Hi everyone! Today’s card is a simple design featuring the Lawn Fawn stamp sets Heart Tree and It’s a Bird. It also features a few images from the Plane and Simple, Yappy Birthday Add-On, and All the Speech Bubbles stamp sets.
While the card is a birthday card, there is nothing on it that really screams (or even whispers) “birthday”. It does have the small speech bubble with “Happy Bird-Day”, but that is all. I was thinking it could be a good design for a masculine card, or for someone who doesn’t like a big fuss on their special day.
I started by stamping, colouring and die-cutting all the images I needed. Then I die-cut the grass area using the Stitched Hillside Backdrop: Landscape die. I inked this with Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks, and added some water splatters to give it a little extra interest.
The sky area was coloured with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I added the softest swipe of Wilted Violet Distress Oxide to add a little more interest. I was going to add water splatters to this panel too, but forgot until near the end. This meant I had to be super careful when adding the water. I think if I had done it at the start, the sky would have been so much more interesting!
I adhered all of the scenery items and characters to the card, and then added a little Wink of Stella to the birds and the elements on the mice. I thought the card needed one last thing, so I added one of the Stitched Rectangle Border Frames.
Here’s the card…
In a way, this card is different from my norm, as I usually have a bigger sentiment and the speech bubbles are merely accents. I also usually use more colour in my cards. Finally, I usually try to add some sort of present or party iconography to show the card is a birthday card. As a result, the card feels a little different to me. It is causing me a little internal friction. Does this happen to you when you create something different from your norm? Do you change the card to make it feel more like your usual style, or do you just live with it and embrace the differences?
Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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