Hello, Friends...

I've wanted to play with this Spellbinders birdcage die for quite a while...but for some reason it just didn't happen until now, and I'm not really sure why.  After cutting it from black textured Bazzill and dry embossing it, I lightly applied some gold accent paste and a few dark brown pearls for texture.  I decided to put flowers inside the cage, because, well, I'm apparently addicted to using flowers on my cards (just in case you haven't ever noticed. LOL).  I intentionally left off any sentiment, but I think it will be a wonderful birthday card one of these days, and attaching a sentiment tag off the bow is an easy add.

Supplies:

Patterned papers: Echo Park For the Record collection (black dot & teal pattern);

Crate Paper Blue Hill Collection/Cloud (teal dot)

Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary Shapabilities      Gold Paste: Viva Inka-Gold/Old Gold color

Spellbinders Labels 8 die      Pearls: Recollections      Hug Snug seam binding

Paper flowers: Viola Mahr      Fern & Leaf punches: McGill

This next card uses another of the little mini-collages I made using clipart from The Vintage Workshop blog and Karen at The Graphics Fairy:

A view of the inside...

Supplies:

Patterned papers: Echo Park Victoria Gardens collection (patterned stripe and coral);

Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden collection (green solid)

Edge die: Tim Holtz On the Edge/Brackets      Cotton lace: LittleRedCottage on Etsy      Pearls: Recollections

Clipart:  Floral: The Graphics Fairy   Postcard background text: The Vintage Workshop blog

Pearl & crystal flourish: Prima      Mini rose & tulle trim: Maya Road      Hug Snug seam binding

Sentiment Stamp: Hero Arts      Handcrafted stick pin using Maya Road heart stick pin base

I'm heading off tomorrow to my Mom's to help her celebrate her birthday...and taking up an ice-box cake (because we're all ignoring any diets tomorrow-LOL).

Thanks for stopping in!