Saturday 19 September 2015

Birthday Bird ...

I've waited and waited to buy the Tim Holtz Crazy Birds and eventually decided they were a must have - the I had to find some!!  The wait is over and the Birds have landed so it only seemed right to get them out straight away and play.  This is my first card:



I love these birds!  I've seen some wonderful cards and mixed media creations in blogland using these stamps and, with practise, I hope I can make some equally wonderful creations. For the first outing I'm quite happy with the result!  I water coloured the bird using distress inks and created the sentiment using die cut balloons and an alphabet stamp set - not an original sentiment but it always makes me smile!

I used:

Distress ink - Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon and Scattered Straw.
Clearly Besotted Balloon dies
Lawn Fawn Milo's alphabet
Embroidery Thread

I'm going to enter the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #162 Make Your Mark
Penny Black and More September Challenge Anything Goes

Enjoy!

6 comments:

  1. Great card, love the balloons with your fun bird, Cathy x

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  2. Loving your funky bird and what a super idea the way you have stamped the balloons.

    Many thanks for sharing your creativity with us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  3. Loving your funky bird and what a super idea the way you have stamped the balloons.

    Many thanks for sharing your creativity with us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  4. They're hard to resist, aren't they? (But will you be able to resist the dies and the accessories??) Love the sentiment on your layered balloons.

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  5. Really cute card, Elaine! I love how you colored the bird (I need this set, too) and how you stamped your sentiment on the balloons...So FUN! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM!

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  6. Great .xfun card, love the play on words too.
    Thank you for sharing at Penny Black & More @ Allsorts & good luck x Susan x

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