Life is 'tweet'

When I saw the Tweet Life stamp set and layering stencils (Concord and 9th) last year, I knew I would get them. I had to wait a while -- they never seemed to be both in stock when I thought about ordering -- but now that I have them, I know they'll make some adorable cards. Here are my first two:

I wanted to keep these first cards clean and simple, so I used white card bases and did my stenciling directly on the cards. For the large bird, I went with a bright, bold magenta and purple -- not a usual color choice for me. When the stenciling was done, I used the stamp set to add the black beak and eye, brown legs (though I think I should have made those black, too), some tone-on-tone details, and the sentiments. I felt like I needed some white on the bird, so I used a gel pen to draw a few accents. The purple ink on the wing was so strong that it absorbed into the white. I went over those parts again, but they still have a little purple tinge. I finished the card with three purple sequins.

For the second card I used a more familiar color palette -- yellow, green, and blue. The stencils make all nine birds at once, but it would be easy to do just one row or even a single small bird. I used sticky notes to cover parts of the stencil so I could make the birds in each row and column a different color. After stenciling, I again used the stamp set to add details and a sentiment. The final touch again was a few sequins.

These products are really fun, and I'm looking forward to trying them with other layouts and color combinations. Thanks for stopping by!