Elzybells Hello

When I got home from work, I found an envelope full of these adorable Elzybells chick images from an SCS WISH-RAK member waiting for me in my mailbox. I don't have any of the Elzybells spring releases yet--I'm waiting for them to arrive at my local stamp store--so I was thrilled to have a few to play with. I knew the image would be a perfect fit for this week's Technostamper sketch challenge. This is a great layout for some of those smaller images that can be so tricky to work with--I know I'll pull this one out again.

I cut out the image panel with a rectangle Nestabilities die, then used Copic markers to color the image in some spring-like colors. I added just a little bit of clear Stardust glitter to the flower and bee--hard to see in the photo, unfortunately. I used more Nestabilities dies to cut out coordinating mats for the image.

I paired the image with a sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages stamp set. The tiny sentiment fits perfectly inside one of the small oval Nestabilities dies. I embellished the sentiment with a small rhinestone flower.

Then, I set off to find a pair of patterned papers that would coordinate with each other and with the colored image. I think that worked out okay. I used a piece of dotted paper from SU!'s Spring Fling paper package along with a piece of striped paper from a K & Company box set of assorted patterned papers. This color combination is a little different than what I'd usually pair together, but I like the spring feel they create. The band of solid paper that divides the two patterns has a (somewhat straight) zig zag stitch down the center for a little interest. Just a little machine (or faux) stitching adds so much to a card, doesn't it?

Materials Used:

daffodil chick image (Elzybells); Mixed Messages stamp set (Papertrey Ink); Regal Rose Classic ink, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, and Certainly Celery cardstock, Spring Fling designer paper, rose grosgrain, glue dot, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); rhinestone flower (Joann); oval, rectangle, and scalloped rectangle dies (Nestabilities); clear Stardust pen (Sakura); patterned paper (K & Company Pretty in Pink Designer Paper box); markers (Copic Ciao); sewing machine