Monday 26 December 2011

Papertrey Ink Birthday card.




Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the festive season. We had a lovely day at home with the family, eating, drinking and playing games, but today I found some time to get inky and play along with the Papertrey Ink Blog hop.






The challenge this month was to "use some type of  leftover materials to create a project. And if you really want to challenge yourself even further, you can try to create a non-holiday card from your leftovers."

I decided to make a non holiday card from this lovely wrapping paper


and I came up with this card:-



This was such a simple card because the wrapping paper takes centre stage. I cut a square that omitted the seasonal greeting and matted it onto hibiscus burst card and then onto Hawaiian shores before applying it all to a textured white card base. I added a touch of glitter to some of the leaves (not easy to see in the photograph),

and nestled a couple of the Little Bitty Birds in one of the trees.


Some ribbon, a sentiment and a cute little Tiny Tag finished it off. Thanks for taking the time to look in and enjoy all the beauties you will see on the hop today.

Hugs Carol x

20 comments:

samantha's cards said...

such a sweet card

Karen said...

adorable love it colors design all wonderful

Marybeth said...

Oh Carol!!!!! I LOVE what you did. This is so cute , and its just perfect! Great job! Such pretty trees.

Jude said...

So cute - those litle birds look just perfect in the trees!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, I love this! How great that you were able to use the Christmas paper to make a birthday card!

Karin Ã…kesdotter said...

The birds in the trees are fabulous! Great idea for leftovers! Love your card!

Lee said...

This is beautiful. Love how you added those bitty birds to the tree.

Emily said...

Sweet addition of the little birds, and I love your use of the die to place your sentiment.

Tracey McNeely said...

Carol this is gorgeous! I love your inspiration, your colours and your card oh and the little birdie too.

The Paper Parade said...

Oh my gosh, how perfectly the little birds fit on those trees! What a great choice for leftovers you had :)

Val Hilchey said...

Sweet card. It is so bright and cheerful!

Sadie said...

This is super cute! Great job all around!

Shay said...

Great card...love the addition of those birds

Sue Lelli said...

Oh that paper is so PRETTY with those CUTE birdies and the tiny tag and birthday sentiment! LOVE this card a LOT!

Suzanne Russell said...

Love the composition! The birds were the perfect way to treat the tree patterned paper. The colors are so fresh and bright, great job!

Joyce said...

Oh, my. You did such a wonderful job. That paper looked completely like Christmas, until you turned it into a springtime birthday card. Great job. I love how you put little bitty bird on there, too. He's my all time fave.

Linby said...

That's just beautiful Carol,love the colours on that paper.
Linbyx

Carolyn/MamaC said...

What a wonderful idea and a fabulous card! Thank you for sharing this fun project!
Carolyn
http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com

Julie Mogford said...

This is really cute - I love the little pink birds. :)

Laura said...

Gorgeous! xxx

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