How to Make Fringe for a Really Big Bird Card

Happy Friday!  I'm enjoying this new release of Safari dies from Cottage Cutz immensely!  They are wonderful for so many occasions and are perfect for both children and adults, and for male or female.  Today I wanted to use the ostrich and I wanted the card to have a fringe-y look  reminiscent of ostrich feathers.

This is what I came up with to accomplish that look.  It took a little planning but was actually quite easy and did not take much time at all.

I cut a panel from a black and charcoal grey patterned paper 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches to cover the front of my A2 card.  

I then cut a rectangle from white cardstock using the third largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies and stamped my sentiment.  I also cut two rectangles 3 x 4 inches and 3 1/4 x4 1/4 inches.  I placed the die cut piece in the center of each rectangle and lightly traced around the die cut piece in pencil.

Using my scoring board I made score lines on my pencil marks then erased them.

I cut my fringe with paper snips, clipping to the score lines.  I clipped each corner first since the the fringe there is angled and slightly wider on the outside edge.  I gradually made the cut lines perpendicular to the score lines.  Below is a finished one and one that I had just started.

Each fringe cut is about 2mm wide.  It actually went quite fast because you don't want it too even or perfect - you want it organic like feathers!

I folded the edges up and used a bamboo skewer to curl them.  A pencil would also work well.

My sentiment is colored in Copic R11 and I used Distress Oxide inks and blending brushes to color the ostrich. 

After gluing the black and gray panel to the card I centered each fringe panel and placed the sentiment panel in the middle. 

Then I popped up the ostrich with two layers of foam dots.  She needed two layers to sit up over the fluffy fringe.

Finally I added some black, white and pink sequins for a bit of sparkle.

Products used:

• Dies: Cottage Cutz Safari Ostrich and Stitched Rectangles 
• Stamps: Technique Tuesday Elsa and Eric the Emus (okay so they're not ostriches, but this sentiment works perfectly with this die!
• Markers and ink: see above

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