Here birdie, birdie, birdie!

I LOVE my new Hero Arts birds! I've had my eye on these fabulous stamps for a little while now. For a month or so, none of my local stores had them, and the only place to buy them was on the Hero Arts website. I held out, and I'm glad I did! I found them last week at my local stamp store! Woo-hoo! I was thrilled! Aren't they adorable?

There is going to be so many ways I can use these little ones. For this card, I decided to paper piece the birds. But first, I found some green scrap designer paper and laid it on a piece of Whisper White cardstock to simulate "grass". Then I did a blue colorwash above the grass for the blue sky (I used Ballet Blue). Then I stamped each bird once on the card with Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan.

Next, I stamped each bird numerous times on different pieces of scrap designer papers (here's a plug for using up those scraps ladies!), and then cut them up piece by piece and glued them randomly on each bird that was on the card. My sun is the flower from my new Martha punch, which I am in love with. I've been using it alot lately! I outlined each bird with my Sakura glitter pen for a little bling. The butterfly I had sitting on my desk from another project a long time ago. I knew it would come in handy some day! It is embossed in gold and then I watercolored it with Lovely Lilac. The sentiment is from Edgy Eloquence. I picture the birds as a gaggle of girlfriends, so the sentiment is perfect to reflect that! Where would we be without our girlfriends? Crying alone, that's for sure!

I have to share a funny with you that happened to me last week. Have you ever stamped something for your card, and then it disappeared from your sight right in front of your eyes? Well, usually, I can eventually find what I was looking for, but last week, I COULD NOT find one of the margarita cards I had just made (I usually make 4 of every design). Well, I did eventually find it, but guess where? I found it on the back side of the card I was currently putting together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That' right, I glued a margarita layout to BOTH sides of ONE card!! I totally didn't notice it right away. It just felt sort of "heavy" for a card. Then I flip it over and there was the layout that had disappeared before my eyes a tish earlier!!!! What a goofball I am!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had never done that before! I got a good chuckle out of it! I mean, you just have to laugh when stuff like this happens! I took a picture of it so you would know exactly what happened.....Classic, isn't it?

Well, I don't have much going on today. It's supposed to rain all day, so I'll be able to get a little work done in the stamp room. I plan on participating in Julee's card sketch, but that's about it. Did you see her new card today using her new sketch? OMG, it's beautiful!

Have a great one!
Amy