Sparrow birthday

I have had a serious lack of mojo this winter.  Karen's challenge on Gingerwood Bulletin Board inspired me to make a bird card for her challenge.

This stamp is unmounted with no name on it.  I used a Misti to stamp it onto the white cardstock.  I pulled out my neglected Prismacolor pencils and colored the image, then blended it with odorless mineral spirits.  My stamped outline was partly obliterated in the coloring process, so I put it back in the Misti and stamped it again with Memories Artprint Brown ink.  The Misti sure is nice for this purpose.  I cut out the image with my stitched rectangle dies and also cut the yellow paper with a larger size die.  I cut the green frames with my trimmer to give a narrow border.  This was mounted onto a white card base.  The image and the sentiment are mounted on dimensional tape.