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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Happy Bird-Day Cockatoo

 Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well.
I have guy birthdays to make for every Fall, and being as I made a bunch of Fall decorations last year, I've been trying to incorporate the season into the birthday cards that I need to make this year.
Here's a card for another nephew's birthday where I stenciled a colorful Fall sky and added gold and brown leaves die cuts to make it look like this biker is enjoying rustling them up. I've used The Paper Shelter's pre-colored digi Cockatoo Rules, added the sentiment in PSE and printed out on white card. 

These are the 2 My Favorite Things stencils I used for the grass and the clouds.

I stenciled the grassy ground with Cracked Pistachio and Scattered Straw Distress Inks.
I stenciled the sky clouds using Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Sugar DI's.
I picked out some of my smallest die cut leaves from my leftovers stash and arranged them on the ground and up the left side.
I outlined the card front with gold and red glitter markers, then colored the bird's jacket buttons with the gold glitter marker and his cycle headlamp, too.
He's one tough bird cute guy out having fun on a fine Fall day.

Here's what I came up with for the inside in PSE and printed out with a gold border.

And final view.
Thanks for visiting and have a great day.
XXO

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25 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

What a fun card, love it! Beautiful colours, too, and a great idea to make fall cards!! Hope you are well, hugs, Valerie

craftytrog said...

Fantastic! I love the bird! Great guy card Aimeslee xx

theras kartenblog said...

Super cute and very original! I'm thrilled to bits.
Thanks for playing along with us at Nachteulen Challenge.
Good luck and happy crafting!
Ilse (thera)



Heather said...

Lol, quite the tough-bird here - he looks fabulous! Such great coloring! Thanks so much for playing at Make My Monday!

My name is Erika. said...

This cockatoo is too funny. What a cocky-too chap he is-hee hee. I'm sure the recipient will this card. hugs-Erika

Seafield Jo said...

Hello again!

This is so clever! More fabulous stencilling and I love all the leaves flying up behind the bike, such a great idea.

Thanks for joining us again.

Jo x
CD Sunday Plus DT

Flo said...

Das ist eine sehr lustige Karte, ich musste herzhaft lachen. Danke, dass Du sie bei uns Nachteulen zeigst. Für die Auslosung drücke ich Dir die Daumen.
Liebe Grüße, bis zur nächsten Challenge, Flo

Carol said...

The expression really did make me smile. Awesome card.

Hugs
Carol xx
CD Sunday Plus DT

Melanie Hungerford said...

What a cool bird! Love how you did the background too - love the color in the clouds, and the leaves add such a nice fall touch! Thanks so much for joining us at Cardz 4 Guys!

Anita said...

What a tough but somehow funny bird/guy! :-) Love your coloring as always, Aimeslee--you really have a knack for it. Fabulous use of the stencils, too!

#rockymtncraftia said...

What a GREAT combination! And male cards can be tricky! Thanks for sharing with us here at The Paper Shelter and using a Paper Shelter Image! Good Luck!!!

Pamela said...

That's such a fun image and the die cut leaves really do look like the scooter has kicked them up.
Pamela
CD Sunday Plus DT.

Darlene said...

OMG this is so much fun! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth,Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B

Card Creator said...

So fun! Love this fellow, just strutting his stuff. I always enjoy your wonderful and you never disappoint. Thank you so much for joining us on the front porch at 613 Avenue. I am looking forward to seeing you again
~Tamara (DT)

sentsue said...

That is a wonderful, colorful dude. Thank you for sharing your work with us on the AAA Birthday Challenge.

Alyson Mayo said...

That bird! Attitude is everything and he certainly displays that :) Love the leaves surrounding his bike.

Jocelyn said...

A brilliant card and I like what you have done with the leaves. Thank you for sharing with us.
Jocelyn x
CD Sunday Plus DT

Lisa said...

Incredible coloring of this cockatoo image. Super fun card.

dj said...

What a super fun bird-day card!! Your stenciling and coloring are fantastic!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our bird challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! You nailed the masculine portion of our challenge with your Cockatoo image!! Deb Horst, DT #C4G333

Sue Jackson said...

Super BIRD-day card! Such a brilliant use of the die cuts for the background, and it's such an out-of-the-box use of them. Thanks for playing along with our autumn colors challenge at Make My Monday! I hope to see you in the gallery again soon. Sue - DT

ClaireB said...

Very cute cockatoo, really fun card, kicking up the leaves like that. Thanks for joining us at the Pearly Sparkles challenge this month, Claire DT

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Absolutely fabulous, love your cockatiel on his bike. hahaha. Great colouring and insert too.
Faith x

Billie A said...

So cute. Great layout and love the leaves added for action. Great coloring and so sweet. Thanks for playing at Cardz 4 Guyz and Make my Monday

The Crafty Den said...

Another fantastic card Aimeslee. The image is so much fun and your colouring is perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA Birthday challenge. Hugs, Denise, DT x x

Pat said...

This is such a fun cockatoo image on his motorcycle, and beautifully coloured..I just adore the sky and all the added falling leaves Aimeslee, and a fun sentiment too...a brilliant card. x