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Spotted Bird Card

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About this Lesson

  • Type: Video Tutorial
  • Length: 17:30
  • Media: Flash video file
  • Posted: 12/15/2008
  • Use: Watch Online
  • Size: 90 MB

Lydia teaches you how to make a beautiful spotted bird card by continuing a dot motif throughout the different pieces. This project uses coordinating craft card stock and patterned paper, black paper, white taffeta ribbon, die cuts, a white gel pen, and a black glaze pen.

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Lydia Fiedler
Lydia Fiedler
64 lessons
Joined:
06/01/2008

I am a paper arts instructor in Austin, TX. I have a weekly instructional art show on local TV where I demonstrate making simple cards and gifts with rubber stamps and accessories, using a variety of techniques and graphic design principles.

I also do freelance graphic design and marketing and work full time as the Director of Market Development for a software company.

My work has been featured in OnStage Magazine and I was quoted in Martha Stewart's 15th anniversary edition of her magazine.

My paper arts blog is www.understandblue.blogspot.com

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Nopic_tan
Show your talents on real TV!
01/09/2009
~ simran19

Nice video!!!
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Nopic_tan
Show your talents on real TV!
01/09/2009
~ simran19

Here in comes, the generic search format of Uploaded.TV that helps you to display your talents be it singing, dancing, or making movies to the world on real TV! Just, shoot your performance video and upload it in www.uploaded.tv. Your video will appear on real TV, all over the world!

Alexjurek_homepage
Gorgeous little spotted bird
12/16/2008
~ alexjurek

This card is so pretty, and looks very simple (though I have doubt that my free-hand dots would turn out as beautiful as Lydia's!). I love the continuation of the little dot theme throughout all the elements on the card and the little bird sitting on his ribbon wire.

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Nopic_tan
Show your talents on real TV!
01/09/2009
~ simran19

Nice video!!!
Here in comes, the generic search format of Uploaded.TV that helps you to display your talents be it singing, dancing, or making movies to the world on real TV! Just, shoot your performance video and upload it in www.uploaded.tv. Your video will appear on real TV, all over the world!

Nopic_tan
Show your talents on real TV!
01/09/2009
~ simran19

Here in comes, the generic search format of Uploaded.TV that helps you to display your talents be it singing, dancing, or making movies to the world on real TV! Just, shoot your performance video and upload it in www.uploaded.tv. Your video will appear on real TV, all over the world!

Alexjurek_homepage
Gorgeous little spotted bird
12/16/2008
~ alexjurek

This card is so pretty, and looks very simple (though I have doubt that my free-hand dots would turn out as beautiful as Lydia's!). I love the continuation of the little dot theme throughout all the elements on the card and the little bird sitting on his ribbon wire.

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