These sweet stamped birds are getting ready for a new arrival among pretty pink Cherry Bloom branches. I spotted this card on the sunnystudiostamps Instagram page.
I spotted the first yellow Buttercups blooming and it’s getting me so happy for Spring to get into full swing! In addition to flowers Spring’s arrival also means seeing more birds and lots of butterflies too. There are many amazing new stamps, dies, papers and stencils with this theme being released for Spring, so let’s take flight and look at some card ideas featuring birds and butterflies.
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This card has wonderful depth and dimension with transparent paper printed with violets and acetate for the top wings of the butterfly over stamped and ink blended purples. Caly is sharing a video tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
Jo used a humming bird and floral stamps from Stampin’ Up and colored them with water, a water brush and ink pads for this beautiful Spring card. A strip of pattern paper, some gems and a heat embossed sentiment finish off her design. Visit the Jo Blackman blog for a closer peek.
Jennifer used different dies to add unique layers and shapes on her three beautiful butterfly cards. She used the same stamp set for each card showing it’s great versatility. Visit the Spellbinders blog for step by step direction to create these cards.
The lovely love birds on this card look so realistic because Bobbi used layering stamps to create them. No need to color with these types of stamps, each layer is stamped with a different ink pad color for amazing detailed images. Visit the Honey Bee Stamps blog to learn more.
This mixed media card has a gold heat embossed and inked background with a Lily and butterflies stamped using colored inks then colored in with watercolor crayons for an elegant design. Find a step by step tutorial over on Ranger Ink.
I love the blue and yellow color combo on this darling card from Lydia! Nothing says Spring like cute baby birds, especially adorable ducklings waddling behind their mom. Visit the Hero Arts blog to learn how to create this fun faux tile background.
Butterflies can work for so many different occasions, bold and bright for an uplifting design or soft and pastel for a sympathy card like these two ideas from Therese. Take a closer look at the Altenew blog.
This beautiful double Z fold card has a fun pop up inside with pretty pattern papers, stamped tulips and a sweet bird. I spotted this card on the sweetnsassystamps Instagram page.
WOW, take a look at this amazing pop up box card from Meg! She used coordinating butterfly stamps, dies and pattern papers to create an over the top design sure to bring a huge smile to anyone who receives it. Visit the Loven Stamps blog for more details.
This bright and cheerful card has all the colors of the rainbow. Lounon used leaves and a hummingbird stamp from LDRS and colored them using alcohol markers for a bold design. With all this color simple textures edges are all that’s needed to finish the card. Learn more at the LDRS blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired to add some birds and butterflies to your Spring cards!
-Heather
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