Inky Garden Scene

I've been getting splodgy with my distress inks again to create a garden scene, inspired by the warmer spring weather.  Watch out local bird tables, my cats are enjoying spending more time outdoors again!

 I masked off much of the card with masking tape, leaving a wide band, then dabbed Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint Distress Inks on a non stick mat and spritzed with water.  I then swooshed the card through the ink, keeping the blue at the top for the sky and the green at the bottom.  Next I removed the tape and very lightly dabbed the card back in the ink, I then sprayed the piece with water and dried with a heat tool.  Once dry, I put masking tape back on in the same place it was before.
The stamps I've used are all from Clarity.  To create the background foliage, I used just one stamp, inked with Peeled Paint, stamped several times, then sprayed with water to soften.  Once that was dry, I removed the tape from the right hand side and stamped the branch at the top.  I then removed the rest of the tape and stamped the birdhouse, inking the stamp with Walnut Stain and Peeled Paint, then stamped the fence, offsetting it slightly, the cat and the birds.
I decided to create a frame using the edges of the branch stamp all the way around the edges of the card.  I then simply matted it onto dark brown card and stuck it to my card blank.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Bloggers - Nature
Love to Create - #106 - Anything Goes
Craft a Scene - Let it be Spring
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a Stamp or Digi Stamp
My Time to Craft - #238 - Frame It - I stamped a foliage frame
Open Minded Challenges - #5 - Use Something Green - I used green ink