Autumnal bird

I've been creating, but unfortunately the photos are on OH's camera so I'll post another card I made a while ago. The bird has been gently coloured using an aquapainter and ink, and a marker used to ink the sentiment (from the Oval All stamp set).



Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless stated):

• Stamps: Touch of Nature, Oval All
  
• Ink: black Stazon, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Always Artichoke
  
• Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa
• Other: Sweet Cider designer paper, Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Nestabilities (non-SU), brads (non-SU), Aqua Painter, dimensionals.

Fluttering butterflies

This card was inspired by one in an older Stampin' Up catalogue. The card base is sage with a strip of vanilla added to the bottom. The join is hidden by a piece of chocolate grosgrain ribbon which has been threaded with a piece of hardware. The sentiment is stamped in chocolate, and the bottom butterfly in sage. The butterfly above the ribbon has been stamped in chocolate on close to cocoa cardstock, then cut out and attached with dimensionals to give a bit of height. The flowers have been stamped in chocolate on vanilla cardstock, the centres coloured with sage ink and a watercolour pen, and placed onto the card (one of the flowers is also on dimensionals). If I was making this card again, I would probably use a background stamp (perhaps Canvas or En Francais) to add some texture.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

• Stamps: Touch of Nature
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow
• Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa
• Other: 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware