Happy Finches

Hello again!  Back with a little garden scene made from a mix of products -- some used for the first time, some old favorites.  My friend asked me to make a card for her grandson's outdoor wedding.  I know this is not the typical wedding card, but she specifically asked that it be nature themed and somewhat rustic.  She loved it.

I should probably wear my strongest glasses and look through a super magnifying glass before I call anything done because the poor little birds appear to have been wallowing in the dirt.  I didn't notice that at all until I saw the photo, tsk tsk.  My friend apparently didn't notice either.  They are Penny Black Finches, sitting on a fence made from wood grain cardstock cut with the outline of the PB Happy Edger die, then scored every half inch and inked up to make it look more like a fence.  The big "happy" comes with the Happy Edger die.

Got to have some grass and overhanging branches in the garden, set against a sky of 49 & Market designer paper.  I used limited colors to avoid busyness.  The rhinestones in the same color add a bit of blingy shine without going over the top.

Coloring is a mix of inks and Tombow markers.  I added a stamped sentiment from the Penny Black Happy Builder set, then framed the works on a 5 1/4" card base.

I will play along in two challenges today:

The Four Seasons Challenge:  June, anything goes summer
NBUS Challenge #51.  My Penny Black dies and stamped sentiment are used for the first time.

 

Thank you!

Stamps:  Penny Black Happy Builder  Paper:  Arches 140 lb hot press watercolor, 111 lb wood grain cardstock, tan Bazzill, 49 & Market Sky mini collection designer paper  Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa and Toffee Crunch, SU Blue Bayou & Wild Wasabi, Tombow markers  Dies:  Penny Black Happy Edger, Penny Black Finches, Poppystamps Leaf Sprig Border, Impression Obsession Grass, Spellbinders squares and rectangle  Other:  Kaiser Rhinestones