Elegant Bird Birthday Card

Greetings, my friends! Toni here this fine day with an elegant bird birthday card. As you know, you can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right?

the focal point

Grabbing a trusty piece of Cougar White cardstock, I diecut it with a coverplate before adhering it to a base of Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock, my favorite yellow.

Next, I diecut a Pop Tone Sour Apple cardstock panel with an Avery Elle coverplate. I adhered this to the card front in preparation for the colorful bird.

The Bird

I chose bright colors for the bird to really draw the eye to the focal point. Keeping in mind hummingbirds, I used Stardream Metallic Lagoon cardstock on its head and throat. In addition, other cardstock I used included:

• Lessebo Amazon Dark Teal: wing and eye stripe;
• Discount Raspberry Ice: wing;
• Pop Tone Blue Raspberry: wing & throat; and,
• Pop Tone Orange Fizz: belly.

Even with all of these bright colors, I sponged some of the diecuts to create even more variation in color.

Final touches

When originally designing this card, I pictured the branch I had cut from Royal Sundance Kraft cardstock being beneath the oval aperture. However, this just didn’t feel balanced so I placed the branch on top.

Furthermore, I embossed the sentiment on a scrap of the Royal Sundance Kraft cardstock. Not only does this tie in to the colors, but its placement visually balances the bird.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my elegant bird birthday card. Have a great rest of your day!

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