Stampin’ Up! Bird Banter Belated Birthday

Mornin’, y’all!  Monday arriveth again.  I saw on the news the other day that this is the least productive day of the year – many employers give their folks the day after Super bowl off – cuz they ain’t gonna do much anyway! Makes perfect sense to me.  These days, I’ll take any excuse to have a 4-day week!  There were some good commercials, didn’t you think?  We enjoyed watching Eli Manning do the Dirty Dancing scene with you Beckham, Jr – and the Alexa-lost-her-voice commercial was one of our favorites!  And the game was darned good, too – I enjoy watching when it’s not a rout.  Two outstanding teams this year!!

So, my card today uses the Bird Banter stamp set – one that I haven’t played with before.  And I used it, with the addition of some Sale-A-Bration Bubbles & Fizz DSP, to create a cute little belated birthday card.  Take a look-see:

My layout is from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week.

And several elements are from the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  I went across the top (Calypso Coral is red-ish!) or down the left side.  Your choice!

I started with a piece of Calypso Coral paper from the Sale-A-Bration Bubbles & Fizz DSP (free with a $50 purchase!) and matted it on a piece of Lemon Lime Twist.

For the art/sentiment panel, I stamped the branch image from Bird Banter in Early Espresso twice on a Whisper White panel.  I also added a couple of the little leaves images.  Don’t know if you can see it, but I stamped each of those extra leaves twice without re-inking, offsetting the second image just a smidge.  I colored all the leaves with my Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker.  On the top branch, also in Early Espresso, I stamped the small bird and colored him with my Light and Dark Daffodil Delight and the Light Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends.

I stamped the larger bird on a second piece of Thick Whisper White card stock in Early Espresso and fussy cut him.  Then I colored him with my Stampin’ Blends in Light/Dark Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay.

I stamped the balloon string image in Calypso Coral – letting the balloon itself go off the top of the panel.  I added the Bird Banter sentiment in Bermuda Bay and some little flowers in Calypso Coral.  Then I matted it on Lemon Lime Twist and Fast Fuse’d it to the card front.  On a little piece of Vellum card stock, I stamped the balloon in Calypso Coral and, when it was very dry, fussy cut it.

I popped the large bird on with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Then I added a Bermuda Bay heart Enamel Shape to the Vellum balloon and popped the balloon onto the card front with a Mini Stampin’ Dimensional.

Did you know that you can color the Whisper White 1/4″ Organza Ribbon with your Stampin’ Blends?  Well – you can! I colored a piece of my Light Calypso Coral Blend, tied it in a knot and adhered it to the balloon with a Glue Dot.  And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I stamped a second Bird Banter sentiment in Bermuda Bay on a Thick Whisper White panel.  Under that is another sentiment – in Lemon Lime Twist.  Then I stamped three of the little flowers in Calypso Coral.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Lemon Lime Twist panel and into my Thick Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got some Bird Banter flowers and hearts on the front in Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay…

… and I added some more of the Bubbles & Fizz DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  Now – we all try to get birthday cards to folks on time.  But – sometimes we don’t, right?  And this little set is so perfect for those occasions – this sentiment pair really kind of cracks me up!  And the Bird Banter birds are so cute and fun to color.  Hope you like!

TTFN

Mary

P.S.  My 2018 Occasions bundles are still available – and there’s a bundle with the wonderful new Stampin’ Blends!  Take a look-see right here!

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STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:   
Product List

CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:

Thick Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ (art/sentiment panel); 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (inner liner)

Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Bubbles & Fizz DSP: 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (card front); envelope flap

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