A Birdie says"I miss you" Card

A birdie says "I miss you"

I thought this was a cute title for such a cute card.  I will be sending this card to Operation Write Home.  I think they are doing such a great service to our heros serivcing in Iraq and Afaganstan and the families back home. I hope you will join me in making and sending cards to OWH and our heros. As a matter of fact, for those in the Texarkana area, I am holding a free card class on January 30.  You can check out that post for more details.  I hope to see you all there. 

Recipe

Ingredients

• Tempting Turquoise cardstock 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 for card base. #102067
• Sweet Pea Designer Paper pack # 117161 I used the 2nd page in the pad  Cut at 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 and 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 ( it is the front and back of the paper. I also used the next to the last set of patterns for the birdie.
• Scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock #101650 (Whisper White would work just as well too)
• Extra Large Two Step Bird punch #117191
• Curly Label punch #112208
• 1/16" punch #101227
• Vintage Label stamp set #118392 for wood mount or #119122 for clear mount ( You can't buy this set but you can get it FREE because it is a Sale-a-bration set)
• Three Little Words Stamp set #113254 ( you can buy this or you can earn it free through Sale-a-bration)
• Stamping Sponges #101610 (Sponge Daubers ould work too)
• Snail Adhesive #104332
• Stampin Dimensionals #104430
• Chocoalte Chip Classic ink pad #100908
• Old Olive Classic ink pad # 102277
• Bone Folder #102300
• post it notes the regular size *

That is actually a pretty short ingredients list for me.  Okay on to the directions.
Directions

• First I started by using the snail to adhere the cut pieces on the front of the card.  Pretty easy stuff.
• Then I took a post it note and using the Extra Large Two Step Bird punch to punch out the post it. 

• Then I laid it out on the bottom piece of paper kind of centered for the first one.
• Take the Stampin Sponge ( cut mine in to small slices), and daub it in the Chocolate Chip Classic stamp pad to load it.  Then like you are stenciling daub and scrub in circles to get the branch area colored in.
• Use the same process with Old Olive and a clean piece of sponge for the leaves on it. 
• Then move the post it to where you want the second branch and repeat the last two steps.
• Next punch out the next to last set of paper in the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper pad  with the teal facing you.  Then with the polka dots facing you just punch the leaf. (remember if you use the stamp face up you can see and position your paper in the punch to use as little as possible paper and know exactly what you are punching)
• Next take the sponge with the Chocolate Chip ink on it and just lightly run it along the edges of the birds body and teal wing.  Then do the same for the polka dot wing.  Also do a little lightly of the tip of the teal wing and a little around the edges to make it darker and kind of appear to be shaded.
• Next adhere the teal wing to the back of the bird with the teal facing up.
• Then with a Stampin Dimensional adhere the polka dot wing to the front of the bird
• Then in a corner of the post it note punch a whole with the 1/16" punch and place it down where the eye should be and use the Chocolate Chip sponge ( you should have enough left on the sponge without having to ink it again)
• Now with the Snail  adhere you birdie to the card.
• On the scrap of Very Vanilla, stamp the curly label stamp in Old Olive. 
• Then you punch the label out with the Curly Label punch.
• Stamp I Miss You with the stamp from Three Little Words set in Chocolate Chip ink
• Finally with the Stampin Dimensionals adhere the Curly Label to the card in the upper left corner.

It seems like a lot but it turns out so cute.

I really hope you like it and will create your own versions of this card.  Because it is just that darn cute.

Have a wonderfully blessed day.
Misti