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Two Little Lovebirds

Hey everyone! I'm back with a sweet little card I made today. I wanted to show y'all a sneak peek from the Flirty Phrases set that will be releasing this month from Verve. I've always wanted a stamp that said "two little lovebirds", so I had to make one! LOL! I think this is one of my hubby's favorite stamps from the new releases, he grins each time he sees this sentiment.

The birds and tree branch are from a new set called Cheery Birds from the Clearly Archiver's Collection by Hero Arts. (ETA: This set is one of 30 sets Hero Arts made exclusively for Archiver's, so it can only be purchased at an Archiver's store.) I stamped the two birdies and the branch in Versafine Sepia Brown and colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I then stamped the two little lovebirds stamp from Flirty Phrases right below the branch image, which was so EASY to do, because the new sets are clear. Yep, you heard me right, the Verve sets being released this month are all photopolymer clear sets! Next I embossed the rectangle around the birds and sentiment using my Nestabilities Rectangles and then matted on a Chocolate Chip scallop rectangle. The DP is Soft Sky Prints paper from SU! which Lisa so kindly sent me a few sheets of a while back and I've been hoarding (Hi Lisa!). I could kick myself that I was too busy moping around to remember to pull an order together to get a bunch of these Prints packs during the November SU! sale. And now it's December, can you believe it? Blink and it will be New Year's!

Anywho, I added some 5/8" grosgrain chocolate chip ribbon across the background paper and a chocolate chip mat and then glued some little homemade embellishments on with Diamond Glaze. They are simply some spacer beads from my jewelry making stash which I glued adhesive rhinestones to and added to the card. I really wanted some pearls, but couldn't find where I had stashed them. I like how this card turned out. Kind of simpler than my usual card, but its fun to try new styles every now and again. And those birdies are just so cute, that they needed to take center stage.

22 comments

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Oh I LOVe this Julee! LOVE that sentiment! And it's perfect with those adorable birdies!

Theresa said...

I LOVE this card...the birds are so sweet and the saying is very cute! Do you have a link for the birdies, too? I can't find them anywhere on the hero arts website! Too cute!!

Shannan Teubner said...

This is adorable! I love the colors & the sentiment!!

pescbrico said...

Lovely card! it's really nice and clean and cute!!

Unknown said...

Very cute card! The birds are so cute and the sentiment is perfect! :)

Julie Campbell said...

I love everything about this card! The sentiment is AWESOME (I'm going to need this set!), the birds are so cute, and the embossed area really gives a lot of visual interest. :) PERFECT!

Anonymous said...

WHAT??? You are going clear??? What happened to the love of rubbah??? LOL
So excited to see the new set!

Great card by the way, those little birds are soo CUTE!

Anonymous said...

a new release!!!! I have been stalking your site to see when this would be! I'm soooo jazzed! Can't wait to see whats new!

When is the happy occasion?

Anonymous said...

okay that anonymous comment was left by me because I can never remember what my screen name or passoword is!

Stampisilvia

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Very cute card. Your new phrase is wonderful.

Amy said...

ADORABLE! I love this stamp set, it's perfect for your new phrase! You know me and birdies....I might have to drive to Archivers today and see if they have this one in stock

Hugs,
Amy

Genevieve said...

Very cute card, Julee! I hope they open an Archiver's by us since Recollections is closing next month. Can't wait to see more of the new set!

Melody (lacyquilter) said...

Oh, this is just adorable.

Lynn Put said...

This is very sweet and the saying is perfect with the image!

Anonymous said...

What a cute sentiment! and clear stamps...COOL!!!

Allison Rankin said...

This is super...love it!

Lisa said...

CUTE card! How cute that your hubby likes it so much. And how nice for those of you with Archivers to shop at.... LOL! I think the closest one to me is YOURS. Hmmmm....

Lisa said...

I need more caffeine... it JUST sunk into my foggy brain that you said Verve was going CLEAR???!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Wonderful colours and embellishments! But it won't let me see the larger version...it give me a file to download.

Kim Ross said...

What a cute sentiment!! I gave away one of my bird sets... maybe she'll let me borrow it sometime. :)

Alli Miles said...

Absolutely adorable.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great idea to use those pretty spacer beads!
SharonK-MN