Cranes and a New Design Team!

I am happy to have joined the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team for this next year! Today I have the privilege of sharing my first project with you. The team is sharing birthday ideas this week, and showing how any Brutus Monroe stamp can be used for that occasion. So a fun little story with my card today. 

As a new team member, we were sent a package chosen for us. It's fun how many of the team said their packages seemed picked just for them. And it's true! I live in Central Nebraska, and right now we are having our annual "Crane Season." My town is dubbed the Crane Capital of the World, because over a period of several weeks, over 600,000 Sandhill Cranes come through the area on their migratory paths north to Siberia and Canada. It's a sight to see - and hear! Just google "Sandhill Crane Migration Nebraska" and you will see an abundance of amazing videos and photos like these:

So - in my package was the stamp set called PAPER CRANES and I couldn't have been happier! Such a perfect set that I can use over and over for all sorts of occasions. I decided to make a CAS (Clean and Simple), monochrome design for my crane birthday greeting:

I chose a soft golden yellow for my main color. The images are stamped with Brutus Monroe RAVEN INK, and colored in with alcohol markers. I fussy cut one of the single larger cranes and popped him up. The sentiment is from ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY. I chose a dark gray for the card base. One of my favorite color combinations! The enamel dots added a brighter bit of embellishment for added interest.  Voilà!

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