This weekend our weather forecast is for more snow, but in the south-east it will be just light snow and breezy, with the north and Scotland getting the worst of it again.
If you pre-ordered during the second pre-order window, watch out for your email from Stampin' Up! telling you that you can finalise your order, and if you want to get a Sale-a-bration gift, don't forget to add something to your order to take you to the €60/£45 mark. Equally, you can add extra products to your Stamparatus order if you'd like to.
I started by stamping the branch first and then added the budgerigars. This wasn't a good idea because the leaves on the right went over the budgie's tail!
For my second attempt I stamped both budgerigars onto Post It Notes, and cut them out so I could use them as masks. I stamped the budgies in position, covered them with the masks, and stamped the branch, so the feet were on the branch, but I missed! They were floating above the branch, so I started again!
The HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiment is in the Bird Banter Stamp Set, but I wanted to have HAPPY on one balloon and BIRTHDAY on the other.
I went for the easy option and cut the stamp in half - nice and easy!
I stamped HAPPY three times, one underneath the other, and then did the same to the birthday. As you can guess it went wrong on the second balloon, so I decided to do some paper-piecing using cardstock (CS).
I stamped one balloon on a scrap of Peekaboo Peach CS, and another balloon on a scrap of Calypso Coral.
Before I cut them out by hand, I stamped the sentiment, just once this time! I adhered them in place using Tombow.
To find out the correct colouring for budgerigars, I went online and googled it, otherwise I wouldn't have known that little bit across their beaks is blue. There should be more black on the wings, but for a stamped image I think it's brilliant as it is.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped two budgerigars facing each other really close, hoping that I could make them "kiss". With the level of fails I had yesterday, it didn't quite work out according to the plan, but this wasn't surprising!
Fortunately, I don't think I've ever worked on a card where so many bits went wrong, and yes, there were times I felt like giving up, but I'm a bit like a dog with a bone! LOL!
That's about it from me today. I hope you have a super weekend, and until tomorrow, happy crafting.
JanB.
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