Hero Arts Layering Birds & Branches Mother's Day Card

This card took me a little longer than usual, but the results are worth the effort :)

I started with a shimmery card layer in a sand color. First, I stamped the Happy sentiment with clear embossing ink and then heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I made a mistake with the first Mother's Day stamping, so tried again and punched it out, clear-embossed it and mounted it with pop-dots for a little dimension, covering my little error :) After I attached it, I noticed a little tiny black dot! So I covered THAT with a little sparkle :) Just a note here: Cherry blossoms are bigger towards the base and smaller towards the tip of the branch--another mistake of mine :) I used the entire set of the Hero Arts Layering Birds & Branches stamps and dies, using Hera Arts inks for the color layers and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink for the branches and bird & floral accents. After die-cutting, I arranged and re-arranged on to the card layer until I found a composition that I liked. The branches were attached directly to the layer. The flowers and birds were attached with pieces of pop-dots which I had snipped into smaller pieces. I allowed the branches to jut out of the card a little and then trimmed the ends off to justify with the edge of the card layer. I finished the card with some Pico Embellisher dots and adhered it to a Kraft card base.
Although it took some time, it was definitely fun to make. Have a great day!
  Nanette

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