Oh, I’m in love with Whirly Bird and have a Swirly Bird Sneak Peek for you today because it’s Wednesday and you know what that means… I’m over at the Paper Craft Crew for the Weekly Card Challenge! Come on over and check out this weeks theme challenge as well as the Design Team submissions. The challenge starts today and ends on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 @ 11:55 PM ET.

Swirly Bird Sneak Peek

Card Theme Challenge #194

Let me tell you just how much I love the NEW Swirly Bird Stamp Set with coordinating Thinlits! This set is so adorably whimsical and I think you’ll find it is very versatile! I am in love and had so much fun with the Swirly Bird Sneak Peek that I am sharing with you today. The card also features the new In-Color, Peekaboo Peach and the Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set.

The card front consists of Peekaboo Peach as the card base layered with Whisper White. I started by stamping with the hardwood background stamp using Sahara Sand. Next, I used the “line” stamp from the Swirly Bird Stamp Set as the stems of the flowers were stamped using the Emerald Envy Classic Ink which is another NEW In-Color that you are certainly going to love. On this Swirly Bird Sneak Peek I then stamped the background of each flower using Watermelon Wonder for the center flower, Peekaboo Peach for the top flower and Calypso Coral for the bottom flower.

As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, one of my favorite features and a great savings value are the bundles offered by Stampin’ Up! And the Swirly Bird Stamp Set is no exception in that it can be purchased as a bundle with the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies. As I continued to assemble my Swirly Bird Sneak Peek card I used the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits dies to cut out the circle swirls which I used to create whimsical flowers. I also stamped the leaves with Emerald Envy which are stamped off for the leaf then the vein stamped at full strength and cut out with the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies. The small flowers from the Swirly Bird stamp set were stamped using the Peekaboo Peach and Calypso Coral Classic Ink then randomly placed around the swirls. The Basic Jewel Rhinestones finish off the flowers.

The Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set is another bundled stamp set available June 1st when customers can start ordering for the 2016-2017 Stampin’ Up! Catalog unless you join my team TODAY, then you can choose BOTH of these Bundles as part of your kit. Did you know that I need just ONE MORE person to join my team to help me promote to Silver Elite! Will you be the NEXT person to join my “international” team?!? Back to the Swirly Bird Sneak Peek… The Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set features a variety of words and short phrases which can be placed together to create a unique sentiment. Each word is stamped using Peekaboo Peach then cut out and attached to the card front.

Here is this weeks Card Sketch with the Paper Craft Crew. If you are having a mental creative block, card sketches are a great way to kickstart your creative juices. Why not stop over at the Paper Craft Crew, create a card inspired by this weeks Card Sketch and post to the blog!

To purchase the products used on this beautiful project, visit my 24/7 Stampin’ Up! store by clicking HERE! For your convenience, I’ve also included a supply list at the end of this blog post – just click on any of the items to be taken directly to my 24/7 Stampin’ Up! store to purchase the products used.

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