This Valentines card was inspired by the Beyonce song “Crazy in Love” and the silly heart-shaped bird with the spiraling eyes from the Carabelle Studio “3 Oiseaux” (3 Birds in French) stamp set that made me think of the all-encompassing crazy feeling of falling in love.
I Copic colored the bird with the following colors:
Beak and legs: Y19
Body: R14, G14 (that’s right a green!), and R27
I also flicked on some highlights to a lot of the darkly stamped feathers with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen and coated the beak, claws and eyes with Glossy Accents for shine. I fussy cut out this bird with a Fiskars Spring Loaded Scissors and inked the edges with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker for a finished look.
I wanted a Valentines themed background, but I didn’t want to distract from the crazy love-sick bird, so I used three of the stamps from the new-to-me Carabelle-Studio Follow Your Heart stamp set but did not add any color to them. Instead, I added some dimension and shine to parts of these background images using a Tsukineko VersaMarker and clear embossing powder for some heat embossing. I inked the edges of the card front with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot, and to add a bit of grunge while keeping it pretty CAS, I also watered down some black acrylic paint and splattered it on with a wet paint brush.
To emphasize that mad, unstable feeling of new love, I thought adding the bird to the card front with a DIY action wobble would be fun. For a finishing touch and to add a little sparkle, I also added red and black sequins in varying sizes to the background.
The following process video shows the start-to-finish creation of this card, including how to make a DIY action wobble mechanism HERE
Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!
This card is being added to the following challenges:
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Wishes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Twist Something New Challenge
Card Mania Monochromatic Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Penny Black and More Something New Challenge
Addicted to CAS Music Challenge
Fantastic card, love all the mix of stamps and ink splatter. Thanks so much for sharing at Penny Black and More!
Thanks so much Ellie! This was super fun to craft!
A real fun creation for our theme and Penny Black and More challenge, many thanks for joining in.
B x
Thank you so much Brenda!
Fabulous fun card love the hearts and bird with the spiralled eyes-great splatters too——Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
Carol DT x
Thanks so much Carol! This was super fun!
This is fantastic! I love those funky images, the wobble effect and all those wonderful splatters. Thanks so much for sharing at ATCAS.
Thanks so much Stephanie! I stepped out of my comfort zone with all these splatters, but it was so fun!
Crazy FUN!
Awww thanks Maria!
Such a fun card. Love the wobbly part. Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Regards,
Ann-Marie
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Thanks so much Ann-Marie! This was super fun!
This is so much fun, lovely. Thanks for sharing with ATCAS.
Awww thanks so much Anja!
Great work! Thanks for joining us at Penny Black & More and good luck!
x Daniela (DT)
Thanks so much Daniela!
Love this crazy bird! The inky, grungy background is the perfect backdrop and the wobble was a great idea.
Thank you for joining us at Li’l Patch of Crafty Friends for our challenge.
Thanks so much! I had fun stepping out of my style comfort zone. 🙂
Great and funny love card <3 Thanks for playing with us at CardMania Challenges 🙂
Awww thanks so much for your sweet comment!
A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional wishes” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
(DT Stempel-Magie)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…
All your sweet comments always bring a smile to my face!