Thursday, July 22, 2010

Birthday Birdie

In my family there are always so many birthdays that I just cannot make too many. The good thing is that I do generally send them. This is a gate-fold card, I really like these because they are a little different from the normal cards.  The difficult part usually seems to be a way to get the card to stay closed. This time I found some little Magnets from Basic Grey, that worked great.

I made this card for a few challenges. First was for the "blast from the past" challenge on StampTV to make a gate-fold card. Then there is the color challenge of JUGS#42 to use green, navy, orange, and cream. Then there is the Copic Creation challenge to color a bird using Copics. Now I did research for the bird to see which birds have some orange and blue in them. This bird is a barn swallow! Isn't that cool? So there is the orange for the JUGS challenge!  


Recipe:
Stamps: Spring Mix from Gina K Designs
Paper: Pure luxury Vanilla and In the Navy
Special Paper: DCWV Latte
Other: Buttons, Copic Markers, Nestabilities, Copic Markers 

8 comments:

Becky said...

This is gorgeous Miesje, love that design paper and that is a good idea to use a magnet.

AKiteFlier said...

Oh this is so pretty. Love the BG paper - it's fun and perfect for this challenge. Thanks for coloring along with JUGS this week.

Andrea M said...

Great card! Such pretty patterned paper and love the gate fold design. Wonderful use of the challenge colors! Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls - we appreciate your support!

craftieodmae said...

great idea to keep em closed, I do love gate cards, and this one is goregous!! Love the birdie.

Beebeebabs said...

Such a lovely card thanks for sharing!

Beebeebabs said...

Such a lovely card thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Ohhh, I'm so happy we've extended the challenge and I've had the opportunity to stop by to see your lovely creation! This image is adorable and you've colored with Copics just perfectly! So glad you could join us at Copic Creations and hope you are able to come back again! hugz, Mary

Lilian said...

Beautiful work and beautiful coloring :) Thanks for joining the Copic Creations challenge!