A Little Birdie...

A little birdie told me to keep trying to push myself, keep creating, and do it for me. I like to spend some time after the kiddos go to bed just creating, it helps me to unwind, it's my stress relief. Sometimes they go to bed so good, other nights I hardly have time. I take what I can get!

The basis of this card started from wanting to use the clouds from the You're Dandy stamp set, as they were feeling a bit neglected. I found some blue fabric (please forgive me I have no idea what kind, any takers?) and tried a few things, as I knew I also wanted to have a go at Everything but the Kitchen Sink's latest challenge. White craft ink worked fine, but I wanted something brighter, with a bit more dimension. I then got out my acrylic paints, the cheap kind, and there you have it-fluffy, white, dimensional clouds. After I had a backdrop setting, my first instinct was to create a butterfly but then I realized that I've been using butterflies perhaps a bit too often, and what if I wanted to make this a gender neutral card? That led me to Google Image Search, where I found, drew and hand cut the black silhouette of the little birdie sitting in a tree, way high up in the sky. I added the green ruffled ribbon (not so much a gender neutral anymore, but at least I used green!) for a pop of color and to somewhat ground the card. The base of the card is cut a bit skinny, so that the fabric could overhand to show off the natural fraying at the end. Well, thanks for taking this journey with me. Creating this card was a good experience: I tried some new stuff and new techniques, and I let my own creativity be seen, I think.

Supplies Used: SU Whisper White Cardstock, Black Screen Print Paper, Blue Fabric, SU Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Practicing Creativity You're Dandy Stamp Set, SU Congrats Stamp Set, White Acrylic Paint, Stazon Ink in Black, SU Corner Rounder Punch, Black Thread