Stamp Off Birds and Branches in Soft Pastels

 Welcome to another Stamp Off Challenge with Susan,

Buffy and me.  Today, we are using our new, SU Soft

Pastels Assortment, found on page 126.

I decided to use Birds & Branches stamp set on page 108,

with the coordinating Birds & More Dies (page 162).  I wanted to

try something with the two step stamping process.  Hopefully

as you can see, everything on this card is colored with the Pastels,

except for the first layer of the bird.

I rubbed blue Pastel across the background and then stamped the

branch with VersaMark.  I used a dauber to apply Mossy Meadow.

I repeated this process on the sentiment.

On a separate piece of card stock, I stamped the bird background

in Daffodil Delight.  Then I inked the detailed bird stamp in

VersaMark and stamped it on to the bird.  Finally, I used 

sponge daubers to add the Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow

Soft Pastels to the bird.

I cut out the focal image with a die from the Ornate Layers

on page 164.  Finally, I attached the bird with dimensional and 

layered everything on the card base.  

Thank you for stopping by for our challenge.

Please click on over to see the lovely cards created by

Buffy and Susan!