Hanging Birdcage Birthday

I had to play with a new die today which I purchased from Die-Namites recently so I decided to make the card according to the Die-Namites Sketch and Dare Challenge they were having for June.

Below is the sketch they wanted me to follow and I must admit I was a bit confused at first on how to do it but I think I did a fairly good interpretation of it. I went at it from a different angle but I think the concept is still there. My layering should have been done differently. But even though I messed it up somewhat  I will still enter it.

My background was made using the Color Burst crystal granules on water color paper. Colors used were blue, green and purple. I tried to place the colors strategically before I spritzed with the water and then I sort of used a broad brush to push the colors around on the panel where I wanted them. To add more dimension to the background I also used a fine paint brush to pick up extra purple color to make streaks upwards on the bottom to try and get the effect of some greenery below the tree and birdcage image.

I cut the background at an angle similar to the one in the sketch and then layered it to black card stock with two edges only showing. Next I took some pattern paper from the Gina K. Designs Here Comes the Sun paper pack and backed this onto that before I added it to the A2 size black card base. 

Here is the die I used for the card front:

I cut the die from black card stock and glued that over the background. I think that die is so pretty and works so well to create a more masculine looking card but also would work for many occasions.

The sentiment is from Embossing Arts and that brand is available at I Brake For Stamps. I am not sure if it is retired or not as I purchased mine many years ago. I stamped that in black ink to try to match the die and layering.

And the finishing touch was to put a white sheet inside the card so that a message can be written there.

Besides the Die-Namites challenge I am also entering this into the Mod Squad Blog Challenge which calls for a birthday card.

Well, that is all for me this week and perhaps for a couple weeks as I am having two grandsons spend a couple weeks with us and I think most of my creative juices will be spent cooking and baking. But that is okay too.

Thanks for stopping in and taking a look at my blog. I appreciate each and every one that comes to visit it.

God bless,
Verna