It's All About The Journey: Happy Birday

Today I had a few minutes to stamp so I decided to make a card that would be quick and easy. Quick for me is 15 minutes. This card is for Wayne. His birthday isn't until June so I am sure that I will be making him at least one more card for his special day. :)

I used The Resting Bird and Happy Bird Day Dashed stamps from Memory Box. I stamped the bird right on to a piece of designer paper from the Memory Box Inspire collection. I purchased these from Stamping Memories. I stamped the sentiment on the same paper and then punched it out using the Stampin' UP! window punch. I used glue pop dots to adhere it to the designer paper. Using ribbon from May Arts I tied it in a single knot and then adhered it to my card. The card stock that I used is Lemon Tart from Paper Trey Ink. I rounded the corners of the designer paper and card-stock because I liked the way it looked with the swirl printed on the paper. This was an easy and an affordable card to make. I was thrilled to be able to make a card that I thought would be masculine enough to give to Wayne. I would love to find a stamp for the inside of my card that reads "From one old bird to another". If any of you know where I might find that sentiment please let me know. If no one makes it then I will computer generate it. ;) Oops! I almost forgot! The ink that I used to stamp my images is Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk ink from Colorbox.

Our weather just keeps on being beautiful and I am loving it. Today when I went for my walk it was 75 degrees! Tomorrow it is going to be 85 degrees. It is hard to believe right now that we had a difficult winter. Wayne cleaned out one of our gardens today so that the plants would get more sunshine. It is lovely to see green plants growing in the ground. If our weather continues to stay this way I expect to see some flowers in a few weeks.

Okay I am off to finish making Wayne's dinner for tomorrow. Then I have to work on my homework for my photography class. This week we had to take pictures of 3 things in a line in our driveway and focus on the middle object. Then take a few pictures that were of interest to us. Like a door etc. I have done that but now I need to gather the information from each of my pictures, take them to a lab tomorrow. Tomorrow night I will be writing down the information on the backs of each of my pictures. I am learning a lot and loving it. I will share a picture or 2 with all of you by this weekend if you would like. The pictures that I have taken so far are not very impressive but I am hoping that by week 10 I will have some awesome pictures. :)

I hope that all of you are having a wonderful week so far. I also hope that your having beautiful weather like I am. Smile. :)

Comments

Hi Mary, This is so beautiful. I love how you stamped the bird right on the dp. I know Wayne will love it. So glad to hear your photograph class is going great. Your photos are beautiful already. :)

Posted by: Dottie K | April 22, 2008 at 09:55 PM

Your card is so classicly beautiful. You amaze me.

Posted by: Wendy | April 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM

Mary I hope you have been enjoying your photography class... can't wait to see some pro pictures from you... Thanks for sharing the card... love the paper and the simple image. TFS!

Posted by: Monika | April 23, 2008 at 07:57 AM