Monday, May 12, 2008

little birdie's thank you song

dontcha just love it when you make a fairly cool card...and you have leftover bits...and then you use the bits to make ANOTHER fairly cool card?! yeah, me too! :) it happened last week when i made the carmen miranda card. i had tons of scraps, including this rather fab compound flower that didn't quite fit on the first card. i made the sweet little patterned paper bird* by tracing a frances meyer chipboard one and a fancy pants felt wing...and the next thing i knew, that little dude was flying off to england, singing my thanks to that very lovely bestower of tasty blog candy...missus trashalou**!!!

(green cardstock: unknown; patterned paper: hambly, sei, my mind's eye, plus vintage sheet music sprayed with a bit of pink glimmer mist; florals: junkitz, heidi swapp, prima; epoxy stickers: michael's dollar spot, sue dreamer; felt accents: fancy pants, queen & co; rub-on letters: scenic route; other: foam tape, colorbox inks, zigwriter...oh yeah...after i scanned it, i decided what this card--and in fact ALL PAPER GOODS, EVERYWHERE, imo--needed glitter; so i adorned the border of the block that says "thank you" with a nice thick coat of clear stickles!)



*just in case you thought my bird obsession was finally over...naaaaah...i think these babies are gonna be around for the forseeable future!!!

**she's received it now, so i am not messin' up the surprise!

10 comments:

  1. what a sweet happy thankyou! i love it. and don't stop with the birdies - i love'em

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  2. The flower is really pretty and the bird is super cute...especially in the dp you chose for her. Wow, Ms. Lauren! I could use some of your super mojo right now...both coffee shops have sold very well already this month and I am low on card stash too :) I wish you didn't live like 4 hours away...though one day that may not stop me from having a playdate with you LOL!

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  3. Love the compound flower and birdie. xo

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  4. very sweet, i love that bird shape and the colors sing!!!

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  5. Love how you repeated the sheet music in your bloom ... fabulousity for sure.

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  6. what a beautiful and happy card !
    I loved it !

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  7. I LOVE birdie cards! and THIS ONE is BEAUTIFUL! xx

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  8. Oh! MY! STARS!!! I can't believe I looked at this page when it was published and not noticed 1. it was my card AND even worse ) it was my name!!!!!!!!

    Just flicking through again and I made one of my resident slaves run to the dining room to get it so I could check and make sure it really was mine.


    How funny!





    Wondering of the sugar from the Jolly Ranchers has actually fried my brain.....

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  9. Beautiful! Just love the birdies and that strip of stawberry paper (probalby scrap) does not go un-noticed.

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