A Bird's Nature Walk

Some of you know that I am learning how to apply ink with a brayer. I just love the results I get. Even though I don't have the skill mastered yet and I need to learn a lot more about the color combinations, I just cannot stand to throw away my results. So here is another attempt.

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Materials:
1. Card Stock: Not Quite Navy (4 1/16" x 3 1/8", 3 1/8" x 1/2"), Whisper White (4 15/16" x 3 15/16"), So Saffron (5 1/2" x 8 1/2")

2. Inks: So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Basic Black,BashfulBlue, VersaMark.

3. Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Nature Walk (current Mini Occasions Catalog)

4. Punch:Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

5. Other: Scoring Tool, clear embossing powder, More Mustard 3/16" brads,
heat tool, Watercolor Pencils blues and gold. Stampin' Write Markers.

Steps:

1. Fold So Safron card stock to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card. Score the front panel of this card every 1/2".

2. Color and stamp flower border with Cajun Craze, So Saffron, Akways Artichoke Stampin Write Markers. Allow ink to dry and then cover the image with embossing ink, using a VersaMark pen . Heat emboss with clear powder.

3. Stamp bird in Basic Black and then color with blue water color pencils. Color beak with a gold color.

4. Lightly brayer So Saffron ink over the bottom half of the card. Brayer Bashful Blue at the top part of the card.

5. Punch the small strip of Not Quite Navy card stock with Scallop Ribbon Punch and attach to the back of the left side of the larger Not Quite Navy piece, allowing only half of punched area to show.

6. Attach bird panel so that the left side is even with the left side of the original larger piece of Not Quite Navy panel.

7. Place 3 More Mustard brads through the right side of the navy panel as shown in the photo.

8. Center and attach panel to the front of the So Saffron card bas.