I hope spring will be early this year...

Hello everyone ! I hope you are having a great Sunday ! Today I made a card with lots of summer in it. I just can't wait for the warmer weather to be here, and looking at the window, this is what I will see !

Here are the steps to make this cards:

Step 1: Card base

• The card was made out of the Pastel ECD orange cardstock, a 12" X 12" piece, folded in half to make a 6" X 6" card;
• A  Royal blue square, 5 7/16" X 5 7/16";
• A Garden Party square of 5 3/8" X 5 3/8".
• The Royal blue square and the patterned paper are both glued on top of the Pastel paper with double sided adhesive tape.

Step 2: The bird house and the birds:

• Cut the bird house from the ECD Floral Foliage 1 #2087 die set, out of orange Pastel Paper;
• Cut the 2 birds from the same set, in some White ECD Soft Finish Cardstock;
• With some Distress Oxide a little bit darker than the paper, stain the edges of all pieces of the bird house;
• With some alcool markers, color the birds and paint some Crystal stickles on the belly of each bird.

Step 3: The window:

• Using the Postage Stamps #2026 from Annette Green Everyday Elements, die cut the large stamps die and the second biggest stamp die in White Soft Finish Cardstock;
• Use some Blue Distress Oxide on the smallest of the two stamps and gently color it with a brush;
• In the same set, cut the biggest rectangle and cut 4 of the smallest one to make the window;
• From the Lace Border #2022 also from Annette Green, cut a border out of some orange Pastel Paper to make the curtain;
• From the Fancy Flourishes from Annette Green also, cut out 2 times, the smallest flourish, using some ECD White Soft Finish Cardstock;
• Cut a rectangle of clear plastic to make the window;
• Adhere everything in place with glue.

Step 4: The flowers:

• Using the Wild Flower 2 die set, cut out as many petals and leaves that you need to make enough flowers and foliage for the card;
• Color the flowers using Copic markers  B21, B24, B26 and B28, punch a small hole in the meddle of each row of petals;
• Insert some stamen in the middle of each flowers after shaping them;
• Color the leaves using Copic Markers YG61, YG63, YG67 et G28, shape them and pinch the bottom of each leave.

Finishing the card:

• Adhere the window on the right of the card, using dimension foam;
• Put some leaves on the background on the left, insert the bird house using foam for dimension and add the flowers around it;
• Add some more leaves to taste;
• Add the flowers on the window and the birds with very small foam dots.

Here you go ! I hope you like that project and I wish you a very nice week !