Feb 2024 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 It's time for the Feb 2024 Card Chain Challenge Reveal!   For February, I sent a card to Viv in the UK and I received a card from Hilary in the UK!

This is a fun world wide card exchange challenge, where each month you can sign up to send a card and receive a card.   We are given options to use on our card design each month -  we only have to use one of the options but can use as many as we want.

This month, I used several:  the colors, the sketch, theme options of Balloons and Friendship and Product option of Twine!  

And here is my card:

The parakeet is a multi stamp/and die from Papertrey Ink both called Feathered Friends Mini 5.  They are older sets but still available (and on sale!).  The paper is from Petite Places Patterned Paper Pad (no longer available).

I die cut the Woodland Branch from Memory Box out of brown card and adhered it across the landscape.

I popped up the bird over the branch on foam dots.

I die cut the balloon, sponged it with ink, tied the twine around it and popped it up in the sky with foam dots.  I looped the twine under the birds feet so the balloon won't fly away!

I stamped the sentiment from the bird set in the corner and added 3 enamel dots in the colors along the roll of the hillside.

I sponged around the edge of the panel with Gold Pigment ink to add definition.

As I have been doing with many of my Card Chain Challenge cards lately, I adhered the panel to a mini easel so it stands up rather than having it on a folded card.

A couple of side notes:  

We feed the wild birds in our backyard year round - and one day, several years ago,  I looked out and saw the bright colors of a  parakeet, like this one, on one of our feeders. I knew it must have escaped from someone's home and his wings were probably clipped so he wouldn't be able to fly very well - but I was unable to catch him.  I felt badly for the family that would be missing him. 

I originally bought the stamps and die because my niece and her family bought a parakeet (because their daughter is allergic to dogs).  I made them a welcome Rocky card and haven't used the bird again until I made this card!  And since I had all the colors and stamps out to make the bird- I made 4 cards this time for my stash!

So please check out all the cards exchanged in February - and sign up to participate in March!  You'll find all the details over at the Card Chain Challenge!.

Also linking my card to:

Double D Challenges - Patterned Paper

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Die Cut Divas: Anything Goes Ends 3/31

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes  ends 3/6

Stamps:  Feathered Friends Mini 5 - Papertrey Ink.

Paper:  white, Dark Chocolate, DP Petite Places Patterned Paper - Papertrey Ink.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Teal Cove, Lime, Fresh Lemon, Cloudy Sky, Marigold, Chamomile - Altenew, Gold Pigment Ink - Color Box.

Accessories:  Feather Friends Mini 5 die, Birthday Balloon Die - Papertrey Ink, Woodland Branch die - Memory Box, Small Easel Bigz Die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, yellow twine, foam dots, Enamel Dots - Altenew.