Swirly Bird Happy

A card layout is often times the toughest thing to decide upon when you create a card.

Where do you place designer paper, the greeting and the image?

Pinterest is loaded with card sketches and layouts to help. These sketches aren't completed cards, but a drawing of where the layers and details can placed.

I used the Swirly Bird stamp set to create this card.

I love trying new layouts and many times I create them as I stamp. I saw a sketch that had diagonal lines along the edges so I started scouring my my stamp room to look for something that might work.

And, I found it!

There's a striped double triangle image in this set. This image, used with the solid image mimicking it, create a kite. I saw those stripes and thought, "this will work".

I inked the larger end of this image and stamped it along the edge of the Whisper White cardstock, repeating the pattern. I was thrilled with how it came out!

I used the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits to create the overlays for my flowers and the Happy Birthday Thinlits to create the greeting. I cut off the word "birthday" with my Paper Snips which left me with just "happy". The new Mini Dimensionals helped to create the 3D look for the words.

I created the sketch below, using my card as inspiration. If you don't already have a Pinterest board for card sketches and layouts, create one. This sketch is a great beginning when you want to design your next card.

You can view my Pinterest card sketch board HERE.