Birdie love!!

This past Saturday I was invited to a surprise birthday party for one of my favorite people in the whole world! Roc was the friend of a student in one of my Stamping 101 classes that I taught at our local Adult Education program many, many years ago. My student brought her along to a class that I taught at my house and we hit it off immediately and have stayed friends. Sadly, we both quickly lost track of the student that brought us together. 

Roc joined one of my stamping clubs, came to all of my classes and has now even become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator with me!! She is an awesome and creative artist and I know that she just loves all things funky and "birdie" and I wanted to make her a special card and gift for this important occaision. That is what makes stamping and crafting so very special! You can customize your projects for each person  and make them something that will really "tickle their fancy" in a way no storebought gift can.

  This is the card that I came up with! I wanted to use the new Sweet Pea DSP and when leafing through the huge package I spied a piece with this big bird on it!! It was perfect!! All it needed was a smile, some wise-cracking "ha! ha!s" and a flower embellishment that announces roc's news to the whole world! I just added a strip of paper from a different Sweet Pea design and I was done!!

Now for the gift!! I wanted to keep going with the whole "birdie love" theme so I decided to use a "page" from our new On Board Bird book album that is in our new Occasions mini catalog. I decided to make it so that she could hang it on the wall to decorate her studio or use it as a door hanger to announce guests. I again looked to the Sweet Pea DSP for the base and used a piece from the Kaleidoscope DSP for the wing (which I drew freehand). I used the Naturally Serif sizzlet die with the Big Shot for the letters, which fit perfectly! I added a couple of swirls from the Priceless set, a rhinestone brad from the Circle Ice collection, a snippet of Bermuda Bay polka-dot grosgrain ribbon and finished it off with a big flower embellishment that I created using several blooms from the Pretties kit.  I had fun coloring them with those funky colors using SU! markers. Fun and Easy!!

I used a piece of jute for the hanger because I didn't want anything to compete with the ribbon around the birdie's neck. Who knew that birds have almost non-existent necks! I got the brainstorm to put a bow with bells on him and I was determined to make it work!! Mini glue dots (aka snot dots) came to my rescue to hold the ribbon in place permanently! I attached the bow loops separately to the ribbon. I knew there was no way that I would be able to tie a bow that I would be happy with and I would fiddle with it till the cows came home so I just decided to avoid that whole temptation!

And here is a picture of roc after she opened my gift. I think she looks happy with her new "birdies"! Happy birthday sweetie!! Love ya!! Thanks to Jenn for pulling the whole party together!! It was a blast!!

   I just couldn't resist adding this pic of the balloon that Jenn found for the party is it a hoot or what!!!

Love the boa look too!!

Comments

[Qbee (Brenda)]

What a cute birdie birthday present!! You did a great job!!

[amelia adler]

Oh wow! I just figured out how to do the reply to comments!! Sorry. I am just so slow with this techie stuff!! Thanks for looking!! Are you guys all still following each other?? I sort of just dropped off!