A Sneak Peek....Birthdays are Feathers in the Wings of Time

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great weekend so far!  Today I am sharing a card designed using the brand new stamp set, Woodpecker to be released on August 1 at Our Daily Bread Designs.

My husband Dave and I love to watch birds and the Red-Bellied Woodpecker is a frequent visitor to our suet and peanut feeders!  

They are a shy bird and extremely fun to watch, so I was thrilled to see this new Woodpecker stamp set in the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Release :-)

I am incorporating the Splitcoaststampers’ SC601 Sketch Challenge into the design along with the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #78 Jean's “B” Theme (Birthday, Button, Bow, Bird, Branch, Border).

 If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites or the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog yet, I would encourage you to visit soon- fabulous examples from all!!

To create this card:

Using the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Flourished Star Pattern Die, cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock as well as a piece of the ODBD Americana Quilt 6x6Paper Collection, cut the pieces in half (a bit larger than half for the Americana Quilt piece), mount the white die cut piece onto the top portion of a piece of brick red cardstock, add the Americana Quilt piece to the lower half, trim the brick red cardstock panel and mount onto a piece of denim blue cardstock before adhering this entire card front onto the white card base.

Ink the ODBD Woodpecker image with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, stamp onto white cardstock, color with alcohol markers,  "fussy-cut" and use a water brush to add a bit of frost white shimmer paint to the wings and tail area (hard to see the shimmer in the photo).  

This card uses quite a few dies for the layers:

1).  Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the largest die in the ODBD Layered Lacey Square Dies

2). Die cut and emboss various pieces of the ODBD Americana Quilt 6x6 Paper Collection with ODBD Pierced Squares Dies (one larger than the other)

3), Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Matting Circle Dies, stamp the sentiment from Woodpecker onto the die cut using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink

4). Die cut and emboss a cut a  piece of denim blue cardstock with the ODBD Double Stitched Circle Dies

Layer both of the die cut Americana Quilt 6x6 Paper Collection pieces onto denim blue cardstock, trimming the edges close.

Cut the die cut Layered Lacy Square Die piece approximately in half (layer behind the larger pierced Americana Quilt Die cut piece to determine where to cut).

Mount this layered panel onto the card front, add the smaller die cut and layered pierced square along with the stamped and layered circle sentiment.

Add the silver metallic thread bow with the red button and mount the Woodpecker image with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

I hope I have inspired you with this new ODBD Woodpecker stamp set and check out the Our Daily Bread Designs website on August 1, 2016 for the entire new release!

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a blessed weekend!

In addition to the ODBD Woodpecker (sneak peek) stamp set, I used the following items:

Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Americana Quilt Paper Collection	Layered Lacey Squares	ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies	Matting Circles die
Double Stitched Circles Dies