This card was made for the Sketch Challenge 93/5/14) SC478 and for the Clean & Simple Challenge CAS262 (3/3/14) - use neutral colors with the dessert option to use something natural.
I flipped the orientation of the original sketch from portrait to landscape. Which seemed like a really good idea, except that I forgot to also flip the orientation of the ribbon element....so much for relying on my memory!! Next time I will print the sketch challenge.
I chose to interpret the two circles in the sketch as a circle cutout and a smaller sponged ink circle inside the aperture. I'm loving all the nests I'm seeing used on cards, so I thought it would be fun to make a fluffy nest out of soft packaging excelsior that I saved from a food basket. It was easy to glue a small amount of the excelsior to a scrap of cardstock (shape was half of a small oval punch). Tucked the bird die cut inside, added the tendril to the backside and mounted in the opening that I had sponged in the shape of a smaller circle. Finished off with a few wraps of linen thread on the embossed panel and put it all together.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my Nesting Time card!
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 GMT Views: 18370
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Thu, Mar 06, 2014 @ 6:28 PM
I laughed with delight when I opened the thumbnail...this is wonderful!! Creative way to place the bird nest into this great sketch. Your die cuts and EF are perfect ensemble, and your natural elements just perfect. PS L-O-V-E your new avatar!
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Sun, Mar 09, 2014 @ 8:30 AM
So creative and totally fabulous! Love the nest!
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