scraps and embossed them before adhering them to the birds.  The punch includes a branch with leaves but it seemed too flimsy so I used Tim Holtz - Branch Tree die (SIZZIX) and cut a couple branches using green scraps of cardstock and watercoloured them before adhering to my layers and them trimming them to the edge.  I adhered my birds to the foil with double sided tape and then used 3D foam tape to adhere these focal elements to my card fronts.   I really enjoying making up these little birds and they were just the right size for these cards.  Therese