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A Little Bird Told Me - A Card Tutorial

Cherry Nelson designed this beautiful card and is sharing how she made the printed ribbon that is wrapped around the card.  Combining the  Tea & Cake set with the Singing Birds, she came up with this cute design. 

A Little Birdie Told Me by Cherry Nelson

You can stamp on all types of ribbon...I chose seam binding.  Very easy to do ...and I think really adds more detail and ties a theme together.  I also used the stamping on the ribbon as part of my sentiment.
 
1)  To start...grab your ribbon pulling it taunt to get as flat a surface as possible.   Than simply stamp your image or sentiment.  I stamped every inch or so...just eyeing my spacing.  I used Paper Trey Ink Hybrid Ink and it worked great. 

 




2)  I  set my ribbon aside and started creating my card.  I diecut a label shape and than stamped my frame from the singing birds set onto it.

 
3)  I than stamped my title on the inside of the frame.  It is easy to manipulate the stamp into an arch to fit inside the frame.
 
4)  Next grab your cake and tea set and using the teacup images stamp several of them on scrap pattern papers and fussy cut them out.  I also stamped one of the birds from the singing birds set and fussy cut it.


5)  I then colored in some of the images ...the frames foliage, the little bird, and the teacups.

6)  Next assemble your card using scraps and cover the cardstock with your papers.
 
7)  I than stamped the tea kettle several times randomly at the bottom of the card creating a border and colored in the images.

 

8)  Now..in order to wrap your card around totally I cut a small slit on the side of the card and pulled my ribbon through.  I positioned the ribbon so that the Happy birthday wording showed (since it is essentially part of my sentiment).  I then tied my bows to the side.

 

9)  I than added crochet trimming to the bottom and added mini millinary flowers and stick pins to the ribbon. 
 
10)  Now for the fun part of assembling your little teacups to look like they are stacking on top of eachother....and add your little birdie to the top.



 
11)  From there...I just added a bit more detail to the top of the card using banner stickers and mini hearts and paper clip and than I was done!

Little Red Wagon full of Love

Meredith MacRitchie made this card using just the wagon from the Little Red Wagon stamp set.  Super cute with the valentine's inside.  The Boy (or Girl) and the Wagon are sized together to fit on an A4 size card, but Meredith shows here that even just using the wagon alone on a smaller card is adorable. 

Key to My Heart

Cherry Nelson made this beautiful card with the Key To My Heart stamp set (which is currently on sale!).  The heart border and embossed white background make the individual stamps really pop off the card. 

Thinking of You

Doesn't this card make you long for the Spring?  Love the soft colors and little flower detail.  And look at the little scissor charm tied to the seam binding!   Designed by Cherry Nelson using the Style Girl and the Mermaid Pearls stamp sets. 

Sweet Friend Wall Art

Abby Henderson made this pretty little wall hanging for a friend.  This would be a really nice valentine's gift that the recipient would be able to hang up year round. 

I love the heat embossed detail on the Mini Bingo Card stamp image. 

Tutorial: Coloring (dyeing) your own seam binding

Meredith MacRitchie shares her technique to add color to plain seam binding.  This is a great way to get a ribbon color that matches exactly to your project.

1) Here are the supplies needed to dye your own seam binding quickly, and easily; Rayon Seam Binding, Dye Ink (you can use multiple shades), Alcohol in a spray bottle, and your craft mat.

2) After you cut your length of seam binding, lay it in a bundle on your craft mat, and press your lighter shade ink pad directly to the seam binding, in a random fashion.

3) Next, stamp some ink directly onto the craft mat, and spray it with your alcohol.

4) Use your seam binding to absorb the diluted ink, moving the binding around to get good coverage - you don't need to get even coverage - something more random looks more shabby! The diluted shade will help blend the ink you applied directly earlier.

5) Do the same thing with your darker shade.

6) Once you're satisfied with the colour, gather the seam binding in your hand and scrunch it into a ball - this will give it the crinkled look.

7) Because we used alcohol to dilute the ink, your seam binding will dry very quickly. I usually dye mine at the start of my project, and by the time I am assembling my card, the binding is dry.

8) You can see the finished seam binding tied onto my card, which I created using the Mini Bingo Card, as well as the tiny little "Be Mine" sentiment found in the heart images of Little Red Wagon.

Valentines Week: Love Banner

Cherry Nelson created this cute banner with the die cut hearts, the Sweetheart Silk Card stamp and some chipboard to make X's and O's on her banner.  I can see this hanging in a baby girls' room year round! 

The spools of thread and the tinted seambinding makes this banner extra special.

While we new the Sweetheart Silk Card stamp would be fun for vintage inspired crafting, we had no idea it would make such a great stamp for Valentine's day.  Our team is super clever at finding fun uses for this stamp. 

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