Birds and Branches with Wreath Builder

 I tend to need two different kinds of cards; birthday and

thinking of you.  The Wreath Builder Dies (p 173)

are my go-to for this occasion.  I created the bird with 

the Birds and Branches set (p 120) and cut it out with the

Birds and More Dies (p 174).   The bird was placed on

a piece of Braided Linen Trim, which is so easy to unbraid

in order to create frayed ends.

I used the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing folder on p 185

to add texture, and then sponged this layer.   The sentiment comes

from the Butterfly Gala stamp set on p 79.