Bird of Happiness

I knew I wanted to find time to play along with this week's Moxie Fab Blog Tuesday Trigger, which is to be inspired by this fabulous card by Kimberly Crawford.  Kimberly & her family recent relocated to my town of Cedar Rapids, so I'm excited to have another on-line creative soul nearby.  Her work inspires and pushes me to expand my creativity.

I wanted to incorporate the yellow & kraft color combination and a big bow.  I also used paper piercing and a border punch to incorporate a similar feel as the row of pearls.

I also wanted to incorporate the straight horizontal lines & this sketch from PageMaps fit the bill.

When looking for yellow designer papers in my collection, I found this wonderful little bird from Colorbok's Friendly Forest paper, that was printed on a yellow grid design.  I loved how the blue popped with this color combination.   I added a bow with my favorite May Arts ribbon and a sentiment from Hero Arts Thank You Messages with a touch of bling.

This card also works for Lucy's challenge to make a card inspired by another card you've seen.

Thanks for the inspiration ... this card makes me smile. 

PS ~ Can't wait to see what new is behind those Purple Curtains on the Prima Blog ... check it out.

Comments

[Lucy Abrams]

Beautiful card Stef - love the colours and mix of shapes and papers. Gorgeous.

[E.T]

i love both these cards. i dont know why i cant make such neat,clean and crisp cards... the lines itself makes the cards stand out.

[Alicia]

Very pretty... I love the pop of blue you've pulled in. Great take on the sketch!

[Cath]

Hey Stef! What a fun approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! Thanks for playing along! :)

[laurenb]

omg! so gorgeous! such a cool and brilliant--in both senses of the word--combination of colors and products! i love that you've got anb "eclectic collage" style combined with "clean & simple" here! (i have NO IDEA how you pulled that off...but ya did & it rocks!) :) :) :)

[Lisa (sideoats + scribbles)]

Love it, Steph! The blues and yellows together are just perfecto! :)

[Jill]

SOOO pretty! Love your cards! So glad I found your blog!