Saturday, February 19, 2011

You are my sunshine, Bird

Life has conspired against my crafty time this past week - so to make up for lost time this card fulfills the requirements for FIVE challenges - Get Sketchy #75, PTI's Make It Monday #2 - Vellum Sentiment, Embellish Magazines Color Challenge with Birds, CARDS Challenge Gallery, and last but not least, Moxie Fab World Challenge:  Get Daring with Decorative Tape!  Whew - that's some productive multi-tasking!
 To "get daring" with tape I used two different blue tapes and layered them diagonally on a piece of cardstock -
Lifted every other strip and wove the tape until I ended up with a kind of fun plaid (I love plaid and argyle - I have on argyle socks right now - slippers and sweat pants too but it is late and I should be in bed, so no judging!) and used the Tim Holtz Caged Bird die by Sizzix to cut out the bird.  I also used Tim Holtz Decorative tape to make the musical background behind the bird so I should get brownie points for using tape twice (right, Cath)?!
Anyhoo, a stamped sentiment (Papertrey Ink - Fillable Frames #3), Cappuccino baker's twine (The Twinery), glitter (Martha Stewart) and a few buttons from my stash finish up this card - Sleep tight!

14 comments:

jen said...

whew! I'm tired just THINKING of all of those challenges! :D
This is fab- that tape bird is VERY moxie fab! and you know how I feel about glitter!!
xoxo

FerrellGraph-x said...

Hmmm I really liked the plaid "paper" you created. I'm thinking a golf card for my husband now.
Kindest regards,
Jennifer Ferrell

Susan Raihala said...

I tried this technique on a much smaller scale and no criss-crossing. Your way is MUCH better! Love the effect of the layering!

Kimberly Jones said...

What cute little plaid birdie! You took multi-tasking to a whole new level! Love that decorative tape!

Karen B. said...

This is beautiful, and a great idea for tape.

PapierGirl said...

Wow...what a clever idea for the use of decorative tape! I love this card and all the elements you have used! Thanks for joining us this week at GS! :)

veronica said...

i love the circle center with the musical notes, and the buttons are cute too.

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

Very neat work with the tape! Love the card for the Embellish challenge too :)

Anke said...

Absolutely stunning Michelle, I love your bird card.

Greetings from Germany
Anke

yyam said...

A truly well-composed piece! All the elements just work so well together. The decorative tape bird is just brilliant! :)

Thanks for joining us at Get Sketchy! :)

Courtney Baker said...

This is brilliant and so cute!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Michelle! Thanks for entering the Get Daring with Decorative Tape challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

Mariana Grigsby said...

Wow! I love the way you use that decorative tape!!! Brilliant! Lovely card! Thanks for playing along with us!

Charlene Austin said...

Oh I could not love that little bird more!! Everything about this is fantastic! Thanks so much for joining Embellish.