Hummingbird card

This week's Color Throwdown combo gave me the perfect excuse to try out some new-to-me dies and inks. Love this vivid combo, so tropical and summery. Here's my card: As I wanted the bird to be the focal point, I chose embossing rather than stamping for the flowers. For the same reason I stamped the sentiment directly on the card in a light colour, rather than raising it on a separate piece of card. Plain white looked nice for the card base but I felt this lovely light yellow enhanced the…

I'm linking up this card to two challenges: The Flower Challenge 71--Circle/Circles, and Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge for August which is Anything Goes. The circle diecut is from an old deckle edge set that is so old, I don't remember the company I bought it from. I want to say it's from Papertrey Ink but there was no packaging so maybe it's not. Lil' Inkers, maybe? I miss that company. Here's a closer look at the diecut. If anyone knows where it's from, I'd be much obliged. It came in…

Compensated affiliate links may be used - these are at no extra cost to you. No posts are paid or sponsored. I appreciate your support! The new release from Spellbinders is called Bibi's Hummingbirds. It includes heaps of gorgeous dies - I used the Hummingbird and Lily dies on this card. Instead of die cutting heaps of different colours, I cut all of the pieces from white cardstock and added my own colour using Distress Oxide inks. Thanks for visiting :)

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Spellbnders Bibis Hummingbird die, colored cardstock and alcohol ink markers.

Hello there, today I have a card to share with you using the new Layered Hummingbird die from Simon Says Stamp. It is part of their new Dream Big release which is out today. This hummingbird is so pretty, it layers up really easily and is a great size for a focal point. PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure. I started off by die cutting the Simon Says Stamp Layered Hummingbird Die from white cardstock. The die cuts all of the layers at once…

Check out this stunning hummingbird card from the Stampin Up A Touch of Ink Sale-a-bration stamp set. The images are colored with Stampin' Blends markers. Pearl Jewels are the perfect finishing touch on the flowers.