24th August, 2015

Bird Crazy Birthdays!

Hello friends! I’m taking a break from Halloween, (for at least 5 minutes), to make some birthday cards, which reminded me to share a birthday card that I made recently for a special friend.

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
I love using recycled packaging with distress products, which is what I did here to create this bird crazy birthday card.

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
Cut a frame from recycled cardboard, cover with cracked pistachio distress paint and allow to dry. Gently sand and blend walnut stain distress ink over the top.
*Note: unlike grungeboard the cardboard won’t take a lot of punishment, so make sure you dry completely before sanding and sand very gently.

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
Cut a piece of recycled plastic packaging to fit behind the frame and emboss with an embossing folder.

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
Mix picket fence distress paint with a light spritz of water and paint each of the clouds and allow to air dry.

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
Stamp balloons from the new crazy things stamp set from Stampers Anonymous and watercolour with distress markers. Fussy cut with scissors, (for now! …the accompanying die set is coming in October)!

iGirlZoe: Bird Crazy Birthdays
Stamp a bird from the bird crazy stamp set, (where all this craziness began), and watercolour with distress markers and die cut parts using the accompanying die set. Using distress inks, create a background to go underneath the embossed clouds and assemble the card.

Thank you for taking a look at my card. I will be back later in the week with some more bird crazy. Have a great start to your week.


7 Comments »

  1. Deb Lorence says:

    Great card Zoe! I really love this bird. TFS!

  2. Anne R says:

    What a fabulous card Zoe, I love the colours on the frame and the way you did the clouds in the background – they look amazing. The bird is my favourite one at the moment, he really makes me smile – love how you coloured him! Anne xx

  3. BunnyD says:

    Love it! I must try the technique you used on the frame. It’s fabulous. The paint in the embossed acrylic is brilliant also.

  4. paula says:

    My gosh this is so cute! I love the idea to paint the plastic packaging background. Geez that’s a great idea! Great tutorial too. Thanks for sharing your ideas! paula

  5. Bobbi says:

    Oh Zoe, I love this card!!!! So many great techniques! That bow tie is just the bomb, I am a polka dot kinda gal…it’s my thing! Thanks for the awesome inspiration! Bobbi xx

  6. barbarayaya says:

    FAntastic tag! Brilliant idea! LOve the clouds and your bird crazy!!!!! Barbarayaya

  7. That is so much fun, loving the embossed clouds in the background and of course those fabulous Crazy Birds, what a wonderful card! Deb xo

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