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Monday 2 May 2011

Birds in a row


When I saw the current Midnight Madness sketch I immediately thought of using bird images and here is my card, just in time!  The three birds are all from Tiffany Doodles, they are Woodpecker, Bluebird 2 and  Warbler Cherry Blossoms.  Having had my bright idea, reality then hit home about just how small the images needed to be unless I made a monster sized card!  I tried painting these in watercolour at 2" but was not happy with my work, I couldn't get the detail.  So I used my Copics and these squares are just 1 3/4".  The fact that they have worked so well (or at least I think they have) is tribute to the design quality, they were much easier to use so small than I epxected.  I plan to use them again at a more normal size, watch this space...

The sentiments are Whiff of Joy, the leaves are a Martha Stwart punch and the dotty paper is a Fancy Pants design.

My card is for the following challenges:
Midnight Madness - sketch
Fashionista - things with wings
Stamp Something - with wings
Creations by Gill - birds in my garden
The Paper Variety - polka dots

19 comments:

  1. I love this card Anne, stunning colouring, fab layout. Jo x

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  2. Hello Anne - I always love to see your name come up on the MMSC players - your cards are always wonderful and this one is no exception - those birds are delightful! I have been looking at that leaf punch and now I think I have to have it! LOL! Thank you for playing along with us at the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week - we love to see you and be inspired by your gorgeous cards. {{{hugs}}}
    Linda MMSC Design Team

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  3. Such a pretty card! Thanks for sharing it with us at The Paper Variety!

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  4. Lovely card and you've done the colouring so well. Tiny images. Hugs x ChrisB

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  5. What beautiful birds Anne! I love your colors and the branches. Thanks so much for joining us for this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - hope you will come back and play again next week!
    Hugs,
    Marsha
    MMSC-DT

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  6. Hi Anne! What a FUN Birdie design!!! Fab take on the MM sketch!!! Thank you for playing along with us at Midnight Madness Challenge Blog this week!! :)

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  7. Oh, this is just beautiful! I love those birds and you did a great job coloring them. Thank for joining us this week at MMSC.
    Marcy
    Priscillastyles DT

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  8. Hi Anne, Gorgeous card and lovely sketch. Great colouring of those lovely birds.
    hugs
    Marion

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  9. Love your card. I just love watching the birds and you have captured the coloring great.

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  10. A lovely card. The birds are beautiful and fit perfectly.
    Jenny
    p.s. I still haven't got around to opening the stamps I purchased the other Sunday. I don't have the paints either but I am going to improvise. I just need something to practice on!

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  11. Very pretty! The birds look great. :) Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Variety!
    - April

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  12. Lovely card Anne, you did a great job coloring the birds.
    Pauline
    x

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  13. Beautiful card! Love the birdie and great coloring the image!Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Variety :)

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  14. such a (t)sweet card!! great bird images and love the leaves !
    vanessa xx

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  15. So pretty, and those polka dots are the perfect background.

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  16. Beautiful Anne...you did an awesome job of coloring such small images...and birds...I love nature so this card just speaks to me! Great job!

    HUGS!
    Vicki

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  17. WOW what a fantastic card and i love the colouring. Thank you for entering my challenge but you need to be a follower so please can you go back and click on the follow link. thanks
    Http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com

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  18. lovely trio of birds! thanks for playing along with us at the Shoe!

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  19. Beautiful - and the colours are captured perfectly.
    Hugs
    Valxx

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