Pear Tree

I spied the bah humbug kitty kat hanging out in the pear tree today.

He is not fooling me though.  He is sitting in a bed of partridge feathers 

and even has the evidence hanging out of his mouth!

Sure,,,,,what partridge?

This is an ATC size ornament for my tree this year.

Is your tree decorated yet?

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday and  Stampotique Designers.

If You Dare

FLY....if you dare

I painted some blue watercolor swatches and stamped

FLY.

Added some blackbirds and dotted washi tape

for their perch. Edged the card in black ink and

wrote... if you dare... with some black spritz for

fun and called it done.

This is my entry to Inkurable Stamper.

Exotic Color

Want to brighten up your day with vibrant color?

Nature presents us with beautiful color

everyday....just look around.

One of my favorite displays of color is

the exotic bird.

This card is made using feathers from

two beauties like these pictured below.

Polly want a cracker?

Color doesn´t get any better than this does it?

I found these two on a foto search here.

Want a color overload,,,just google and type

in parrot fotos.

Three Muses and Theme Thursday will appreciate

this post.

Wings

Dreams Have Wings

A beautiful Hyacinth Macaw in flight.

Their wingspan measures up to three

feet wide....what an amazing beauty.

Some of his feathers are attached to the

card but unfortunately my scanner cannot

pick up the blue iridescense.

This is my entry for Take a Word.

Muttertag

Happy Mother`s Day

This Sunday is Muttertag in Germany as well as in

the USA. Wishing all the mothers of the world a

lovely day.

These three cards are embellished with

Cockatoo feathers from a beautiful bird named

Peaches. You can click on the foto for more detail.

The script is Quiet Fire Design of Canada.

You can also visit the Quiet Fire Style blog for more

inspiration. The Created by Hand challenge also

features the theme Mother.

These cards are my entry to Crazy Amigos

as well as Stampsmith.

Birds of a Feather

Over the years one of my dearest friends Alexanne has rescued more than her share of exotic birds. One of the benefits of having so many feathered friends is...

feathers, feathers and more feathers.

They come in all shapes and sizes. I never cease being mesmerized by the beauty of their color and iridescence.

I attached the feathers of a Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) and a Yellow-headed

Amazon (Amazona oratrix) parrot by sewing them onto a strip of cloth

and affixing them to the card. I continued the stitching around the edge for a frame effect.

Stitching is one of the themes at Gingersnap Creations...go have a look.