Ornate Bird Frame

I made this card using one of my favorite Inkadinkado stamps, Ornate Bird Frame. It's a fairly large tile type stamp. At first when you look at it, you might wonder what you'll do with it, but after you've worked with it for a while, you see how very versatile it is. You can cut it out to any size you like, including using the very center as an inchie. Not only can you use this stamp in any size, you can also use it to frame any other image, which also looks wonderful. I get all my Inkadinkado stamps at Creative Play Stamps.

What I did here is stamp the image in VersaMark and emboss with Classy Copper. The frame is From Cosmo Crickets Love Notes {06}, and I just aged the edges and layered the frame right on top of the bird stamp. Then those two pieces are up on foam tape. I punched a hole in the upper right hand corner and stuck in a copper Karen Foster Loopy Brad tied with a smidge of SU! brown grosgrain ribbon.

The sentiment is a Love Notes sticker, but I wanted it raised up, so I brushed the back with body powder to remove the stickiness. Then I stamped GinaK's Tag Lines sentiment on a scrap of Love Notes and punched with the word window punch. I aged all the edges with Chestnut Roan, stuck it to the card, and added some Copper Stickles.

As a final touch, I cut a nestie scalloped circle, aged it, and added a band of chocolate brown blanket satin. Love Notes has been one of my all time favorite lines, in fact, I'm making an 8x8 acetate mini album for the upcoming CreaTIVE cUTS AND mORE bLOG hop! The hop will be on Monday, August 10th, and I really hope you can join us for all the fun!!