I paired the Soaring Swallows with Pretty Prints designer series paper from the new annual catalog. Also, I love this layout with the strips of paper horizontally on the card front. The strips of paper are 1″ x 3″ matted on 1-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ card stock. Plus, the birds aren’t hard to figure out once you build them the first time. I have a couple of guides below to help.
Here are the guides of how to build the birds using the Swallows dies. This one has the actual die next to the cut outs.
This one shows the colors I used on the card.
Colors: Blackberry Bliss, Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Mother of Pearl (bird & wings), Basic White
Stamps / Dies / Specialty Paper:
Happy Stampin’