no one like you

Hey there! :) Here's a card that I did several months ago that *I thought* was pub'ed sometime last winter in Scrapbook News and Review, but I can't find what issue it was in! LOL Anyway, just a basic card using the great Bird on a Branch stamp from Hero Arts. This stamp is so fun because it's like a reverse silhouette... lots of cool looks you can achieve depending on the inks you use and the papers you stamp on:



On this card, I just stamped with black on white card stock, colored the birds red, and added some Xmas Red Stickles to make them sparkle. I loved how the Cuttlebug embossing folder matched the stamp so well, too. I made another card using this stamp at about the same time as this one (but sent it off before remembering to get a picture of it - DOH!) and for that card, I blended 3 or 4 different colors of chalk inks on the stamp before stamping. Being a pretty much solid image, chalk inks work really well here, particularly if you want to use more than one color to create interest. On that card, though, I colored the birds black. Anyway, this is a really fun stamp... it seems pretty simple, but there's a lot you can do with it! :)

Well, it's the weekend already, can you believe it?! Hope you have a good one and thanks as always for checkin' in! :)

SUPPLIES: Hero Arts Bird on a Branch stamp and Thinking of You stamp set, Memories black ink, Cuttlebug Leafy Branch embossing folder, red marker, Xmas Red Stickles, black satin ribbon, Hero red gemstones, and pop dots