Close To My Heart’s March Stamp of the Month—Sunshine Birdies–is a fun & whimsical stamp set.
I started my card by creating a watercolor sky background using our Watercolor Paints and the large flat paintbrush from our Paintbrush Set. I have to say that I truly love our Watercolor Paper. While it can be tricky to distinguish from our White Daisy Cardstock (tip: sitting side-by-side, you’ll notice the Watercolor Paper has a slight grey hue to it) it’s so nice that it has a smooth finish to it. Other Watercolor Papers I’ve used in the past have all had a texture to them and I had to worry about using the “correct” side of the paper. With ours–there is no right or wrong side. So empowering!
Once dry (you can always speed up the process by using your Craft Heater) I started stamping with Memento Black ink (it works beautifully with Alcohol Markers.) Then the fun began! Coloring in the images is so therapeutic.
Did you happen to notice that my sentiment isn’t stamped in the same formation as it’s shown on the carrier sheet? I cut the sentiment! (Gasp!) Did you ever think of doing that with your stamp images? You can absolutely cut the images to make the images more suitable to your needs. But keep in mind, they are delicate so you want to make sure that you cut VERY slowly to ensure you don’t snip too much!
Altering your images can open up new possibilities–whether it’s fitting a sentiment into a smaller area (like I needed here–you could also do some selective stamping, but this is so much easier!) or simply changing up the sentiment, it’s an easy thing to do.
The final touch was to add some glitz using the *NEW* Fundamental Peacock Assortment. These are SO pretty with all their shimmer and variety of images/sizes of glitter stickers.
Remember, the Sunshine Birdies Stamp Set is only available during the month of March. And with any $50 CTMH purchase, you can get this stamp set for only $5! To purchase Sunshine Birdies or any other CTMH products, please visit my ONLINE CTMH STORE.