Gone to the Birds

Can you tell my favorite new stamp set from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog is Aviary? This sample came from an idea a fellow demonstrator displayed at a local meeting:

It is a repurposed preserves jar, you could put a gift in a cello bag and put it in here, or just use it for a classy pen/pencil holder...which would be totally cute next to a coordinating notepad holder! Near the top of the jar there were a few markings embossed in the glass that I wanted to cover. So, I printed out some Marina Mist Designer Series Paper using My Digital Studio and backed that with Marina Mist card stock.

Stampin' Supplies: Aviary stamp set, Artistic Etchings stamp set (for that flourish design on the scalloped circle) My Digital Studio, Marina Mist card stock and ink, Soft Suede marker (omit the very top of the bird cage), Very Vanilla card stock, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, 1/16" Hole Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, glass jar.

~Kimberley Morris
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 1994
Colorado Springs, CO
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More Aviary Cards

I'm gonna be super busy tomorrow, and it was too rainy and windy to get pictures of what I wanted to post, so I'm going to wait on the original post and see if I can get better pictures in the morning. In the meantime, I have another simple card for you using the Aviary stamp set. If I could only have gotten ONE stamp set from the new catalog, the Aviary stamp set would have been it. Oh, and you'll notice I'm still all about the paper crumpling lately, if you check out that Marina Mist Curly Label punched piece under the saying.

The Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set has a gajillion sayings in it (okay, 24 really), so it makes a great companion to the Aviary stamp set. And, if you add a little coordinating ribbon, and shine it up with a rhinestone and some shimmer mist, the original card gets a stepped-up look. [You may need to click on each picture to view it full-size to see the difference the shimmer mist makes in this second one.]

Stampin' Supplies: Aviary stamp set, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set, Sweet Swirls wheel (and handle), Crumb Cake ink & card stock, Soft Suede ink & card stock (card stock is used on card base only), Marina Mist ink & card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Curly Label Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals. [For stepped-up card Add: Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones, Champagne Mist shimmer paint (mixed with alcohol and sprayed onto card).]

~Kimberley Morris
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 1994
Colorado Springs, CO
procrastistamper@gmail.com
http://kimberley.stampinup.net (SHOP ONLINE)
BECOME A DEMONSTRATOR (my Recruiting Auth. Password is newdemonstrator)