French Bird Card

1-supplies

Supplies:
Friends 24-7 Stamp Set (Bird on a limb Stamp)
En Francais Background Stamp
Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock
Classic Black Ink Pad
Classic Not Quite Navy Ink Refill
Empty Stampin’ Mist bottle filled with 1″ water
Black Checked Gingham Ribbon

Cutting Dimensions:
Standard Whisper White Side-fold card
Black Panel: 3 3/4″ x 5″
White Panel: 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″
Bird Panel: 3″ x 4 1/4″
Ribbon: 18 Inches

Directions:

Add 5-6 drops of Not Quite Navy ink refill to water in Stampin’ mist bottle.
Shake and spritz bird panel.

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Allow 5-10 minutes of drying time or use the heat embossing tool to aid drying.

3-dry

Brayer text on bird panel for even coverage.

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5-text-complete

Stamp Bird on a limb image using Classic Black Stampin’ Ink.
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Distress edges of bird panel by dragging and dabbing edges across an open Black Classic Stampin’ Ink pad.

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This is about how it should look now, ready to mount on the plain white panel.

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Tie with the black gingham ribbon and mount on black panel.

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Mount to standard size Whisper White card.

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I hope you give this spritzing technique a try it’s quite easy and the results are very dramatic.