She's a wonderful woman, always seeing the good in people and taking time to notice the little things in life. She's conquered most obstacles that presented along the way, making her wise and beautiful. She drinks her coffee and watches the birds from her patio every morning. Perhaps I should do this as well, it seems to be the trigger to living each day in the moment and having a happy life like hers.
I'm on a quest to make some flat and easily mailed cards to give to my grandma for her 82nd birthday, the woman referenced above, who still believes in the power of a handwritten note. My card draws inspiration from the line of yellow coffee mugs at Octavia & Brown's shop for the Etsy Inspired Challenge and uses the layout from the sketch at Limelight Papercrafts (plus background stamping). The birds were stamped in chalk ink and given a bit of dimension with colored pencils. Love them, aren't they cute?
Supplies Used: Cardstock: (White) Georgia Pacific (Yellow Gold) Recollections Stamps: (Bird and Leaves from Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions) Wplus9 Ink: (Yellow Citrus Chalk) Colorbox Other: (Colored Pencils) Prisma, (Black Marker) Pilot, (Black Floss) DMC, Staples
LOVE this card! LOVE the color with the subtle leaves and LOVE LOVE the little birdies!
ReplyDeleteso so pretty! Love what you did with these wplus9 stamps! Beautiful Karen.. love the coloring of the birds!
ReplyDeleteI love these little birds! I am not very "yellow", but this card is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWOW, beautiful card. Loved it. I really liked the color combination.
ReplyDeleteYummy yellow! Gorgeous card Karen!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday ~
This card is so pretty, Karen!
ReplyDeleteI love that gorgeous yellow color!
there is no better start to the day, karen! your g-mother is one smart lady! love your stamped background with the darling birds:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Such a bright and cheery card.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card. Love the added dimension. I'm sure your darling grandma will adore these.
ReplyDeleteAdorable Karen! I love yellow and I think your grandma is a very smart woman to watch birds and drink coffee. That's what I call relaxing!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful Karen! I love the happy birdies - the color is rich and warm and I think I might adopt your Grandmother's habit of sipping my coffee on the patio! It would be a delightful way to ease into the day.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
A great colour and the backing paper and stamp are fab.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutley beautiful! LOVE your take on the inspiration piece! Your grandma will love this! Thank you for playing with us at EI challenge!
ReplyDeleteI think Grandma will like this card more than you can imagine. SJ
ReplyDeleteI love the yellow birds and the beautiful background! Very pretty card! Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute, cheery card! Your grandmother will love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute, cheery card! Your grandmother will love it.
ReplyDeleteOh this is adorable! :) Love those little birdies! :)
ReplyDeleteYOU NAILED THIS! The bird and colors are simply fabulous! I am loving this design! Thanks for playing EIC!
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece and the bird too. I love your work!
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Your grandma is going to love those little birdies - such a great card Karen! I'm on a 'make flat stuff' quest myself, these days.
ReplyDeleteI love Etsy for inspiration - I need to spend some more time there for sure.
Love your card! The color inspiration is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing EtsyInspired this week!
The background is GORGEOUS!! Love it, Karen! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah...featuring your card today. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever clever card! I love love love it:) I love visiting your site--you always blow me away:) Thanks for playing along with us at the EIC!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Karen! Love those darling birds!!
ReplyDeleteSooo cute Karen! I recognize those birdies right off the bat :) Thank you for the comment, I really do appreciate them! I have a great challenge going on until thurs for some Practicing Creativity stamps I hope you can play along!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the coloring on the chalk stamped image ... what a great idea ... and what a gorgeous inspired birthday card ... there are a lot of us who still appreciate the power of the written word ... keep mailing cards.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I saw you were a winner over on the Limelight Papercrafts blog.
ReplyDeletethose colors are amazing and soooooooo yummy! gorgeous simple card, Karen! i love it!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love what you did with this birdie & branch! Such a bright and fun card-I'm sure your grandma will find it hard to give it away!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! I love how you did the background and the cute chicks! Thanks for playing along with the EtsyInspired challenge this week! It means a lot to me!
ReplyDeleteI love this...
ReplyDeleteI thought you didn't do yellow??!!!
Looks fabulous :-)
Love this bird stamp!
ReplyDeleteI bet your Grandma loved her gift of cards :)
Well, I don't want to fill up your e-mail box with blog comments from me -- but some cards I just have to comment on. This card with the leaf images and the three birds is so wonderful. The colors are so rich and the shading on the birds is just perfect. I've made card sets for our moms (in fact, just finished some for my MIL) and it can be a real challenge for me to not add bulk in the way of buttons, bows, and bling! You're doing a great job with it!
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