and one more birthday card BUT....

.... BUT this time with a little touch of vintage ;-)

Hi everyone and happy Sunday!

I hope you all have a great weekend so far! The weather here in the very Southwest of Germany is ugly.. it's cold and rainy and just *brrr* ... but after all it's perfect for sitting on the crafting table and create cards, isn't it?! ;-)

So.. here's another birthday card. But this time it's not clean, not simple, not even cute .. but with a little touch of vintage :-)

Love this bird collage stamp that Donna Wells of Arty Pants designed. So as soon as I saw this awesome stamp, I knew I had to create a card with this beautiful collage stamp.

The card might look simple without much embellishments but it was a lot of work and thoughts going into this card anyhow ;-)  First I distressed the stamped collage with various Distress inks, then I colored parts of the stamped collage. I stamped the birds twice, colored them again, cut them out trimming closely and put them on foam pads for more dimension and interest.

The frame was created using a digi cutting file from the Silhouette store.
I distressed all cardstock (card base and cut out frame) with some acrylic paints and crayons.
I also highlighted parts of the collage and frame with a white gel pen.
The 'Happy Birthday' was created using a Dymo Label maker.

I like the result but I am not happy with the pictures. They just don't do the card justice.. but well..can't change the weather at the moment and today the daylight lamp wasn't any help, too *sigh*

Here's an additional close up of the cut out birds

Wishing you all a wonderful, SUNNY and creative Sunday, my sweet blogging friends!

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #44 (for a guy)
• Bloggers Challenge (for men)
• Catch The Bug (It's a Man's World)
• Craft Your Days Away (Monochromatic)
• Delicious Doodles #30 (things that flutter) 
• Inspire Me Fridays #11 (anything goes)
• Little Claire's Designs #9 (cards for men) 
• Mami Doodles #28 (card for a boy/man)
• Paper Creator's Crafts #1 (for the men) 
• Polka Doodles #24 (all of a flutter) 
• Simply Create #46 (wings)
  

card receipe:

• stamp - 'Bird Collage' by Arty Pants Digital Stamps
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Crayola glitter crayons, Sakura white gel pen, black acrylic paint from stash
• tools - Silhouette SD machine, Dymo Label maker
• other supplies - dark grey cardstock from stash, frame cutting file from Silhouette Store, foam pads from stash

~°~ Thanks for visiting my blog ~°~

Sylvia