Vibrant Hummingbird Birthday Card with Simon Hurley’s Timeless Textures

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Hello, crafty friends! Today, I am thrilled to share a vibrant birthday card featuring the gorgeous Hummingbird Garden 3D Embossing Folder & Die Set by Simon Hurley, part of the Timeless Textures collection from Spellbinders. This unique set allows you to emboss and die-cut simultaneously, making it incredibly easy to create beautifully detailed, dimensional focal points.

Creating the Embossed Background

  • Start with a piece of Seaside cardstock for a soft, beautiful backdrop.

  • Place the cardstock inside the Hummingbird Garden 3D Embossing Folder and run it through your die-cutting machine to create the stunning, raised floral background texture.

  • Pro Tip: While there is a coordinating stencil available for this collection, I chose to bring this background to life by coloring the embossed flowers and leaves directly with markers. If you do own the stencils, I highly recommend using them to blend your ink first, and then aligning the paper with the embossing folder afterward for perfect placement!

Embossing and Die-Cutting the Focal Hummingbird

  • Take a piece of white cardstock large enough to fit the hummingbird.

  • Place the cardstock inside the embossing folder, carefully positioning the coordinating hummingbird die over the matching image inside the folder.

  • Secure them together so they don’t shift, and run them through your die-cutting machine. This brilliant technique embosses the intricate details of the bird while simultaneously die-cutting it perfectly!

Coloring and Detailing

  • Use blending brushes to apply shades of green and purple inks onto the die-cut hummingbird. This blending technique beautifully captures the iridescent, magical quality of natural hummingbird feathers.

  • To add extra depth, use markers to enhance the shadows and fine details on both the bird and the embossed flowers on the background.

  • Add brilliant highlights using a white gel pen to make the details pop.

Sentiment and Finishing Touches

  • For the sentiment, use the Cheers to You Sentiments Press Plate and Die Set to create a crisp, white hot foiled sentiment on black cardstock.

  • Die-cut the sentiment strip and adhere it to the card using foam stickers for dimension.

  • Finally, place foam stickers on the back of your colored, die-cut hummingbird and layer it perfectly over the embossed bird on the background panel. Pop the whole panel onto an A2 card base to complete the card!

I hope this card inspires you to try out the amazing 3D embossing and die-cutting technique! It truly adds a whole new level of depth and realism to your paper crafting projects. Thank you so much for stopping by today. I would love to hear your thoughts on this vibrant hummingbird in the comments below! Have a wonderful, crafty day, and see you in the next post!

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