365 Cards day 311 - Pretty Pairs "Damask + Pink"

And another bird-day card ready for posting off!

This one is for 365 Cards Pretty Pairs challenge which asked for "Damask and Pink".

I must say this is about the only 'damask' patterned paper in the whole of my stash so I was so lucky it was pink too!  I added a wee bird {love those pearls for eyes} plus a couple of die cut leaves, a couple of flowers, a sprinkling of glitter.  I used a retired SU stamp set called Alphabits for the greetings, that way I can make it any language I want - very versatile!  I've often thought of selling this set but I think I will keep it for a while longer, it is a little fiddly to cut and glue all the letters, but I like the slightly crooked effect they usually end up in hehehe... the first time I used the letters I punched them out with a 1/4" circle punch - never again!!

The 3 Bs ... a bit of a boo-boo!

Well, as usual I was over at 365 Cards and saw a challenge for 3 Bs and I looked at the featured card and thought "oh yes, bird must be one of them... that should be easy with the bird punch"

Of course I've just checked back to upload my card and saw that the 3 Bs referred to "Brass + Blue + B of choice" and nowhere was the word 'bird' mentioned!  Lucky for me then that I just happened to choose to use the leftover Baja Breeze from a previous challenge as my background, phew - I just managed to comply with requirements thanks to that!

Anyway, making this card I yet again realised why we do this for love, not money.  It took me about 3 hours on and off to get it finalized, but in ENJOYED every minute of the crafting hehehe...

My B of choice was the bees and butterflies stamped on the background, plus a couple of brass brads just in case.