Sending Bright Wishes With Eclectic Garden

Nestle the beautiful bird from Eclectic Garden on a Soft Succulent background created with Blending Brushes and a Decorative Mask

Place Decorative Mask over the Basic White card front layer. (Hold in place with masking tape or, if using the Stamparatus, magnets.
1 4" x 5¼" Cardstock (card front layer)
Ink up the Blending Brush with Soft Succulent ink.
Lightly brush over the Decorative Mask. Tip: lightly brush in one direction as the decorative mask has lots of details that make it prone to moving if you do not use a light touch.
Remove mask after obtaining desired coverage.
Lightly stamp speckles (or dots) over the masked background in Soft Succulent ink as shown.
Layer the Soft Succulent card front to the Basic White card base.
1 4¼" x 5½" Cardstock (card front), 1 8½" x 5½" Cardstock (card base)
Layer the Basic Whte card front layer (with the Soft Succulent background) to the Soft Succulent card front.
Die Cut the decorative circle using the Encircled in Beauty dies from Soft Succulent card stock.
1 4½" x 4½" Cardstock (Encircled in Beauty Die Cut)
Layer your die-cut on the card front as shown.
Die-cut a circle with the Layering Circle dies from Basic White card stock as shown.
1 3½" x 3½" Cardstock (Layering Circles Die Cut)
Stamp the bird in the circle using Tuxedo Black ink as shown.
Color the bird with Stampin' Blends as shown.
Layer the bird on to the card front as shown.
Stamp the Sending Bright Wishes sentiment to the card front in Tuxedo Black in as shown.
Add Garden Gems to the card front as shown.