Choose Happiness Bird Print Card

by Joanne James30. April 2016 09:00

 

Yay it's the weekend - and the start of a long one for those of us here in the UK as we have a Bank Holiday on Monday! the weather forecast is poor, so I'm thinking this may offer a great opportunity for getting in some quality crafting time. Here's hoping! Today I have a card for a couple of challenges: I used the colours over at Global Design Project and this week's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches:

This colour palette is quite similar to the one we used over at Create With Connie and Mary this week, yet I was inspired to use it in a completely different way - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Offset Frames - My first thought when I saw the FMS sketch was to add a strip of something to the panel down the left side, but as I started to put my card together I realised I didn't want to introduce any additional pattern and decided instead to create offset frames and allow the Night of Navy to take a more prominent role.

Bird of Happiness - I love this little bird from the 'Choose Happiness' stamp set and have wanted to use him to create a pattern for some time. Since he is about to retire, I thought it was about time I got onto it! My panel was the perfect size for a tic-tac-toe of birdies in all three colours (Night of Navy is the winner here too!)

A Touch of Lace - I decided to stamp my sentiment in navy onto Calypso Coral to give more emphasis to the two strongest colours of the trio and matted it with a thin border of Night of Navy too. I decided to add just a little sliver of Venetian crochet trim to the edge of my sentiment for a little embellishment.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

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Comments (5) -

Wendie
WendieUnited States
4/30/2016 10:56:10 PM #

Love everything about this card.

Connie Collins
Connie CollinsUnited States
5/1/2016 3:17:00 AM #

Adorable card and great use of our color challenge. This card reminds me of one I made a long time ago...great minds think alike. Thanks for joining us this week at Global Design Project.

Brian King
Brian KingUnited States
5/1/2016 12:49:49 PM #

What a great card, Joanne!  I love the way you've stamped these birds over and over to create a modern, fun card. Thank you so much for playing along with this week’s Global Design Project color challenge.

Cindy
CindyUnited States
5/1/2016 3:14:13 PM #

Fantastic card! Love the repeated pattern and the precision layering. Wonderful!!

KarrenJ
KarrenJNew Zealand
5/2/2016 6:58:25 AM #

Gorgeous card, Joanne!  And that sentiment is fabulous!  Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

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