Stampotique Challenge 164 - Animals or Birds

Hello all and welcome back to the blog. Today starts a new challenge over at Stampotique's Designers Challenge Blog

Our lovely hostess is the wonderful Sue Davies and she is asking us to make something With Animals or Birds. 

I decided that I wanted to make a card for my parents anniversary. Their anniversary isn't until New Years Eve but I figured I'd work on it early.

 Birds have always been the theme for their anniversaries and my Dad has this tradition of giving my mom a set of two birds every year. Usually they are little sculptures or ceramic figures but she has one for every year they have been married. I think it's such a sweet tradition.

I just recently got this stamp and as soon as I saw it It reminded me of my parents.

I used Stampotique Stamps

Treemates - by Artist Kylie DiOrio 

Kylie has some wonderful bird stamps and I just love them all

Two Hearts..One Love - By Carol's Collection

Carol has some really awesome sayings in her stamp collection

Here is my card

I used watercolor paper and stamped the image using black archival ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder

I then used my Derwent watercolor pencils to color the entire image. 

I hope when the time comes to give it to my parents that they love it. 

Have a wonderful day everyone!