Hope is a Thing with Feathers...

Greetings! I hope you are having a great Monday! I have a card to share with you today that features one of the quotes from the recently released Quote and Quotables plate by Artistic Outpost (AO). When I saw this quote, one of my very favorites, I immediately thought of pairing it with a number of images from the Birds of a Feather stamp plate. Starting with a sea salt colored card base, the edges were framed with cream colored lace. The script in the background was stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, as were all the other images, onto Kraft Card Stock. As I was placing the quote over the eggs that are toward the bottom of the script, I chose to stamp additional eggs on cream card stock to add elsewhere to my card. Several birds were also stamped and trimmed. The eggs and birds were watercolored with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and lightly distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The bird at the top of the card has hand-dyed cheese cloth behind it. The numbers are from the Whimsical Melange stamp plate, also by AO. Simple finishing touches include vintage blue buttons and a seam binding bow. Speaking of birds, there is a new challenge over at Artistic Outpost for April. The theme is "For the Birds. " Why not pull out your own AO stamps and submit an entry for a chance for the prize draw? There is a lot of inspiration showing many of the birds available through AO at the top of the Artistic Outpost April Referral Challenge page. I hope you will give it a go! Thanks for dropping by my blog today. I really value each visit and comment. Take care. Yvonne