Some colored birdies - Day 7

Hey there friends - still with me on Kathy's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Coloring Challenge?! Gets to be difficult to post every day so I might have to color a few days and then post - we'll see how I do! I'm really trying to keep up with daily posting... Here's my coloring for today:

Got these sweet birdies with the coordinating dies on clearance at Pink & Main. Of course they did not arrive at my house alone - I got some other goodies! Fantastic service - ordered on the 1st and my package arrived yesterday, only 5 days - even with the holiday weekend in there!!

I was inspired by Lin's (Sending Hugs) slimline card of July 5th. I don't have the dies she used but I thought I'd try to pay homage to her card with my colored birdies. Here's the card with the birdies:

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts Pool (retired)

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Stamps with dies - Pink & Main Airmail Bundle

Other - Copic Markers; Pink & Main Celebrations Enamel Shapes;

Hero Arts Intense Black Ink

I cut an 8.5x11" piece of cardstock down to 8.5 x 7" and scored the 7" side at 3.5 and folded in half to form a slimline card. Then I cut a mat layer a bit smaller. Next I stamped my images onto the die cut shapes since that's the easiest with the MISTI. I could easily stamp multiple of each by popping them into the negative. I wanted three branches like Lin had but the one branch had a birdie on it. I made do by masking off the diecut so the birdie wouldn't stamp on two of the diecuts. Then I just trimmed off the branch, then popped the birdies back into the negative to stamp for future. In case you're interested, here's a shot of how I planned the arrangement and stamped the sentiments:

Very stormy day, so please excuse the dark photo! I took the photo with the ruler evident so I would remember how I oriented my shapes. I took them all off & edged the mat with a bit of Hero Arts ink before adhering to the card base. Then I added my birdies and the enamel hearts. Done!!

Finally, I just have to share another photo of Misty - she was "helping" me color the other day and I grabbed this photo. My Facebook friends saw this one on the 5th but I know some of you aren't on there....

That's it for today - thanks for stopping and thanks to Kathy for the fabulous 30 Day Coloring Challenge!!