Detailed Dove Dies for Freshly Made Sketches

Happy Monday.

I have a very quick post for you today.  I did get into my crafting cave for a couple of hours yesterday.  One of the cards I made is for the Freshly Made Sketches sketch this week and I was inspired to use my Detailed Doves Dies from the new Stampin' Up! mini catalog.  I love these dies and this will be one of the Christmas cards I make to send out this year.  You can see that I had to flip the sketch to make it work for the dies.

Die cutting and assembling the elements of the dove are so easy.  I glued the back wings to the base and then popped the dove just slightly.  I adhered the lacy wings to the front and added some foam tape to a couple of areas.  This ensures that the wings should stay raised even going thru the post.  The sentiment is from Penny Black and I love the scripty font.

Here's my card:

You can see that I used my blending brushes and some Pool Party ink behind the dove.  I wanted it to pop from the background, but not have the top of the card all blue.  I like the soft background :-)

I'll be back tomorrow with another card.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift today.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe:

• Stamps:  Peace and Love - Penny Black
• Dies:  Detailed Dove Dies - Stampin' Up!
• Inks:  Pool Party, Basic Black - Stampin' Up!

Comments

[Cécile RIBON]

This is delightful! You did an amazing job with that soft blended strip. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

[Marina . . . from far Africa!!!]

That dove is beautiful and I would like to learn how to do the background. It is always the season of love and peace; at least, it is what I wish you.

[Kim S]

This is gorgeous! I love how you shaded the sky behind that crisp white dove. Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.