Happy Bird-day

I love doing challenges. They make me step outside of my comfort zone. They also make me use stuff I forgot I had. Today I resurrected a stamp from Stampotique and I played their challenge: Birds & Bees.

Here's my card, then I'll explain:

I might have gone overboard with the coloring, but at least I'm using my Copics*. I even used purple.

The sentiments are from an MFT set called Contempo Cage. I like the font!

The birds are grounded with a tiny strip of black washi tape. I like taking a strip of tape, sticking it to my paper trimmer, and hacking off just a tiny strip. This tape has a white swirl in it, and I managed (dumb luck) to get a bit of it in my skinny strip.

I wanted to sponge clouds as a background on the top part, but I resisted. I think there's enough going on with those fun birds.

Thanks for stopping by!

*I used my Copic Hex Chart from Sandy Allnock. It's amazing which colors from different color group actually coordinate. The chart is worth every penny.

Some of the stuff I used: Stampotique Stack of Birds, washi tape, Copics (0, R22, R08, R37, W1, W3, RV52, V12, V17, YG11, YG41, G14, BG11, BG23, BG15, YR07, YR15, E95, Y04, Y08, Y38, B000), MFT Contempo Cage, Black glaze pen.