Erika Nelson-Bloggers Challenge

Here's my card for this week's Blogger's Challenge-for the Birds! here's the web-site to check out the details of this challenge. This is also a blog hop, so you can jump in from this link also:

http://www.lisasomerville.com/2011/04/bloggers-challenge-for-birds.html

I first made a base card with green cardstock and then used some brown ink on a Cornish Heritage Farm backgrounder stamp. Then I used a Sizzix Movers and Shakers die  to cut out the center shape from the card, and added some 7Gypsies fleur de lys paper behind the cut out to over up the hole. I outlined the inner edge of the cut with black Sharpie. I then stamped  the seal (7Gypsies Avignon set) 3 times on the green card..

The bird is also a Sizzix die-cut that I colored with Copic Markers, a white pen, a gold pen and a black Sharpie. I added the bird to the card and then created the crown using some German scrap paper edging. I also added some Hero Arts gemstones to the crown. I also used the same German scrap paper edging along the bottom of the card.

Along the top of the card I stamped a dotted scallop (I believe its an older A muse stamp, but not positive). I decorated that with gold pen over colroed with a brownish-red gel pen. The dots are small dabs of Ranger's Dimensional Pearls.

Lastly I stamped the saying (Hero Arts) and cut the heart out of some 7Gypsies paper, which I added a bit of red ink and after attaching to the card, I outlined the heart with black Sharpie also.