Bird and Floral Branch on Shimmer

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Bird and Floral Branch on Shimmer

A special birthday card for a very special lady who just turned 102. Both the card base and the sheer ribbon are shimmery, and there's a touch of glitter on the flower centers. I almost never use glitter, but this was a very good exception to the rule.

I love the sweet bird on the branch. After trying several different ink colors for the flowers, I was surprised at the beauty of the pink-purple ink with the other colors.

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) blue shimmer and stamper's select white.
Ribbon (1" wide) is a random scrap, probably saved from a gift box. It was perfect with the blue shimmer card stock, so I'm glad I saved it!
Glitter is Ranger diamond stickles.
Dies are PTI spring woods.
The sentiment "birthday wishes" is from PTI winter woods, stamped with PTI simply chartreuse (green) ink cube. The bird and branch, from PTI spring woods, are stamped with PTI canyon clay (orangey brown), cocoa bean (dark brown), classic kraft (light brown), lavender moon, and simply chartreuse ink cubes.

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1 comment:

Kim Heggins said...: Love your beautiful card....your bird is gorgeous! The spring blossoms are so pretty.; February 11, 2017 at 11:10 PM

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Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
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Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

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Saturday, February 11, 2017