Little Birdie for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

This is one of the cards that made an appearance on the Leonie Let Loose show last Wednesday.
I started with a square of Sheena's stamping card and coloured it with Distress Inks

I built up a scene with Leonie's stamps and black Archival ink  - starting with the branch from the Branching out set

To make it extend off the side I turned the branch around and stamped it again.
The large and small paisley stamps from the Inky Notes set make the bodies of my birds.

'Paint' the inside of the paisleys with water and blot with kitchen towel to remove the colour.
I drew in legs and beaks with a fineliner pen

and added black pearls for the eyes

Add on leaves (also from the Branching out set) :-

I matted and layered it on black card and a Prima paper (Paper Firefly)

 To finish off I printed a sentiment from my computer, cut it up and outlined it. I doodled on a couple of musical notes and added feathers cut with a Joy Crafts die

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Cardz 4 Galz # 21 Include a Button or 2 or More
Fussy and Fancy #163 - Birthdays
Kitty Bee Designs #71 - Girly Cards
 The Crazy Challenge #222 – Three layers or more
Pile It On  #107 - Garden Creatures
The Ribbon Girls May card challenge
Crafty Friends Challenge #31 - In the Garden
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge #168 Favourite Colour Combination - I love pink, orange and yellow together, especially now we're approaching summer
 As You Like It Challenge Favourite Patterned or Embossed papers (And WHY) - Patterned papers win hands-down - with the right colours and/or pattern they can really finish a card off perfectly.


For more ideas do visit the blogs of the other design team members
 Nick - http://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.co.uk
Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk &
Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk 

and of course Leonie's own blog  http://leoniepujol.blogspot.co.uk/
 
Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x