Today I want to share a birthday card I made for our eldest daughter. It's her 22nd birthday tomorrow and I decided on a bird themed card. She loves our cockatiel and takes great care of her whenever she visits us! This is no cockatiel, but a very cute bird, don't you think!?
The bird and cage are both from the dingbat font called Doodle dings - bird cages.
The bird is represented by the letter 'u' on the keyboard.
The cage is represented by the letter 'l' on the keyboard.
This font has so many cute birds and different cages, even some doodled flowers!
I started off by printing the bird on the bottom layer of the card. I colored her with my yellow promarker and gave her rosy cheeks by applying a little pink chalk with a q-tip.
For the top layer I only applied cutting lines for the inner part of the cage (changed the outer line to 'no cut') , and used the black fill option. I wanted to put her 'inside' the cage and she needs to be able to see what's going on around her! Did that by popping up the top layer with foam tape.
The 'birthday' font is called broadway.
The 'wishes' font is called fox in the snow.
Every cute bird needs some bling, so I hung the cage with a few rhinestones.
I used the sketch from Freshly made sketches.
Also adding my link to Darnell's NBUS challenge ( I do believe this applies to NBU digis too because that's a big part of my stash! ;)
Here's a picture of our 2 girls... birthday girl on the left!
Lekker verjaar Jolize! So lief vir jou... wens jy was hier om saam te vier!
Thanks for visiting me today!
One of my favorite color combos and brilliantly CAS.
ReplyDeleteHi Hannelie, long time no see xxx Not much of a good blogger lately but sometimes I do hop around.. especially when i see one of your most awesome cards I can't resist to have a closer look :P It's fantastic and thank you for the link to the font!! Never seen anything like this!! Your daughter will love it for sure. Love the pic, so beautiful xxx
ReplyDeleteSuperleuk kaartje!!!
ReplyDeleteCreatieve groetjes, Gaby
Wat een mooie kaart, knap gemaakt! Zo leuk dat je dan dit gemaakt hebt met een font! Ik heb ze ook gedownload, dank!
ReplyDeleteGefeliciteerd met jullie mooie dochter!
Great card really magngific !!! I love this font too ☺
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your girl ♫♪♫
Bises♥
Totally gorgeous! Your design is wonderful, such a fabulous font - thank you for the link, I shall be downloading it myself!
ReplyDeleteI hope your daughter has a lovely birthday tomorrow,
Sue xx
What a wonderful card you made for your daughter Hannelie! Love the photo of the two of them also, they seem very close! Enjoy your new puppy too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colour combination and that little birdie is so sweet.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, Hannelie! Your beautiful daughter will love it. I never think to look at dingbat fonts, so thanks for the reminder. Have a great rest of the weekend.
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful card and love your colour choices. Your daughters are growing up and looking so beautiful. They certainly take after you, very lucky girls.
ReplyDeleteSweet birthday card!!!
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I have to say that your daughters are beautiful!!! Both of them have such a great smile, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great birthday card this is! The bird is so cute and I love the fancy bird cage! Love the color combo, too! I'm sure your daughter is going to love it to pieces!
Thank you so much for the link to the font, and for sharing details about how you created this fabulous card...You're the BEST!!!
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Great card! Love the yellow bird and the way you did the layers so it looks like the bird is IN the cage--thanks for explaining how you did tha. BEAUTIFUL daughters. )
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card Hannelie! You have reminded me that I 'need' to use yellow more lol.
ReplyDeleteYour card is just adorable Hannelie - I love the sweet bird:) xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome card Hannelie, Love the brightness of that sweet yellow and black bird, so cute with it's rosy cheeks!! Beautifully CAS and fun.
ReplyDeleteYour daughters are lovely, wish Jolize a wonderful Birthday!!!
Hugs,
Maria Rodriguez.
So cute, Hannelie and happy birthday to your daughter!!1 xoxo
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Jolize, Hannelie ... I'm certain she loves her card! It's fabulous ... gorgeous colour palette, lovely dimension, deliciously CAS! What a lovely photo of your two beautiful girls! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteI love the originality of your cards! That bird is so fun~
ReplyDeletesuper cute...
ReplyDeleteYou surprise me with your endless creativity, Hannelie! It is such a cute card! Happy birthday to your daughter! You have really beautiful girls! And thank you for the encouraging comment on my blog!
ReplyDeleteYour daughters are so beautiful...just like their mama! HB to Jolize!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! I love how you gave the wee bird some room to move around inside her cage - sure adds some nice depth and dimension! Great mix of the two fonts!
And, as always, you continue to amaze me with your tech savvy approach to paper crafting!!!
beautiful card. love that cage! do not believe that you are old enough to be these gorgeous girls' mom!!
ReplyDeleteThis is sooo sweet! Happy birthday to your daughter!...What a beautiful pic!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! Love the dimension and the gems!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the birdcage and the clean look of this card. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card. You always find the most amazing fonts...thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Jolize! You can tell her I said the "best" people have September birthdays, lol! Both of your daughters look like you, and are beautiful. I'm guessing that Jolize loved the card you made for her. It's so sweet. Such fun colors, and a fun design. Love the bit of bling you've added too. Hope all is well with you, and you got a pup! What's his/her name? Have a great week. Bev
ReplyDeleteWat een mooie kaart! Leuk om haar zo een heel persoonlijke wens toe te sturen. Nogmaals gefeliciteerd! En een hele leuke foto van jullie dochters! Geniet van je week! Groetjes, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteAnother fabulous card Hannelie! Perfectly clean and cute too.
ReplyDeleteI hope your daughter enjoyed a wonderful birthday. Your girls are gorgeous, they look like their mom.
Wowzers! My favorite colors and a gorgeous clean card. Love this!
ReplyDeleteBaie dankie vir die mooi kaartjie mamma. Mamma sal dit maar vir my moet saambring in November. Eks baie lief vir mamma x
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute cute cute card, Hannelie! I absolutely love the bird. And you always amaze me with your creative process. I'd never have turned a dingbats font into a cut-file though now, I'm of course asking me why. This is so clever. I hope your daughter had a great birthday.
ReplyDeleteUps, and by the way. Congrats to having been chosen Perfect Princess over at Freshly Made Sketches!
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