Monday, August 5, 2019

Watercolored Birthday Card


This card began with a panel of water color card where I brushed on some watered down cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass Distress inks and then let it dry. Next I used a Cornish Heritage Farm chicken wire fence background stamp with white pigment ink. It didn't turn out to be visible, so I went into plan B. I pulled out a WRMK next level Geometric embossing folder and gave it an embossed look of chicken wire. I still wasn't happy, so I stamped the chicken wire background in black on the lower portion of the card, and now I can see it with that silly bird sitting right on top of it :) The Tim Holtz crazy bird was colored with Copics, while the hat and balloons  were colored with distress inks and fussy cut for placement. The sentiment is by Tim Holtz and was heat-embossed with white ep, then die cut using a MFT fishtail flag frame die. I just used the inside portion of the die without the frame. For the final touch, a few black and aqua Nuvo drops were added just for fun. The bird's eyes are covered with Glossy Accents just for fun.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:


Happy Little Stampers August watercolor challenge - anything goes/optional "ocean"

Dies R Us challenge #126 - use bright colors

Thanks for stopping by and here's wishing you a great Monday!

Carol

20 comments:

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

This is awesome! LOL, remember when we had to have this silly bird set? They were so well loved. Good luck with all of your challenges.

Brenda in IN said...

Love your background and that crazy bird is a hoot!

jimlynn said...

Perfection!!! Love the way you can see a little of the chicken wire in the background and then it ties it all together since you stamped it in black too. Love that bird! Perfect card to put a smile on someones face.
Lynn

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Great background and it really comes to life with the embossing. The crazy bird is so much fun. This makes a great birthday card!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Fabulous and fun card, it"s full of textures and details!! Love the DI colors of the background and the TH ceazy bird with that hat and ghe balloons!!😊
Hugs!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

All your trying and trying has resulted in a fabulous card Carol, LOVE everything about it, the silly bird and the chicken wire effect is wonderful AND the balloons of course LOL.
Faith x

*Vicki* said...

Carol, this is really adorable!! I absolutely LOVE the way you've done the background especially with that embossing folder and the texture you've got with it! That bird with the balloons is so cute!! :) Thanks so much for sharing this with us over at Cute Card Thursday!! HUGS

crafty-stamper said...

Love the silly bird and great chicken wire stamp
carol x

Ina G said...

Fabulous fun card Carol. Super background and that chicken wire your colourful bird is sitting on.

Wendy said...

This card is so cool, Carol! Love the watercolored background and those crazy birds! That chicken wire embossing is pretty awesome, too! Nice job! TFS

Claire said...

That bird has such a wonderful expression, I love him positioned on the chicken wire looking at the balloons. Fun birthday card especially for someone not exactly thrilled to be another year older :) x

Stampsnob. said...

Love what you do with watercolor . And that bird is too dang cute...……...Lis

Verna Angerhofer said...

Fantastic and fun design. Great job with the water coloring.

JD/ Jill said...

Fun image on this cute card!

aussie aNNie said...

Carol firstly I thank you for reminding me I have all of these crazy birds and chicken wire stamps, yes, unless someone else makes a card we tend to forget what's in our stash... Fabulous card, embossing folder and awesome colours.xx

cotnob said...

A fun card Carol, a great background - the crazy birds always make me smile.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Darlene said...

Fabulous card Carol ... brought an instant smile!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Dies R Us challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
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Maria said...

Love the colorful bird and balloons...so fun!! Thanks so much for joining us at Dies R Us for the challenge!

nwilliams6 said...

So fun! Love the bird and the colors. Wonderful card. Hugz

Sue - said...

A great fun card! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge.