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Friday, April 24, 2015

day 5 STAMPlorations spotlight - Smallbirds


Welcome to day 5 of Spotlight Week - this is the last of five new sets in this release. Ready?

Here is today's spotlighted set - The Bee's Knees Smallbirds designed by Shirley B. You may recall some of her cards a while back, made with her homemade kingfisher stamp? Well that gorgeous sketched bird made it to a stamp set. See him in the lower right corner? Yay!


Here is what I did with those two little birdies next to him.


"Aus zwei mach drei!" The cool thing about those birdies is that you can use the reverse of the one facing right to stamp the solid color of the birdie facing right. Get it? That's what I did for the red bird! Then I used the reverse of him to stamp the solids of the other two and so on. Gotta love the rich saturation of Adirondack ink colors, eh?

The bits of grass? Those are kingfisher's tail feathers!

I was inspired by my sentiment, which is from Noteworthy, so I chose loud colors. And loud patterns of washi. Check out what the other gals did, including our special guest star this week, the one and only Darnell K. It's been such a pleasure having her. (Maybe Shirley will include a Hitler hummingbird in one of her next sets!?!

Hop around and leave comments (open until April 27th), there are great prizes up for grabs as always!

Darnell - Guest Designer

35 comments:

  1. Cornelia (fun stamping)April 24, 2015 at 4:16 PM

    So creative once again! That grass - pure genius!

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  2. ClareApril 24, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    So cool! I love how you used the back of the stamp to get the solid image! Such a fun card!

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  3. Verna AngerhoferApril 24, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    l love those bright bold birdies. What a fun card!

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  4. Julie BApril 24, 2015 at 4:57 PM

    Wow I would never have guessed the origin of the grass! :)

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  5. pcmApril 24, 2015 at 5:15 PM

    those birds are so fun! and tail feather grass? way to stretch those stamps!

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  6. New CreationsApril 24, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    So creative and a clever idea of using feathers as grass, brilliant creation!

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  7. DarnellApril 24, 2015 at 5:25 PM

    Bright and colorful and so Maria! Love the Washi tape highlight, too! It's been great to be a part of the DT this week, thank you!! Hugs, Darnell

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  8. Sari / GranneApril 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    Love your layout and strong colors and that grass looks so cool.

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  9. Christine KiehlApril 24, 2015 at 6:52 PM

    What a colorful treat you gave us today! Thank you for the week of projects!

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  10. designbydonnaApril 24, 2015 at 7:04 PM

    So cool. Love your colors and the touches of Washi

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  11. shirley-beeApril 24, 2015 at 7:04 PM

    Fabulous! I never realised that they'd both end up with a reverse shadow when I was designing them - bonus! Love the loud colours and loud washi.
    And maybe I will...

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  12. SD poojaApril 24, 2015 at 7:11 PM

    Cute n colorful !

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  13. DeeptiApril 24, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    Fun design and I like the bold and bright colors :)

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  14. AnnApril 24, 2015 at 9:28 PM

    Super cute and the washi was the perfect touch with those fun colored birds.

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  15. Michele K. HendersonApril 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    Great card! Really colorful and cute!

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  16. conilApril 24, 2015 at 9:37 PM

    Fun, fun, fun. Amazing, vibrant birds you've colored here. Perfect with that sentiment.

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  17. KT Fit KittyApril 24, 2015 at 9:45 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous! Love these vibrant colours!

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  18. Teresa Godines #6857April 24, 2015 at 9:48 PM

    Sweet card. Love the bold colors. TFS

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  19. Chriss BlagraveApril 24, 2015 at 10:30 PM

    Love these colourful birdies Maria! How clever of you to use the kingfisher tail feathers as grass!

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  20. D.Ann CApril 25, 2015 at 12:35 AM

    Fab layout! Wouldn't've thought to use the reverse to stamp the color.. thx for the inspiration!

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  21. Vicki DutcherApril 25, 2015 at 1:36 AM

    Super fun coloring!

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  22. joyApril 25, 2015 at 1:45 AM

    Love this clever card! Such fun!

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  23. TangledBlueRoseApril 25, 2015 at 1:57 AM

    So bright and pretty! Love the clever composition. Thanks so much for sharing all your wonderful cards this Hop!~kim

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  24. cmApril 25, 2015 at 3:31 AM

    Brilliant, Maria! Your trio of colourful feather friends makes me smile! I'm terrified of real birds (truly, the ravens here are the size of hippos, and they're smart. Very smart. And scary), but you've convinced me I need this set. On my wish list!
    Hugs~c

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  25. Brandi RApril 25, 2015 at 3:44 AM

    Lookie at those adorable birdies! Cute card ♥

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  26. Asmah Zainal AbidinApril 25, 2015 at 4:15 AM

    Perfect coordinated colors and the sketchy birdies are my favorite. Thank you for sharing your stunning card. Hugs xx

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  27. CraftychrisApril 26, 2015 at 12:34 AM

    So cool! Love the cute birdies! xxx

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  28. kiwimeskreationsApril 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Oh Maria - these are stunning - and thanks for telling us how you 'coloured' the birds.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  29. JerrieApril 26, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    What a fun, colorful card!! I love the birds and colors and the banners you used just add the zing factorL!! LOVE YOUR CARD!!

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  30. Dee EarnshawApril 26, 2015 at 5:39 PM

    really Tweet!!!

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  31. GretaApril 27, 2015 at 6:58 AM

    Super creative--darling card!

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  32. Monika SkinnerApril 27, 2015 at 8:14 PM

    Very inspirational! Love your fake fuzzy cutting! 😁 hugs xxx

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  33. Monika SkinnerApril 27, 2015 at 8:14 PM

    Very inspirational! Love your fake fuzzy cutting! 😁 hugs xxx

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  34. Anita in FranceApril 28, 2015 at 12:13 AM

    Fun and vibrant, Maria ... and so super cute! Anita :)

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  35. Kim HegginsApril 29, 2015 at 5:18 AM

    Love these adorable little birds!

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