Betsy’s Springtime New Baby card

Hello everyone!  Is everyone getting a big dose of spring?  I hope so.  The winter seemed harsh this year but spring is here!  I’ve made a fun project today using the Animal Pals: Owls stamp Set and the Signs of Spring stamp set.  Let me show you how I made my card.

I composed my images and used a background from Weekend At Home, which is all background paper.  All along I was going to make this a spring card – and use a sentiment like Happy Spring or Spring Greetings.  So, I used the tree from the Animal Pals: Owls and it has a large hole in the middle of it.  I composed my card panel so that the tree would be over to the right far enough to just get a sliver of the tree hole.  I used the artistic effects on the background to get the sky to fade on the left.  I also altered the color of the sky in the computer before I printed it out onto white card stock.

Time to start coloring – always my favorite part!!  I wanted to keep the coloring light and springy so I didn’t darken as I normally would. 

I colored the nest, then the tree bark and then the leaves.  Then I got to the birds.  I colored them and didn’t like them at all.  So I reprinted the panel in black and white and colored them again to fussy cut and adhere over the original ones.  Those didn’t come out good either.  Finally I decided to printed them out onto patterned paper.  I used a peachy color with white flecks.  Then I shaded with soft reds.  I cut them out and adhered them over the original ones.  Finally they looked good!

My intention for the sentiment was to refer to spring.  That didn’t happen either.   This poor card was kind of going sideways!  I did find the sentiment that I used in my stash and used a die from my stash.  So, it became a pregnant/baby congrats card instead. 

I die cut some clouds with a die from my stash and cut off 2 of them so that they would all not look the same.  I used Enamel Accents for tiny green dots around the leaves of the trees and I used Glossy Accents to put over the eggs.  I popped up the sentiment on foam tape and adhered my panel to a white top folding card base.  I used a white gel pen for a few highlights on the birds and my card was done!

I hope I’ve inspired you to create something pretty even when it starts to give you trouble.  It’s important to keep going!!!

Till next time…

Betsy

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