Wetland Birthday

I'm back once again with a new card to share with you.  It was made for a friend's birthday coming up this week on July 4th.  I'm certain in his lifetime he's had plenty of patriotic colored birthday cards, so I decided to use a different color combination.  The card actually is blue and gray with white and black as neutrals and is being entered into three challenges:  The sketch challenge at Fab Friday, the ever so fun Tic Toe Challenge at Paper Players (where I'm going straight across the top with Birds, Blue and Birthday), and this week's color challenge at Dynamic Duos with Gray and your choice of color, which in this case is Baja Breeze.


I've used the small birds from the Wetlands stamp set, stamped on Whisper White in Basic Gray and Versamark, heat embossed with Clear embossing powder and then sponged with Baja Breeze and Basic Gray.  It reminds me of being at the Oregon coast in winter, which is notoriously cloudy gray and rainy, and is fitting for the Least Sandpiper, which this stamp resembles very much, and that spends time at the coast during winter.

I took some liberties with the sketch but hopefully it's still true enough to the original!



The links to the challenges are below.  There's plenty of time to join in - check it out!

http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://thedynamicduoschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for taking a look.  I hope you have a moment to leave a comment, I'd love to from you!  Have a great week ahead!

Hugs,

Stef

All products from Stampin' Up:
Stamps:  Wetlands, Sanded
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink:  Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Jet Black Stazon, Versamark
Accessories:  Stripes embossing folder, 1 3/8" Circle and Designer Label punches, Top Note BigZ die, Clear embossing powder, Hemp Twine