Wedding Chickadee - Shabby Naturalist - And a Lesson in Pinspirational Patience

Oh, the irony!

And a little lesson in patience, too.

 

A couple of days ago I posted my Goldfinch card in Shabby Naturalist style

last-minute to PINspirational #166, Anything Goes.

 

 

But just a couple of hours later, this shows up on my feed.

The NEW inspiration photo for {PIN}spirational #167:

 

 

Are you kidding me?!!

 

And get this, Shawna (DT)'s card.  A natural-looking bird.

And a SQUARE MESH BACKGROUND.

I could have cased her.  Seriously.  Even the sentiment.

 

 

I'm still head-smacking over this one.

But while the goldfinch would have been SO perfect,

I won't give in while I still have chipboard birds left in my stash ;)

 

 

 

So here's a shabby chickadee for the bird theme

at PINspirational this fortnight.

And he won't be alone...he has a couple of friends ;)

 

 

 

 

Since the birds in the inspiration photo

(technically I think they are a kind of warbler)

are obviously raising a family and working on their nest,

I thought a wedding card would do nicely.

The vintage sheet-music and marriage certificate are both from The Graphics Fairy.

 

 

 

 

 

 And a few more challenges:

 

613 Avenue Create #179: ATG / Wedding Stationery

 

Deep Ocean #130: Furry / Feathered Friends - 3rd entry

 

Word Art Wednesday #234: ATG / Family Friendly - 2nd entry

 

JUGS Word Week: BIRDS - 2nd entry

The Crazy Challenge #224: Tic tac Toe - 3rd entry

L-R diagonal up: die cut (butterfly), digi (2), twine

 

 

 

 

Materials Used on this Card:

Cardstock {Rustic white, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate - Papertrey Ink}

Patterned papers {Tan polkas - Papertresy Ink; Barnwood - Hot off the Press;

Green mini-dots - Making Memories}

Vintage sheet-music and marriage certificate {The Graphics Fairy}

Sentiment Stamp {Papertrey Ink}

Ink {Archival black - Ranger}

Wooden banner {Studio Calico} 

Kraft butterfly die-cut {Maya Road}

Chipboard chickadee {Paper House}

Brads, mini-roses (used as pinecones) {The Paper Studio}

Greenery {Floral stem}

Heavyweight hand-quilting cotton thread

 

 

Thank you so much for visiting!

 I hope you have enjoyed yourself,

and I wish you a wonderful day.

If you get a chance before you go, there is still time to

enter for my Spring Giveaway before next week!

Actually it's more of a destash.  Everything is all packed up and ready to ship ASAP.

Inlinkz is so quick and I've opened the giveaway to both US and

International crafters as well.

Picture and link are on my right-hand sidebar. :)

 

Take care,

Be well,

and enjoy the sunshine,

 

--Kathryn