The summer fun continues around my house and we have been busy, busy! Hope you are having a great week too. Our sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches is courtesy of the lovely Kim Singdahlsen. I love her style…always something really special about her work!
I saw a circle and at first I thought flower (of course). But I thought maybe I should stretch a bit so I flipped through my stamp sets and came upon Happy Birds by WPlus9. It was PERFECT! So I colored up this little cardinal and pulled out a previously inked and cut out panel. I knew I was right to keep this stack of unused extras! I thought the sentiment was funny because the little bird has a slightly grumpy look to me (although my 15yo swears he looks happy). To add a little more interest, I embossed the base of my card with a circles folder from SU.
I hope you will enjoy playing along with us this week. Please stop by and say and extra thank you to Caly Person for all her inspiration this month. It has been such a joy to have her along! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamp: Happy Birds (WPlus9); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Extra White Watercolor (Fabriano); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Squeezed Lemonade (Tim Holtz); Accessories: Big Shot, Happy Birds Dies (WPlus9), Misti, Dimensionals (SU), Stitched Shape Dies (SU), Daniel Smith Watercolors – Yana’s Palette (SSS)
7 Comments
This is adorable! Love your “happy” red bird! I think he looks a bit grumpy too
Oh, I love that beautifully inked yellow panel — that alone put a smile on my face. And the bird is cute, grumpy or not.
That guy always puts a big smile on my face!! I love your bright red and yellow on all of that fresh white!
I think your 15Yyo may be on to something. Maybe, just maybe that is not a grumpy frown! In any event it is a super fun take on the sketch. I adore those big polka dots in the background!
This is such a great card! Definitely makes me smile! Love that little red bird and the fun embossed background! So cheery!
I love these birds and I really should get my set out and dust it off! What an adorable card and such bright and cheerful colors!
Such a cute card! The polka dots and the stitched square just add to the fun.