Magnolia Branch with Bird

Hello, friends!  The Triple B Challenge -- birds, blooms, or butterflies (or all three) -- inspired me to stop sitting on my Memory Box Curved Magnolia Branch and put it on a card.   It's another mix of old and new.  I do have some new bird dies, but today I used an older well-loved bird which I thought fit nicely with the branch.  I backed it up with some die cut wood grain and added a new-to-me Cottage Cutz sentiment.

I lightly stamped the retired SU French Script background on the card base, and SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds splatter stamp on the bird and sentiment.  All dies were cut from watercolor paper, loosely colored with Tombow markers, and then spritzed with water from a spray bottle.  It's a quick process and I rather like the way it blends the inks.  The dies are all layered to give dimension without being too bulky to mail in an envelope.  This is a one-postage-stamp card.

Finished with white acrylic paint splatters just because I like the way it looks.

I think that covers it.  I'm sticking to one challenge at a time, plus the NBUS challenge if applicable.  My head is too full of Life Things these days to try to keep track of more.

Triple B Challenge -- Birds, Blooms, and Butterflies
NBUS Challenge #50.  Never before used schtuff  -- Memory Box Curved Magnolia Branch, and Cottage Cutz Hello w/Shadow

I love spending mornings in my happy place and it's even better when my friends (you!) come to visit.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  SU French Script Background on card base, SU Itty Bitty Background splatter stamp on bird and sentiment  Paper:  Arches 140 lb hot press watercolor, grocer's kraft, SU Old Olive  Ink:  Memento Toffee Crunch and Rich Cocoa, SU Rose Red for splatter stamp on sentiment  Coloring:  Tombow markers spritzed with water after coloring, white acrylic paint for splatters  Dies:  Memory Box Curved Magnolia Branch, Memory Box Finnegan Fronds bird, Memory Box Wood Grain Planks, Cottage Cutz Hello w/Shadow