I made this card for my daughter and her DH for their anniversary. I chose a burnt orange card and a coordinating decorative paper trimmed to leave a bit of a border. I wanted to frame the focal element but the paper was too beautiful to cover up so I used vellum to give the effect I wanted without losing the look of the paper. I stamped my "Blessings" greeting on the top portion of my decorative paper in copper and found that it blended too much so I reheated it and added gold which was much better - still subtle but visible. I added the vellum frame which I created using a rectangle Nestabilities and then trimmed the outside edge with a wavy blade in a rotary cutter. I attached it to my background using four tiny antique gold brads. I die cut the little birds on a branch from ivory cardstock and then watercoloured the birds to reflect some of the blue in the background. I mounted the die cut with some pieces over the vellum and others behind using small pieces of 3D foam tape behind the birds. I was then able to add white glue using a fine tip applicator behind the main branch to secure it in place. I used white glue to adhere the wings to the birds and the hearts around the greeting. The little birds are very cute and I love how well they coloured. I did add a bit of black cardstock behind the heads to get the eye to be black and also coloured their beaks black with a marker. Therese
