BIRDIE THANKS

A fun thing to do with patterned papers is to divide them up into tile-like sections. Doing this gives the viewer's eye a little something extra to work on. On this card, the cheery spring-like design was divided into three vertical strips. It makes the card a little more interesting to look at.

SUPPLIES:

Light Blue Cardstock

White Cardstock

Patterned Paper

Vellum

Big Shot

Tags dies

Thanks dies

Blue Baker's Twine

Mini Dimensionals

INSTRUCTIONS:

Fold a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of light blue cardstock (or any color to match your patterned paper) in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

Cut three strips of the patterned paper that measure 1 5/8" x 4".

Starting with the strip on the left, add it to the card base, leaving an even border at the top, bottom and left side. Repeat with the strip on the right. The center strip should fit nicely in the remaining space.

Use an appropriately sized tag die to cut a tag from vellum.

Using a two-part thanks die, cut the larger portion of the word from the light blue cardstock, and from white cardstock, cut the smaller portion of it.

Carefully adhere these two pieces together.

Add the completed word to the vellum tag.

Use a dark blue baker's twine (or one that coordinates with your card) to tie a bow through the hole in the tag.

Use Mini Dimensionals behind the letters to adhere the tag to the card.

Add a coordinating flower in the upper right corner of the card.

Birdie

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THE DAILY BIRD January/February 2025

I have been trying for the past several weeks to recover from an injury to my right hand. I'd always said, "Take away my right hand or my eyes, and I'm finished." Well, my right hand hasn't been taken away completely; it is reovering. So, I guess I'm not finished yet. 

Because of this injury, I have only drawn a few birds. Only a few because, when I do draw one, I pay with a great deal of pain the next day. 

But, for now, I have a handful of bird drawings I did as part of my personal challenge, The Daily Bird, from January and February. 

Now, as I always do, above each bird drawing, I will note the name of the bird, as well as where in the world this bird can be found in the wild.

Here goes:

khalij pheasant

himalayan foothills, nepal, pakistan, western thailand

black-rumped flameback

indian subcontinent and sri lanka

graylag goose

europe

junglefowl

bangladesh, bhutan, cambodia, china, india, indonesia, lao people's democratic republic, malaysia, myanmar, nepal, pakistan, philippines, singapore, thailand, timor-jeste, vietnam

drongos

africa, south asia, australasia

barbary falcon

canary islands, parts of north africa, to the middle east

indian golden oriole

indian subcontinent and central asia

black kite

australasia, eurasia, africa

himalayan griffon

north and northeastern india, tibetan plateau

rufous treepie

indian subcontinent, southeast asia

white-naped crane

northeastern mongolia, northeastrn china, russia

wattled jacana

south america

tufted penguin

coast from central california to alaska

cape griffon

south africa

greater yellow-headed vulture

amazon basin of tropical south america

black-collared starling

southern china and most of mainland southeast asia

visayan hornbill

philippines

red knot

far north of canada, europe and russia

If you would like prints of any of my birds, please just let me know. Several of those in this post have already been made into prints, so I may already have one or more available. The prints are made from the actual drawings themselves. Those that  you see here are just quick photographs of the drawings.

Thanks for accompanying me on my birding journey.

Birdie

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