Phindy's #55 Anniversary Wishes

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Phindy's Challenge this week - two cards, one image.

Hi all, and the DT at Phindy's are all making two cards using one image and I chose to use Phindy's 'Love Birds'. (If you are interested, they also come as a wedding couple complete with bow tie & veil called 'Love Birds Wedding'.) As it is a double posting out of necessity it is a bit more complicated to skim read so please bear with me...  :)

So then, for my first card I went with shaped card (don't know what this particular shape is called, but one side folds under the other), and with a large tag which pulls out of the central area. I used faintly pearlescent cardstock as a base and then liberally spritzed bright white card with Crafter's Companion Spray & Sparkle for the panelling. The main image on the tag, I coloured with Promarkers choosing to make the birds like small white doves and then cut myself a heart-shaped mat out to shield the image whilst I sprayed the surrounding area with glitz before rounding the corners off. I embellished with fab Woodware punched flowers, also made from card spritzed with the Spray & Sparkle and a fab ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons. The reverse is for the 'To' & 'From'.

The tri-fold outer card has a front panel featuring a circular sentiment from Sentiments4You and into the centre I pieced in a smaller repetition of the main image also coloured with Promarkers and mounted this onto the card using foam pads. The other front panel has matching flowers to the tag as does the back panel which also features a sentiment I created on the PC, setting ribbon behind it to act as a closure at the front.

Reverse of main card.

Challenges I am entering this card into:
One Stitch At A Time - fancy folds
Crazy 4 - flowers
Tip Top - flower frenzy
Stamping Sisters in Christ - beautiful
Creative Inspirations - glitzy & bling
Papertake - use a punch (Woodware floral, Fiskars for middle of flowers, corner rounder)
Crafts & Me - punches
Dutch Dare - things with wings
Sentimental Sundays - anything goes

For my second card I made the two birds a lot more colourful, colouring them with Promarkers to look like Blue Tits, a avian favourite of mine & frequent visitors to my garden. I then printed off a larger version of the image to create the flower embellishments for total coordination. The punched border was made with a Fiskar's punch.

Challenges I am entering this card into:
Crazy 4 - flowers
Tip Top - flower frenzy
Everybody Art - flowers
Stamping Sisters in Christ - beautiful
Papertake - use a punch (Fiskars border punch)
Crafts & Me - punches
Dutch Dare - things with wings
Kaboodle Doodles - layers
Stamp Challenges - anything goes

Have a great day everyone & happy crafting!

Tine :)