Sunday 3 April 2011

Happy birdday

















I think I dare to say that spring has finally arrived to my part of the world. With the sun out and the birds singing I got inspired to make a card with one of my newest (and soon to be favourite) sweetpea stamp. I just LOVE the birdtheme. The image I have here is called Peony and it's one of the newer ones by ching chou kuik. It's from plate 97.

















The papers I have are from die cuts with a view Mariposa line. I got them from my sweetheart after his trip to the US :) Unfortunately the pics don't do the papers justice. They are very glittery and the birdcage background is in gold foil. As the papers were so beautiful I wanted to keep the layout simple and make them work with the image. After choosing the papers I coloured the image with promarkers to match. The text is handwritten. Oh, and I added some gold glitterglue to her flower to make it match the papers and stand out a bit.

Challenges:
Simon says stamp - sketch


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4 comments:

Unknown said...

The card is wonderful! I love the design and spunky colours, Gotta love birdies. Have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,

Scrappellen said...

Hei Karina!:)
tusen takk for kjempe koselig kommentar! Jeg blir så glad!!:) Ang. akvarell papirer, så er det bare en type som er brukbar, synes jeg:). Det er Canson/Monval enten 280gr, eller 300gr! Jeg liker nå for tiden best 280gr, og da setter ikke Distress "streken" seg fast i papiret liksom:)).
Nå har jeg fått meg Prisma colors, så jeg øver og øver på disse,hihi.

Jeg er såå glad for at jeg fikk være med i Sweet Pea's DT, og er veldig takknemmelig for den flotte velkomsten jeg har fått..og Lynette er bare herlig skjønn!!:)
Gleder meg til å jobbe i team med dere videre, og hente maaasse inspirasjon!:)
Du er forresten veldig dyktig!!:) Jeg har så mye å lære, men får ta tiden til hjelp:) Nå er det akkurat 1 år siden jeg startet med kort/fargelegging, og Rome ble ikke bygget på 1 dag!:))
Ha en koselig kveld!:)
Klem, Ellen

Melissa Bove said...

Such a beautiful card! Lovely image! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog!

Hugs...
Melissa
Simon Says DT

Uhooi said...

Uhooi,,
His card was beautiful and sweet,,

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