It is a male friends birthday this week and as he is a keen birdwatcher I dug through my unused stamps to find something suitable. I didn't want to send a realistic looking bird as I knew my knowledge of birds wasn't up to accuracy in colouring so I settled on this Tim Holtz set. For some reason the stamps were not in a packet so I don't know what they are called. I heat embossed the background using an unused tub of gunmetal coloured embossing powder (unlabelled) which didn't work at all as I was expecting. Perhaps it wasn't embossing powder? But it gave quite a nice masculine background to show off a stamped and fussy cut bird and sentiment. While making this card I remembered another birthday that I had forgotten so quickly made the second card to get delivered today.
Sticking to my new year resolution I had to make a decision about the stamps and decided that while I liked them, they had limited use and have gone in the swap box, and the embossing powder in the bin!
Hi Karen, they're called Crazy Birds, I love them, they make such great cards. Love these you made.Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz #6 X
ReplyDeleteThanks for info Shaz. I swapped them yesterday with a friend, so I know where they are if I need them again. I gained a Lavinia stamp, so I think we were both winners!
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