Memory Box has several beautiful flourish stamps and birds, and I thought I would try and combine the two for fun! So, I grabbed my stamps and my Rhubarb Tart papers and got to work!
To create my "branch," I stamped the Memory Box Grandiose Border stamp {E1038} onto kraft colored paper, and then I cut it out. I mounted my "branch" to a piece of corrugated cardboard to give it a "rough" look.
Then I stamped my bird onto the same kraft colored paper and colored in my bird with my Copic markers. I added a Memory Box jewel sticker for the bird's eye.
For my card base, I used a Memory Box Meadow notecard {22026}. I then trimmed one of the beautiful green papers from the Rhubarb Tart pack and rounded the corners of both the patterned paper and notecard. Next, I took another piece of patterned paper and tore it to fit the card. I made it slightly larger than the cardboard piece so that you could see the contrasting paper. Then I set the bird on the branch, added some hemp, and there you have my completed card.
Papers: Memory Box Co. Rhubarb Tart and Meadow notecard (22026), PTI
Stamps: Memory Box Co. Grandiose Border (E1038), Memory Box Co. Swirl Bird (C1047)
Stamp Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk dark brown and creamy brown
Embellishments: hemp from Hobby Lobby, Copic markers Y21 and Y26, Memory Box Co. jewel stickers sparkling diamond, Dymo labeler
I hope you enjoyed this, and you really should try using a flourish as a branch! Fun, fun! Thanks for stopping by, and have a blessed Tuesday!
What a cute card!! What a great use for flourish stamps. I have several and never know what to do with them. Now I do. Thanks!
Posted by: Stephanie | 04/14/2009 at 04:46 PM
Love this! Great idea to use the flourish this way.
Posted by: Jennifer | 04/15/2009 at 08:15 PM
Great idea for flourish stamp..love the look of this card.
Posted by: Karen Jorgensen | 04/16/2009 at 10:22 AM
what a beautiful card! i really love the use of the corrugated cardboard. if i didint already love the memorybox line your use of them would do the trick. :)
Posted by: shelly bobrowski | 04/17/2009 at 12:06 PM