Friday, 24 April 2015

STAMPlorations April Blog Hop Day 5


Hi All,
Welcome to Day 5 of the STAMPlorations April Stamp Release Blog Hop. Today we are introducing you to The Bee's Knees SMALLBIRDS set, a set of 5 absolutely cute birds who have already made their presence felt on my blog here, here and here.

SmallBirds-preview

I combined birdie, as I call him, with a sentiment from the HOLIDAY SKETCHES: Christmas Flower set for today's project.


I know it is still early in the year, and Easter has hardly passed, but birdie twisted my arm ... he wanted to become a robin! I stamped and coloured birdie using Promarkers before fuzzy cutting him. I then die cut my pine twig from a piece of white card, set it aside and spritzed some gold Artiste ink over the leftover piece of white card before stamping my sentiment into position using black VersaColor ink. I then cut the bare twig from kraft card and layered my elements as seen on a green base card.

As with every blog hop, check out the fabulous projects my Teamies have created and please leave a comment on all our blogs for your chance to win one of our fabulous prizes. You don't have to, but it certainly increases your chance of winning. You can find all the links here, just as a reminder these are the stops for day 5:

..... yes, we were lucky to be joined all week by the fabulous Darnell ...

Darnell - Guest Designer
Monika - that's me


Prizes: 5 commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will win a $10 gift certificate each and 1 commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate plus there will be some surprise prizes depending on the response we get. Commenting closes April 27 and the winners will be announced April 29.

Good Luck, Everyone!!!
hugs
Monika xxx

links for previous blog hop days:
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4

additional stamp set I used for today's project:


dies -  Festive Collection: Pine Bough by Sue Wilson
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29 comments:

  1. Cornelia (fun stamping)24 April 2015 at 07:18

    Wonderful card, Monika! Love how you colored that little bird, but what I truly admire is how you used those die cuts here - FABULOUS!!!!!

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  2. Verna Angerhofer24 April 2015 at 07:35

    What darling little sketch birds. And, I love how you used them on your cards too!

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  3. Julie B24 April 2015 at 07:56

    How clever to turn it into a robin! :)

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  4. New Creations24 April 2015 at 08:26

    Fab CAS creation, love the color combo!

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  5. Darnell24 April 2015 at 08:26

    I am agog over how you colored that bird to make him a perfect robin, Monika! It is fantastic and I love him sitting on the pines!! Thank you for letting me play with you this week!! Hugs, Darnell

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  6. Sari / Granne24 April 2015 at 09:47

    Fabulous use of diecuts and love that little brown birdie, so cute.

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  7. Christine Kiehl24 April 2015 at 09:50

    Holy sweet changes Batman you did good Robin! What a clever idea, you are the master!

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  8. designbydonna24 April 2015 at 10:06

    Gorgeous card. I love that robin. He looks so realistic, like he is singing Joyeux Noes.

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  9. shirley-bee24 April 2015 at 10:07

    Inspired card, Monika! Birdie looks fabulous as a robin :)

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  10. SD pooja24 April 2015 at 10:18

    What a cute little scene with the birdie.

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  11. Deepti24 April 2015 at 12:00

    Fabulous design :)

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  12. Michele K. Henderson24 April 2015 at 12:37

    Beautiful Christmas idea!

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  13. conil24 April 2015 at 12:38

    Very sweet card. Terrific subtle coloring.

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  14. Ann24 April 2015 at 12:42

    Lovely card. Love how you used the bird stamp for a Christmas card, so creative.

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  15. KT Fit Kitty24 April 2015 at 12:47

    Wonderful card - I love making Christmas cards all year long! I like how you coloured this bird! Great technique with offsetting the die cut!

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  16. Teresa Godines #685724 April 2015 at 12:50

    Sweet card. I love the the scene you created. TFS

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  17. D.Ann C24 April 2015 at 15:36

    Sweet bird!

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  18. Vicki Dutcher24 April 2015 at 16:37

    I like him popped up - very cute

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  19. joy24 April 2015 at 16:47

    So sweet! Love this card.

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  20. TangledBlueRose24 April 2015 at 16:58

    So fun, I love how you created this card, just wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing all the wonderful cards along each day of this Hop!~kim

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  21. cm24 April 2015 at 18:32

    Your Christmas bird is absolutely delightful - and given that it's snowing here right. this. minute (yeesh!) quite fitting! Fabulous!
    Hugs~c

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  22. Brandi R24 April 2015 at 18:56

    This is adorable! Love the addition of the branches ♥

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  23. Asmah Zainal Abidin24 April 2015 at 19:17

    Love the die and perfect for the bird rest on. Really pretty card! Hugs xx

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  24. kiwimeskreations26 April 2015 at 00:50

    Monika I am so glad birdie became a robin - he is gorgeous, and look perfect sitting on that branch.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  25. Craftychris26 April 2015 at 06:16

    Ooh he makes such a gorgeous robin! Wonderful! xxx

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  26. Jerrie26 April 2015 at 07:02

    I love this! Great color combp and the way you added the other stamp set rocks!!

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  27. Dee Earnshaw26 April 2015 at 08:45

    Pretty card:)

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  28. maria f.29 April 2015 at 11:40

    Such a good idea!

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  29. walchowDesign30 April 2015 at 06:34

    Beautiful colouring!

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Thanks so much for stopping by. Your comments are very much appreciated. Have a lovely day! Hugs XXX

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