Cook Up A Card Recipe Challenge: May Recipe

This is the card that I created for the Cook Up A Card Recipe Challenge for May. It has taken me four days to finally decide how I was going to put this card together. There is no sketch to work with, all you have to do is to follow one rule: you must use three leaves, two flowers, and one bird. This is the recipe that must be followed. You can arrange your card any way that you like but it must contain the three elements that is mentioned. When The first thing that I did was to find a sketch so that I would have an idea how I wanted my card to look. The background paper came from Sassafras Monstrosity Wee bundle collection. To make the pocket, I cut it out from white cardstock and covered it heavily in China Blue distress ink. Then I sewed 1/4-inch on four sides of the pocket in orange thread. The paper for the flower was inked with Spiced Marmelade distress ink. Then I stamped it in versa mark ink and embossed with a navy blue embossing powder. I did the leaves the same way only used a teal color embossing powder. The Bird on the pocket was embossed in white embossing powder. I assembled the pocket and placed it on the card with pop dots. The stamps that I used are as follows: Big and Small Flowers CL374, Decorative Birds LP032, and Small Greetings LL662. (Stamps are Hero Arts.)