Today, I’m sharing a masculine birthday card using KLM Digital Design – Birds Nest Gnome from the new December release. This image also comes with 2 more sentiments, “Spread your wings & fly” and “Just popping in to say hello“. It looks like this little birdie told all of his friends too because they’re all ready to party with their hats on. LOL!
Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock was used to create a 5.5″ x 4.25″ card base. I cut the paper from Doodlebug Design Inc. – Party Time paper pack to the sizes of 5.5″ x .75″ and 5.5″ x 3.5″ and applied them directly to the base card. .5″ x 4.25″ was applied across the bottom and the thin stripe is 4-7/8″ x 1/8″. The edges were inked around the card using Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire.
The image and sentiment were imported into Microsoft Word and printed out onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. Using a Cuttlebug, I die cut the image using Lawn Fawn – Zig Zag Rectangle Stackables. The image was coloured in with Copic Markers listed below and then popped up onto the base using U-Line double-sided foam tape. The sentiment was fussy cut and then applied with glue to a scrap piece of navy blue cardstock. Once again, I fussy cut around it and then applied U-Line double-sided foam tape and popped it up onto the card. Lastly, I added some Stickles – Diamond to the pompoms on the hats.
Card Recipe:
Stamp and Sentiment: KLM Digital Design – Birds Nest Gnome
Inks: HP Printer Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Chipped Sapphire
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb., Doodlebug Design Inc. – Party Time (6″ x 6″)
Dies: Lawn Fawn – Zig Zag Rectangle Stackables
Miscellaneous: U-Line double-sided foam tape, Cuttlebug, Stickles – Diamond
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000
Beard: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12
Shoes: E27, E25, E23, E21
Clothing: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, B93, B52, B45
Hat: R46, R14, R08
Bird: E35, E34, E31, R02, R00
Egg and Nest: B00, Y26, Y23, Y21, E23
Sky and Clouds: B60, B04, B02, B01, B00, C00
Grass: G16, YG25, YG23
Hope you like it and have a great week!
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