Birthday Bird

I used Mary Jo's sketch to create this bright, fun birthday card. My plan was to use the sketch to make a gender neutral child's birthday card .

I stamped the bird image from SU!'s Pun Fun twice on white cardstock. I cut one image out with a circle Nestabilities die. I colored the other bird image with Copic markers and trimmed around it, then layered it on top of the bird image on the circle panel using a dimensional.

My color choices for the image and the rest of the card were inspired by the fun, dotted pattern on the paper from the Summer Picnic paper pack. I thought the colors and pattern would make a great card for a little one, boy or girl. I used Barely Banana and Real Red to mat the image and some more Barely Banana as a layer under the patterned paper. I tied a strip of wide red grosgrain ribbon around the panel before assembling the card. To match the dotted pattern of the paper, I added a trio of orange Dew Drops to the cardfront. Quick and cute! I could see whipping up a whole bunch of these in no time to keep on hand.

Materials Used:
Pun Fun stamp set, Barely Banana, Pumpkin Pie, and Real Red cardstock, Summer Picnic designer paper, wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Crystal Effects, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); markers (Copic Ciao); circle die (Nestabilities); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); Flame Dew Drops (Kitchen Sink Stamps)