THE DAILY BIRD June/July 2025

Well, I guess it's time for another installment of The Daily Bird. In this post, I will be sharing a few birds that I'd drawn during June and July, 2025.

As I always do, I will give the name of the bird above each drawing, as well as the whereabouts of this bird somewhere in the world.

western yellow wagtail

europe, asia, africa

harlequin duck

north america, geenland, iceland, eastern russia

fire-tailed myzornis

butan, china, india, myanmar, nepal

common loon

north america, southern greenland, iceland

jungle myna

indian subcontinent

sula pitta

indonesia

green heron

north and central america

golden eagle

northern hemisphere

red-breasted merganser

subarctic northern hemisphere

strawberrry finch

tropical asia

scarlet-backed flowerpecker

south and east asia

And there you have it.

Please keep in mind that this is my personal art, and is not to be copied or used in any way without my express permission.

Thanks for following along on my bird journey!

Birdie

Smiles.

 

STRIPPING

If you're a cardmaker like me, you have lots of strips of patterned paper that you just cannot throw away. Why? 'cause. I'm gonna use it some day. Yeah, right. But does that day ever come? Sooner than you can imagine possible, you are buried in pretty strips. Nooooo!

Well, the time has come to use some of these pretty strips. Gather together a bunch of them that have a little bit of something in common, be it a color scheme, a design likeness. Anything that will make this grouping seem cohesive.

The charming result could be something like this card:

SUPPLIES:

Leftover strips of patterned paper with SOMEthing in common

Cardstock that matches one of the colors in your pretty strips

White cardstock

Ink in the coordinating color

A salutation stamp

Big Shot

Circle dies

Sequins that complement the color scheme

White satin ribbon

1/4" ribbon in coordinating color

Dimensionals

DIRECTIONS:

Select nine different designs of patterned paper that work well together. Cut the papers to 1/2" x 5" strips. Set these aside for now.

Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

To this white card base, add a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of coordinating cardstock.

Cut a piece of white cardstock to 3 3/4" x 5". Arrange the nine 1/2" strips as you like onto the white cardstock, leaving as even a border between them as possible. I started with the top strip, then the bottom strip, alternating up and down until you reach the center. If you're like me, the spacing between the strips will not look so great by now. To cover the spacing error, layer a 1/4" piece of ribbon over a 1/2" piece of another ribbon. Adhere this ribbon over the awkward spacing, taping the ends on the back. There! Now no one will notice. If your spacing comes out nicely, congratulations! Good job!

Adhere the strippy piece to the card base.

Using circle dies, find a die that measures 2 1/2" across, and die cut a circle from the same cardstock as the second layer.

Repeat with the circle that measures 2 1/4" across, but this time from white cardstock.

In coordinatiing, ink, stamp a sentiment that fits nicely within the white circle.

Adhere the two circles together. Using Dimensionals, add the circle to the card, raised a bit from center.

Add a trio of coordinating sequins to the white circle.

Strippy

Smiles.