Bright Bird-Day

I created this bright birthday card for today's SCS sketch challenge. I needed a few kids birthday cards for my collection and I thought the some of the images from Pun Fun would make a fun child's card. I realized I've had Pun Fun for months and barely used any of the images other than the rocket ship, so I figured I'd try out some of the other images in the set. The bird (and its matching birthday sentiment) caught my eye.

I stamped the bird image in black ink, then colored it with Copic markers. The bird is embellished with some Yellow Stickles on its belly and a tiny yellow Twinkle sticker on the hat. You can actually sort of see the sparkly belly in this picture (usually when I photograph Stickles, that doesn't happen . . . ).

The patterns are a pretty busy combination, so I used a more subtle strip of patterned paper across the cardfront. I found three large red brads to add as an accent.

I really like this layout and I have some other ideas for images and paper combinations to try with it, so you may be seeing it again soon . . .

Materials Used:
Pun Fun stamp set, Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, and Real Red cardstock, East Coast Prep designer paper, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); white cardstock (Georgia Pacific); Graphite Black ink (Brilliance); rectangle dies (Nestabilities); Yellow Stickles (Ranger); red brads (?)