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Birds Beyond Paradise


Something different from the wonderful Paula Huiras! Dee Gruenig loves color and bright colors while Paula often works with smooth, subtile, soothing pastels. There is a finesse to Paula's use color. She calms and originates. Here Paula has used Dee's birds that exist naturally in nature as bright and colorful. Dee represents them that way. But Paula's representation is different, with a lighter effect and the parrot is nearly monochromatic. Though we love Dee's use of stimulating color, we think this is a most pleasing variation and hope that you like it too. Paula's treatment of Dee's wonderful Cockatoo and Parrot caught our eye as Alicia of Sunday International was looking for something on their computers and I thought that we must capture them for you to try. So, thank you Paula, thank you Sunday International and we invite you to give these cards a try.....



Directions and Tips to Get Paula's Best Results
  1. Stamp Bird and two flowers using multi colored dye ink onto cream cardstock. Cut out all.
  2. Stamp seven leaves (six of one and one single) onto cream cardstock using Shades of olive dye ink. Cut out all.
  3. Layer the six leaves into groups of two and tape together at the back side. Punch holes for flower brads and insert. Set aside.
  4. On a cream card stamp flowers using multi colored dye inkpad. Notch corners. Layer to larger rust and purple cards and then to a folded cream card.
    Mount groups of leaves onto cards.
  5. Mount bird with decorative moss underneath. Mount single leaf and flowers around bird.
 


Supplies


- Vertical Impressions Birds of Paradise stamp set from Posh Impressions
- Cream cardstock
- Rust cardstock
- Purple cardstock
- Rangers Big and Juicy Vibrant Primary multi colored dye ink
- Blending Blox
- Shades of Olive dye ink
- Corner notch punch
- Small hole punch
- Flower Brads
- Decorative Excelsior Moss
- Mounting tape

 




Directions and Tips to Get Dee's Best Results
  1. Stamp Bird and two Flowers onto Cream cardstock using multi colored dye ink. Cut out all. Stamp  six Leaves onto Cream cardstock using Shades of Turquoise dye ink and also cut out.
  2. Group kleaves into two sets and tape two sets together at the back. Leave two leaves single. Punch holes for brads and insert. Set aside.
  3. On a cream card stamp Flower background using multi colored dye ink. Notch two opposite corners.
  4. Layer stamped cream card to larger Purple and Turquoise cards. Layer all three to a folded Cream card.
  5. Mount two flowers at opposite corners. Layer two sets of leaves with brads. Tuck single leaves at each side and secure.
  6. Mount Bird with decorative moss to card. 
 
Supplies

- Vertical Impressions Birds of Paradise stamp set from Posh Impressions
- Cream cardstock
- Purple cardstock
- Turquoise cardstock
- Rangers Big & Juicy Hydrangea multi colored dye ink
- Blending Blox Shades of Turquoise dye ink
- Corner notch punch
- Small hole punch
- Flower Brads
- Decorative Excelsior Mosss
- Mounting tape