Holly's First Birthday Card

Finally spring feels like it has arrived. The sun is out and the air is warm - this is the weather that I love. This time last year was not nearly as nice (it snowed on the 18th) and I remember this very clearly since my daughter was born this time last year. I thought I would share the birthday card I made for her with all of you. My husband requested that I make a card that he hadn't seen before. He is my behind the scenes "creative assistant" so he sees everything before it is deemed acceptable for use. And since Holly is only 1 and really won't care for the card any further than determining if it is tasty it really is a card for my hubby so I made a new one.

This card, like most of my others, is off Splitcoast. I love that it uses Zoofari and Define your Life. I coloured in the birds with pastels and blender pens, but I wanted the colour to be brigher than the pastels are (I didn't have the colours I wanted in inks) so I used Crystal Effects over the birds after they were coloured. This also adds a bit of shine that you can't see in the photo. The colours of the birds match the brads which are from the Rich Regals.

The ribbon it dyed to match too, I love this technique - using a white ribbon you press it on the ink pad and drag it through with even speed and just like magic you have coordinating ribbon! Easy peasy. To finish the card off I used some pink paper from a previous pattern pack and mounted it all on Kraft cardstock.