Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Flight of Birds - Vintage Birthday Card

I was intrigued  by the Poetry Inspiration challenge at CCEE. I especially loved this part of the poem they chose:


A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.


I chose a vintage image of swallows in flight to illustrate these lines in the poem.Swallows are so graceful to watch - truly poetic! You can find quite a few vintage images of birds, including swallows at The Graphics Fairy.  This image shows one of the swallows carrying a sprig of blue forget-me-nots. The sentiments I chose for the front and inside are from the "Happy Birthday" set by Our Daily Bread Designs.  I made this in honor of my mom's birthday (that would have been this week) in shades of blue, her favorite color.



Thank you for visiting. May God bless you and help you to see and enjoy even more of His marvelous creation!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

CCEE Stampers #1403 - Poetry Inspiration
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Birthdays
Created With Love CHallenge #73 - Winged Things
Deep Ocean #69 - Birthday
Incy Wincy Designs - Flower Frenzy
MilkCoffee Challenge - Monochromatic
Paper Crafting Journey - Vintage/distressed/shabby chic
Word Art Wednesday #116 - Anything goes with uplifting verse

10 comments:

craftin-dawn said...

Gorgeous! Love the vintage image and the colors! Thanks for joining us this week at Created With Love Challenges for our Winged Things Challenge!
DawnD

Chris Hanselman said...

Amazing card. Love the bluebirds. Thanks for joining our Winged Things Challenge at Created With Love Challenges

~~Chris
Co-Owner
Created with Love Challenges

Angelique said...

Beautiful. Love those flowers and such a gorgeous sentiment.
Thank you for joining us at MilkCoffee Digi Stamps

Huggsss, Angelique
EngelDesignsScrap

Saints Rule! said...

This image is amazing! I love how you tucked the doily behind! So soft and feminine! Thank you for sharing your talents with us at Word Art Wednesday this week! {{hugs}}

Nikki said...

Such a beautiful card you've created thanks for joining us at Incy wincy this week hugs Nikki

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Love that beautiful image of the bird and fab card. Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Sentiments, Susan x

Karen Letchworth said...

Hi Vickie! This is really a beautiful card and lovely embellishments, too. I always enjoy seeing your wonderful creations shared in our challenges, and I just wanted to thank you for sharing with us again this week.
God bless you!
Karen
Word Art Wednesday

Diane said...

What a beautiful birthday card to send to anyone to brighten their day Vickie !! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs !!

hugs Diane xx

pjmackay said...

What an awesome bird image gorgeous design! Thanks for joining created with love challenges!

goldie said...

What a lovely spring card!
Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at Crafty Sentiments Designs !!