PARROT FEATHERED FRIEND

Polly the Parrot wants to say hi to you today!  She's feeling a little sassy because she thinks she is pretty with all her colors.

She is very colorful as she was colored with a lot of different colored Stampin' Blends.  I think the person coloring her couldn't decide what color Polly should be!

Polly's perch is also sitting on an interesting card layout.  

Who remembers the days when we would get our card ideas from magazines?  As I've been updating and organizing my crafting area, I found some old card magazines.  I've been determined for the last few week to reduce the size of my crafting stash, so, I was just going to toss my stack of old magazines, but does anyone else have a difficult time throwing things away without at least looking at them first?  Well, I saw a card in one of those old magazines that had a card layout with triangles on it.  I worked on it for a bit and finally figured out that the card in the magazine was a very unique sized fun fold that was not working for me at all.

But it did provide inspiration!  My card is not a fun fold and is a standard size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card.  But I did incorporate triangles!

The card base is Basic Beige and the triangles are made with the Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Here is a close-up of Polly with all of her beautiful colors on display.  For the coloring details refer to the tutorial.  You can download a copy at this link.

The sentiment from Beautiful Motifs Stamp Set was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink and then matted to a scrap of Season of Elegance DSP.  The angles of the sentiment and mat were snipped to follow the lines of the triangles.

Another strip of the DSP was used to decorate the inside of the card.

The products used are listed below.  For details or to purchase any items click on the image and you will be taken to my Stampin' Up! store.

Product List

Feathered Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set [165336]	Beautiful Motifs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165198]	Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [164511]	Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164144]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958]	Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843]	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897]
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]	Parakeet Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159220]	Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672]	Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600]
Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots [164027]	Paper Snips [103579]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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