All occasion card featuring birds, a bit of torn sheet music and some decorative paper flags

I started this A2 sized card with a medium blue card and added the barn board decorative paper (Pixabay) trimmed to leave a even border all the way around.  I added a strip of torn music sheet across the card just above the middle.  I dug through my blue decorative paper stash and found three scraps that coordinated nicely.  I auditioned them on my card front, trimmed them to length and then fishtailed their bottoms before adhering them into place.  The bird image is a colour printed digital from Pixabay which I printed onto white cardstock.  I printed several while I was at it and trimmed them from the sheet.  I adhered the birds to the front of my card over the other elements using 3D foam tape.  Love how this one came together.  

Therese

All occasion card featuring little birds on a branch, a torn strip of sheet music, ribbon and a watercoloured background

For this A2 card I started with a blue card.  I watercoloured a piece of floral decorative paper with blue to make it look like sky.  I trimmed out my background after it was dry.  It has been my experience with this paper in particular and others in general that an application of a liquid medium like watercolour will make it shrink some so I trim it after colouring.  I added a torn and sponged strip of music sheet near the middle and a length of black ribbon vertically to which I had tied a shorter length using a single knot.  This very nicely simulates the look of a bow without the bulk which is great for when you are mailing a card.  I added the trimmed bird image (colour printed  - Pixabay) over the ribbon and music sheet strip using 3D foam tape.    Love those little birds!!       Therese

 

SISTER STASH - All occasion card featuring a beautiful sunflower photo, a pieced background and some ribbon with three eyelets

This card features another photo from one of the calendars my sister, Sylvia, gave me.  

Again, | started with a large brown card to fit my other sister's envelopes.  I added a colourful background using decorative papers in bright and deep orange along with a piece of embossed black cardstock.  I layered the 4" x 4" photo of the sunflower with amber vellum and mounted it to my card front using 3D foam tape.  I added a strip of the same vellum below the photo, added a piece of brown grosgrain ribbon and folded both to the back on the right and secured the ends with double sided tape.   I fish tailed the other end of the ribbon and secured all the layers with tape and glue.  For interest and texture I added three gold eyelets on the ribbon using my Crop-a-dile.  I adhered this large element to my brown card front to finish off my card.    Therese