Happy Birthday Spring Birds

Yayyyy to Spring and warm weather around the corner...

 

stamps: Papertrey Ink Brushed Birds, My Favorite Things Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes  dies: Winnie & Walter In a Word: Happy Cutaway, My Favorite Things Stitched Dome Frames/Die-namics Stitched Oval Word Windows

When I saw the following photo, I grabbed some purple and yellow patterned paper scraps to start with.

 

 

The birds were sitting on my desk, ready to be inked up for the first time.

 

I wanted to give them a go, diving in with the layers and allowing myself mistakes if need be.

If I don't try it, I won't know how to fix my mistakes, right?

I'm happy to report everything turned out decent~first shot. ;)

That doesn't happen often for me.

 

Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday): Anything Goes

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Love You To the Core Modern Pineapple

I'm craving color these days...

 

stamps: Essentials by Ellen Abstract Paint Strokes/Stay Golden  dies: My Favorite Things Square Frames  other: We R Enamel Dots and Shapes



When I saw Essentials by Ellen's Pin-Sights Challenge, I zoomed in on the vase flowers. 

I love the contrast of aqua and pink so I pulled those colors in to my card, along with purples and blues.

I kept it chunky and contrasting, marrying Abstract Paint Stroke's speckled stamp with
the delightful pineapple image from Stay Golden.

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You Were Made

You were made for amazing things.


There is no one quite like you~don't ever forget that.

The fact that you're an original means that you are valuable.


I bet you needed to hear that today. ;)

stamps: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods bird/Diddlie-do, Verve Beautiful Things  dies: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods/Diddlie-do/Brushed Off: Rectangle Die

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Happy Birthday Tag

I. Love. Ikea.

I grabbed these cool animal head tags in the stationary~just because. ;)

stamp: Winnie & Walter Happy Birthday to You  die: Winnie & Walter In a Word: Happy Cutaway

When I saw the heads in this challenge~

and the theme of this challenge~

w&w 4th Birthday Bash/Anything But a Card Challenge with Kate

I was inspired to tower a birthday tag I plan on using soon.

 I layered the happy die cut twice for a little more pop~they fit perfectly in my Xyron sticker maker.

Loosy goosy and abstract, this uses the delicious patterned scraps I had laying around.

 Now I can justify more Ikea stationary purchases. :)

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Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop Challenge

Since I've been tinkering with Winter Woods...I can't seem to put it down.

Even the silhouette of the cardinal inspires~

stamps: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods/Brushed Birds sentiments  dies: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods, My Favorite Things sentiment strip

 Check out the hop at Papertrey:

 Papertrey Ink February 2018 Blog Hop

 The clear bunny in a subtlety of color inspired me...why not a white bird?

Simple and low key was the way to go...hints of spring~with black and white vs green (just because I can't walk away from stripes at the moment).

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Make It Monday Framed Sentiment

I love Winter Woods...those dramatic birds are wonderful layered, but they can also be effective in black
 (this is just the first layer stamped).

stamps: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods bird/Diddlie-do  dies: Papertrey Ink Winter Woods/Brushed Off: Rectangle Die


 This week's Make It Monday focuses on framing sentiment and/or images.

I used both sizes of the Brushed Off Rectangles to create a wonky frame.

Although the sentiment from Doodlie-do is small, it's mighty!

Since it's already corralled with a border, the die cut frame looks like matting.


Make It Monday #312: Framing Sentiments & Images 

hosted by Laurie Schmidlin

 I love that you can go abstract and loose with a frame...it doesn't have to look perfectly straight and centered.

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