Tropical Bird Birthday Card

Hello, friends! Toni here and I’ve entertained the idea of keeping a bird as a pet but will stick with cats. However, birds are such characters, aren’t they? I created a tropical backdrop for this adorable and absolutely fabulous-in-pink bird birthday card.

Creating the jungle backdrop

To begin, I started the card by sponging a Lessebo Sweet Mint cardstock panel in a couple of shades of green. Notice I left the center of the front largely uninked to create a spotlight.

Next, I diecut a tropical leaves and vines cover plate from Pop Tone Gumdrop Green cardstock. Then I adhered this to the card front. Further, I added a branch cut from Environment Desert Storm cardstock with additional Pop Tone Sour Apple cardstock leaves sponged with a darker green so they would pop out.

Adding the tropical bird

I have no idea if pink birds exist out in the real world, but I do know they certainly should. On mine, I used Lessebo Blossom Pink and Discount Raspberry Ice along with Silk Glitter Princess Pink cardstock. Additionally, I added Pop Tone Black Licorice and Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock for contrast.

Of course, I used the same pinks and lemon yellow along with Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink cardstock to add some blossoms here and there.

As a final step, I embossed the sentiment in white on a scrap of Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock. The boldness of the sentiment balances out the pink bird quite nicely, don’t you think?

As always, thanks for stopping by and checking out my tropical bird birthday card. Have a great rest of your day!

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