Welcome Tweet Little One

Here’s another card using Tweet Notes, this month’s stamp of the month from Clear and Simple Stamps. This set is so versatile and can be used for many occasions. This time I made a sweet baby card.

I started with the set’s leafy branch image and added the nest, then did a little masking to add the baby bird peeking out of the cracked eggshell. The shell’s a two-step image, so I stamped the outline in Party Teal Dawn ink, then went back and filled in the outline with the solid image in Trendsetter Blue. The open parts of the images (the bird and leaves) were colored with Copic markers. I used a cloud template and Trendsetter Blue ink to sponge in a soft blue sky background around the image. I stamped the “welcome little one” sentiment on the panel in Paint the Town Pink ink, nesting it underneath the leafy branch.

The rest of the card uses coordinating shades of soft pink and blue. I used a strip of heart patterned paper underneath the image and accented it with a piece of satin ribbon and a blue scalloped strip. Once I set the image panel in place, I added a Trendsetter Blue button, tied with pink baker’s twine, at one corner and a white felt cloud at the opposite corner.

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Materials Used:
Tweet Notes stamp set, Dish All the Dirt Brown, Trendsetter Blue, Party Teal Dawn, and Paint the Town Pink inks, I’m a Princess Pink, Trendsetter Blue, Paint the Town Pink, and A Blanc Check cardstock, Copic markers (YG17, YG21, YG25, RV00, R81, R83), Paint the Town Pink satin ribbon, Trendsetter Blue button (Clear and Simple Stamps); Sweet Pea matstack (The Paper Studio); medium scallop die (Papertrey Ink); cloud die (My Favorite Things); pink baker’s twine (Divine Twine); sponge