RI SOTW - Birdhouse

Hello!  It's time to showcase another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's special is on this Birdhouse (4317-E) image.  I used patterned papers from My Little Shoebox Whoo Loves You collection with the Birdhouse image, which I colored to match.  I cut a strip of some Stampin' UP wood paper for the post the birdhouse is sitting on. I added Tiny Bird (flight) (2617-D) in the upper right and stamped just the Celebrate portion of Celebrate Life (8403-E) on the smaller paper panel using an Old Olive marker.

The layout of my card is from the current sketch challenge going on over at Repeat Impressions - be sure to check out the details for that contest if you'd like to play along! This card also qualifies for this week's Color Throwdown #143 challenge. 

Please be sure to head over to The House That Stamps Built to see the great cards the rest of the team made using the Birdhouse image and to find out how you can get this great stamp for 50% off!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Old Bird (C4C44, JUGS40)

Greetings! Hope you had a Happy 4th of July!  My closest friend from college had her 50th birthday on Saturday and this is the card I made for her.  I'm most excited about the fact that I will be able to give it to her in person since she and her family are coming to visit tomorrow.  I usually make her something with owls because we were in Chi Omega together.  There is very little stamping on this card - the sentiment is from Inkadinkado and the branch and leaves are from this year's Round and Round anniversary set from PTI.  I cut one of the owls from the  patterned paper and perched it on my branch.

For the inside, I used a sentiment from Heidi Grace, combined with a couple of PTI stamps.  I'm hoping the sappy sentiment on the inside will make up for the sentiment on the front (click on the photo to see it larger)!  I cut out another bird from the patterned paper and popped it up with foam tape next to the sentiment.

The patterned papers are from My Little Shoebox's Whoo Loves You? collection, the pink ribbon is from Stampin' UP, the piece of yellow ric rac is the last bit from my stash and the buttons and twine are from PTI.  The card is based on this week's sketch from Just Us Girls (JUGS40).  The two layers of ribbon on the front qualifes it for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C44) challenge to use at least two ribbons.

Enjoy the rest of your week!  Thanks for stopping by!