backyard wren...

 Hello!  I'm popping in with a card for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.  I think it also works for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge as there is alot of shimmer going on, lol!   Take a look at what I made.

Lately, my mojo has been missing.  I have spent alot of time making projects that I haven't been able to share right away.  I shared many of them earlier this month and I will be sharing more this coming week, but when it comes to making something just for fun I have been struggling.   I have some new products that have been sitting on my desk for a few weeks now and I was determined to use at least one of them!   So I sat down the other evening and made this card.  I used the super sweet Memory Box Backyard Wren die set, along with a leafy branch die from the MB Serene Bird and Branch die set.  The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Flowers set.  I die cut the pieces of the bird from white cardstock and then inked them up with Salvaged Patina and Frayed Burlap distress oxide inks using my new Waffle Flower grip mat.  That grip mat makes ink blending so easy!  I let the pieces dry for a bit and then adhered them together with liquid adhesive.  I die cut the branch from sparkly gold glitter cardstock.  Initially I had only one branch, but when I decided to use the FMS layout I added the second branch.  I went old school and tore a piece of vellum for the strip element in the sketch.   I brought in the required cream by die cutting a piece of Memory Box woodgrain cardstock in cream.  I love the texture that the woodgrain cardstock brings to the card and it is the perfect backdrop for my little bird.  I stamped the sentiment using Salvaged Patina distress oxide ink and then trimmed it out.  That was adhered with foam squares.  Very clean and simple, but when I have no mojo, clean and simple is the way to go!

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!