Thursday, May 31, 2012

June SOTM - Life is Tweet

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop! This month's stamp set Life is Tweet is a Limited Edition containing fifteen great stamps!  Check with your consultant to get this set before it is gone.

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I had some fun with easel cards this month.

Here is my first card:
Here is the open twisted easel card:
I used the Pemberly paper packet along with the Life is Tweet stamp set.  Check out those bird legs!  I cut off the stamped legs, kept the feet and attached knotted waxy flax pieces (had to keep the knobby knees) between the body and the feet with liquid glass.

Here is the second card:
This double twist easel card was made with paper from the Sophiacollection.
 
Here is the card opened up:
a detail shot:
The paper ribbons were made with colonial white paper scraps stamped with the border stamp, in three different colors, from the Life is Tweet set.

This is the final card - a double easel card:
I used the Sophia papers again. On the left side I colored in 'birthday', on the it's your birthday stamp, using markers to randomly stamp over the flowery paper.
The paper ribbons are on the front right of the card.
and one last detail:
Please keep hopping with Jen Rubio.