Happy Bird-Day to You!

It's time for me to share my March card with you at Craft-Dee BowZ where the challenge for the Design Team has been pets, bugs or animals and we've used the colors green, brown and yellow. You don't have to use animals or any special colors in our challenge since our challenge for you is ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HANDMADE BOW. I used a pre-colored image from The Paper Shelter for my toucan that is over 2 years old now and I enhanced him a bit with my Copic markers. I cut out three Sizzix Hawaiian leaves, colored them with my markers, used assorted flower punches in oranges and yellows and added teal green glass flat back uncut jewels in the center of each (on the tiny flowers I used teal green paint and made my own centers). Now, I don't live in Hawaii or somewhere tropical, but I do live where it's hot already with our temps rising to 90 degrees this week!

The yellow background paper was made with a fern stamp that I bought in the 1980's from Hero Arts when they sold all individual stamps. I unmounted it from the wood when the foam decayed but will never forget buying this stamp since it was one of my first. I stamped it all over the yellow paper with my Versamark pad and then used yellow pearl embossing powder. My helpful idea is: when you don't have paper to match your image because you didn't pick the paper first, make your own background paper with stamps that you have! The die around my image is by Spellbinders.

My bow is made of yellow satin ribbon and is a double loop with an extra tail tied within the knot. It adds so much to my card and the yellow polka dot button and white embroidery thread finished it off. I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool for this bow and adding the extra tail within the knot was easy peasy since I didn't have to hold the bow in my hand and try to do it. My little bow maker is so easy to use and saves me so much time!

I'm glad you stopped by to see my card and I hope it inspires you to join the challenge at Craft-Dee BowZ where ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HANDMADE BOW. I hope you've enjoyed seeing the Design Team's creations this month and you've got a few more days to get your card posted here before the drawing!

                                                                                      Hugs,

                                                          Gail

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Crafters Cafe, Crafting by Designs, Inspiration Destination, Doodle Pantry, Little Miss Muffet, Catch the Bug (Bingo:  Button, No Designer Paper, Die Cut), Sister Act, Brown Sugar, Retro Rubber, Robyn's Fetish, Come and Get It, Not Just Cards, Corrosive Challenges, Top Tip Tuesday (TIP), Country View, Eclectic Ellapu, Love to Scrap, Hiding in my Craft Room, Memas Crafts, Dragonfly Dreams, Emerald Faeries, Crafts Galore Encore, Crafting with an Attitude, Scrap & Craft Inspiration, Crafty Ribbons , Crafts for the Craic (Bingo:  Flowers, Sentiment, Image), Reasonable Ribbon, Sentimental Sundays, Whoopsi Daisy, Party Time Tuesdays, Whimsy Inspires, One Stitch at a Time, Melonheadz Friends, Sparkle n Sprinkle