Hello, Christina here. Today I’m sharing a card that combines the Block Print Sleek Bird and the Stems and Berries die sets for a simple yet whimsical design. I chose a complementary color palette of yellow and blue for dramatic contrast and a big bold greeting to balance the design. Let’s take a look at how this card came together.
My first step was to die-cut and assemble the elements for my design from colored cardstock. I chose two shades of yellow and black for the birds. For the stems and leaves, I chose traditional brown and green cardstocks, and for the berries, blue cardstock.
Before assembling the pieces and securing them with glue, I added subtle shading to the pieces with a darker coordinating ink color, applying them with a small blending brush. To finish the die-cuts, I added a black pearl for the eyes of the birds and white gel pen highlights to the berries.
Next, I trimmed a piece of light blue cardstock to 4.25 x 5.5 inches to be the background panel. Then I created a simple rectangular frame, slightly smaller than the background panel, using basic nesting rectangle dies and more of the light blue cardstock. Before attaching the frame to the panel, I arranged the stems and berries in the lower half, and once I liked their placement, I trimmed them to fit within what will be the framed area and secured them with glue. Then I secured the birds amongst the stems and berries, slightly overlapping the frame, using thin foam squares.
My last step was to add a die-cut greeting and a stamped subsentiment. I chose bold, contrasting black and white cardstock for the “hello” greeting and stamped the subsentiment with black ink.
Thank you for reading about this simple yet whimsical card design featuring the Block Print Sleek Bird and Stems and Berries die sets. See you again soon!
