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!

  • 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

36 comments:

  1. Wow...what an awsome card!! I am more the cutie for stamping, but I also like Vintage creations and this is really wonderful!!! Love it!
    Martina

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous, Sylvia!!!

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  3. Wow absolutely stunning!!!!!! Love the paper and embellishments!!!! What a great job!!!!!

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  4. Stunning card luv the papers.
    Chris x

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  5. WOW - this is a stunning card. I bet it looks even more wonderful in real life.
    Thank you for joining us at Simply Create.
    Ike xx
    SC DT

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  6. What a beautiful, unique card! I love the vintage feel of this creation.....absolutely gorgeous!!!!

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  7. HI sweetie, i love this one so vintagey and i am loving the papers they are fab, big huggles love pops x

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  8. This is just beautiful, I dont know how you did this! Georgeus colors, layers and style, I love the birds and swirls.

    Hugs, Anne.

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  9. Such a beautiful card! Love all the gorgeous imagery & patterns! TFS!

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  10. What a great card.

    Marie-Anne

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  11. Love this one - very creative and styling card!!!

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  12. A lovely card.
    Thank you for joining us over at Paper Creator's Crafts and good luck.
    Debbie x

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  13. Oh...what a beautiful card!!!! I really love it! It´s great...a real beauty!!

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  14. Herrlich! Sylvia diese Karte ist absolut PERFECT!
    Liebe Grüße Karla

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  15. What a beautiful card Sylvia.

    Liefs Riet.

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  16. An amazing creation Sylvia, love the birds. Thanks for joining us at Little Claire's.

    Donna x

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  17. Stunning vintage collage! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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  18. Fabulous card. Thank you so much for joining us in our first challenge at Paper Creator Crafts this week!
    Love ~ Lady Anne xx

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  19. Wonderful card- the birds are gorgeous! The Vintage fell to your card is just beautiful!

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  20. Lovely card, Thanks for joining us at Little Claires. Mary x

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  21. Lovely card, thank you for joining us in our 1st Paper Creator Crafts Challenge.

    Julie xx

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  22. Beautiful card!! Thanks for joining us this week at Catch The Bug.
    hugs Marilyn

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  23. Hi!
    Stunning Card! love it.
    -Sony
    Sonia-Studio60

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  24. beautiful card, love the colors and all the elements. Thanks for joining us at blogger's challenge.

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  25. Wow, what a beautiful card Sylvia, so great!
    Hugs Jacqueline

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  26. Now this is a lovely card, thanks for joining use at paper creator`s cards first challenge

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  27. Mensch Mausi, die Karte ist der oberhammer... die ist wunderschön und fetzt so richtig.

    Wünsche dir einen wunderschönen Tag
    Lieben Gruß
    Anja

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  28. WOW, now this card is classy, LOVE it, thank you so much for sharing us at CYDA and good luck with the challenge, Gaynor DT xx

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  29. hi Sylvia..
    this is stunning..totally love your work..
    Thanks for joining us over at Polkadoodles this week . Good luck !
    Hugs xx

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  30. Just fabulous. Great masculine card.

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  31. Gorgeous Vintage card. Thanks for joining the BC Manly Challenge.

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  32. What an amazing card!

    Thanks for joining our challenge at Craft Your Days Away.

    Amanda

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  33. I love this card.. I just bought a dymo label maker at a thrift store here in town.. what a great idea.!!!

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  34. Stunning card! Love the colors and images! You sure do vintage very well! Thanks for joining us in this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug! Becky GD

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  35. Wow, this is gorgeous, so pretty but deliciously grungy too, I absolutely love it, thanks so much for entering the all of a flutter challenge at Polkadoodles,
    hugs,
    Em.x

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  36. Stunning card! Thanks for joining in at Simply Create - hope to see you again next time!

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Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! I hope to see you again, soon :)
Sylvia xx