Free As a Bird Corner Pop Up Card

The new Annual catalogue is finally here and finally can display some of the wonderful stamps and DSP as well as ribbons and embellishments.
The Free As A Bird stamp set with its coordinating DSP is one of these gorgeous bundles and I used them to make this Corner Pop Up card.
I have not made this particular fun fold before, but I found several tutorials on You Tube to help me, two of which I found the most helpful here and here
Below is the finished card.

Opened up, this is what the card looks like.  You can see the score lines clearly.

Close up of Left Corner.  The birds are fussy cut from the DSP and mounted on a 1 3/4" Whisper White circle.

Close up of  Right Corner

Close up of bird and flowers on easel.

The card can be folded up for mailing, but an envelope will have to be custom made for it.

Here's what I used: 

• Thick Whisper White card stock 8 1/4 by 8 1/4" Scored at 4 1/8" turned and scored at 4 1/8" again. Cut lower score line  to center.  Burnish all score lines.
• Blushing Bride card stock 1 piece 3 7/8 by 3 7/8" cut into 2 triangles
• DSP - Bird Ballad DSP   1 piece 3 3/4 by 3 3/4" cut into 2 triangles - add this to Blushing Bride card stock triangles and adhere to two upper corners.
• Blushing Bride card stock 1 piece 3 7/8 by 3 7/8" 
• DSP - Bird Ballad DSP  1 piece 3 3/4 by 3 3/4"
• Whisper White 1 piece 3 1/2 by 3 1/2"  - adhere this to DSP and to Blushing Bride and adhere to bottom piece.
• 3 birds fussy cut from DSP
• 3 1 3/4" Whisper White circles.  Adhere birds to circles and add to upper triangles
• Two stitched rectangle pieces formed into an easel
• Image of bird , 3 flowers and a leaf sprig stamped on Whisper White , coloured with Stampin' Blends, and die cut with Bird Ballad dies.  Arrange on Easel.  Adhere small rhinestones in center of flowers.  Adhere easel to Whisper White base
• Stamp sentiment on smaller rectangle die and adhere to easel. Add Easel to lower card. Add Bird Ballad trinket above sentiment
• Tie 5/8" organza ribbon into a bow and adhere below easel.

Stamp:  Free as a Bird

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Old Olive)

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Accessories:  1 3/4" circle punch, Bird Ballad trinkets, Stitched Nested Dies

We're the Best of Friends -The Paper Players # 440 and a new catalogue sample

Do you ever have one of these nights where you wake up at 3 am and can't get  back to sleep? It is now close to 5 am and I've been up since that ungodly hour.  I've had too many of these nights.  However, I try to make the most of the quiet time to get caught up with my blogging.

Yesterday evening I experimented with making a Z-fold card using the Nesting Label dies and the new "Free as a Bird" stamp set with the theme of 'friendship".  This was  for the theme challenge with The Paper Players

A traditional Z-Fold card made with a Balmy Blue base is layered with Whisper White and then 3 different patterns of the Bird Ballad DSP.

The focal piece is a Nesting Label die of watercolor paper, within which a Balmy Blue watercolor wash was created to form a backdrop for the 'friends'.  The 'friends' are birds that I fussy cut directly from the DSP - the branch that one is perched on is die cut in Soft Suede using the Seasonal Layers die.  The leaves and flowers were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, using the Free as a Bird stamp set, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut.  These were attached to the die cut branch.  The 'friend' looks like he just dropped by as I placed him off the edge of the label die.

The label is adhered to the card front by one edge only, the biflagged sentiment beneath it. A Whisper White label adhered to the inside is positioned in such a manner as to not been seen when card is closed.

Three feathers, also fussy cut from the DSP, were adhered to the upper left of the focal image.  A bow, made using  Linen thread was added at the top of the feather cluster.

This stamp set is available for order on June 3, 2019

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Free as a Bird
Inks:  Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Stampin' Blends - Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Old Olive
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP, Soft Suede, Watercolor
Accessories:  Nested Label dies, Linen thread, Colorful Seasons die

Free as a Bird - Another catalogue sneak peak

 Birds are harbingers of Spring.
I keep waiting for my favourite season to arrive, but all I keep hearing is the 'cold' word and even 'snow'
So, I'm hoping this card will remind you of Spring.

These little birds have got to be a favourite of mine (as well as several other new images but who's counting). The little one at the end seems to be singing his heart out.

The stamparatus was used to stamp the image from the "Free as a Bird" stamp set onto Watercolour paper. Then using ink pads and an aqua painter, I painted the birds with Daffodil Delight, with shading done with Crushed Curry, the leaves Old Olive, the branch Early Espresso, and the flowers Melon Mambo.  I used a pumpkin pie marker to colour the beaks.  Balmy Blue was used to create a watercolour wash behind the birds. As with a lot of the new suites, a trinket, specifically for this one, is added below the branch on the right.

The image was die cut with the Stitched Nested Labels die and adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The card base is a 5 1/2 by 11" Balmy Blue card stock scored at 5 1/2 to form a 5 1/2" square  top fold card.  The card front is first layered with some beautiful floral pattern Bird Ballad DSP, followed by some Whisper White card stock and then with another pattern (pink dots) of the DSP.

Finally, a 1 1/2" strip of Balmy Blue card stock is adhered to the left side covering all the layers.

Along the right card edge a piece of 3/8" scallop lace ribbon and ribbon knot is added.

The sentiment is also die cut with the same die set as the image and adhered to the right below the art piece.

Some previously made paper flowers, left over from another project, are added on the left side below the image. Some leaves, punched in Old Olive with the Leaf Punch, is added with the flowers

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Free as a Bird
Inks:  Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP, Old Olive
Accessories:  3/8" scallop lace trim, bird ballad trinket, Stitched nested label dies, dimensionals. leaf punch.