Creative Expressions Hummingbird die

Got a new die, and really fell in love with it!

I made three backgrounds with watercolor paper and Distress Oxide inks.  I then die cut the hummingbird stained glass die. I had some pre-made cards from Michael's, and used them as my card base.  The card fronts added a nice color around the black, although the one on the top right covers most of the beige sea shell design.  The other two added another element to the cards that I really liked.

Another card from the Hero of the month kit

Still working with the stamps in that kit!  The background of this card is watercolor paper dipped in Distress Oxide inks that were stamped on my craft mat and then spritzed with water.  Love the way these turn out!  The watercolor was matted with black cardstock.

I stamped the trees, man, and sentiment, using my MISTI, with Momento Tuxedo Black ink, a couple of time for good coverage.  I then die cut the tree from black card stock, and attached using foam tape.  Lots of very small pieces of foam tape!

Another card that I really love!

Crazy bird cards!

I had some watercolor backgrounds that I wanted to use, and came across these Tim Holtz Crazy Birds I had colored and die cut several weeks (months?) ago.  I dug out a set or two of my sentiment stamps, and got busy.  I stamped the sentiments using my MISTI, and stamped them all twice to make them nice and dark.

I matted each watercolor background with solid colored card stock, and attached to front of card base.  I then used a strong adhesive to attach each bird to the watercolor background.  I think they turned out pretty cute!