Happy

 . . . I warned you that I was going to wear out my new Cheery Lynn Hummingbird die . . .

This card started out with a desire to showcase the bird along with a wonderful inky background technique from Tim Holtz*.  It wound up with five die cuts and no stamping.  Creative journeys are certainly fascinating – especially since I never have the faintest idea where I’m going to wind up!

* Ink up your craft sheet by pressing various colors of Distress ink directly onto the sheet.  Use the end of a brush to add two or three very small piles of Perfect Pearls powders here and there.  Mist sparingly with water and dip your cardstock into it.  Heat dry and repeat until your craft sheet is clean – this will give your background wonderful layered depths.  Make sure to always heat dry each layer . . .

Cardstock:         Bazzill Light Orchid, cut-down old file folders, generic Dull

                            Gold cardstock

Stamps:              None – oh the shame!

Inks:                    Distress Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Faded

                           Jeans, Pilot Gold Marker pen, Gelly Roll Clear Star pen

Dies/Punches:   Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles Large (2 sizes), Cheery

                                  Lynn Hummingbird, Simon

                               Says Oh Happy Day, Memory Box Grove Branch

Doo Dads:          Distress Rock Candy Stickles, Perfect Pearls Powder, Gold

                           pearls