A blue flying happy birthday

Edit: This card won Top 3 on Stampin Vacation!

This blue card is for a friend who LOVES blue (also my youngest loves blue...), and

I did paper piecing for the bird image , which is one of the NEW RELEASE that Trish put on Simple Doodles (this lovebird is simply adorable!).

Although the card is all blue, I find it warm wishing. I feel that the image, along with the flower and the butterflies , are so cheerful and loving.

and it goes with the following challenges:

sketch + color (all blue) + element (birthday) - design dollies trifecta

the 3-B's (Blue, Blossom & emBoss) - day 334 on 365 cards (the pale blue cs was cold embossed with flowers pattern and then inked with indigo ink)

flowery (use at least 5 flowers) - humble pie (the embossing pattern, the flower was made of 5 layers, the rhinestone)

blooming gorgeous - #97 cute card thursday

flower & butterfly - #34 tree house thurdsay

open but use a butterfly - #94 flutter be wednesday and also for #11 quixotic

paper piecing - week 35 c.r.a.f.t.; #15 totally gorjuss

musical challenge - our creative corner (the lovebird, some of the pp for the layered flower are note pp)

inspiration - #14 makeup 4 the weekend

monochromatic - #13 tuseday throwdown

pick a sketch, any sketch - aifactory

pick 3 - stamping vacation (the card is for a woman, but I used a "masculine" color blue, tearing the edges of the image, the flower shape is all around - the embossing, the layering for the flower, the rhinestone, and there are 3 butterflies))

distressing - #46 ooh-la-la

hearts - #13 little red wagon; #68 secret crafter; #14 hand full of stamps; #3 fussy and fancy; 2redbananas

inspiration - #73 etsyinspired (I was inspired by the color of these lovely newborn shoes)

color - act #14 curtain call

ink it up! - #131 tanda teaser (the embossing, the edges of the image, the sentiment)

make it personal - #65 one stop craft

recipe - use a non human image (the bird), add some texture (the embossing, the metal butterfly, the stickles over the paper butterfly and the flower), try something new (the image is a new release from simple doodles) - #9 cooking it up with Katie

new - (the image) - alphbet; #23 doodle palace

the older the better - #3 raise the bar (I have the weave pp for a long long time)

warm wishes - pile it on

embossing - frosted designs

Thank you so much for stopping by and looking at my creation.

Have a lovely day!