Birdsongs

When I pulled out the new “Birdsongs” stamps and dies (Papertrey Ink) over the weekend, I die cut a pile of birds, leaves and flowers. Yesterday I put a few together to make two cards, one for a friend’s birthday and the other for a friend who is recovering from surgery.

One of the things I loved about this set were the selection of song banners for a variety of occasions.

There wasn’t, however, any sentiment for a get well card, so I went to one of the Simon Says sets, “Friendship Messages” for the greeting on the front of the card.

Both cards use a Hero Arts kraft ready-made card and a variety of cardstock from Papertrey Ink:  Pure Poppy, TerraCotta Tile, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado, and Simply Chartreuse. I backed the birds for some of the cut-outs and inlaid some of the pieces. That’s a bit time-consuming (the pieces are tiny, but worth the effort. I used a black Sharpie marker to color in the eye of both birds.