Birthday Card for a sweet lady turning 70

I had the pleasure of making a birthday card for a very sweet lady who turns 70 this month!
  

Her craft is making cards and she always displays them 
with one of her cute & whimsical decorative birds!  
Determined to make a card with a cute little bird, this is what I came up with.  

I really wanted to make a cheerful card with lots of pretty colors so I found the 
perfect collection in my stash by Kaisercraft called "Botanical Odyssey".  

I printed a bird outline on pretty pink paper from the 6x6 paper pad 
and also made the wings using the polka dot paper. 

I first glued down select die-cuts from the collection
 and then placed the bird with foam tape.

A cute sentiment was placed on top of one of the die-cuts.
I found out that she's moving to a new place at the end of the month.
How fitting this sentiment turned out to be!

I wanted to surprise this sweet lady with a cute quote I found on the internet.  
So I came up with a clever way of concealing it by using a brad on the outer wing.

You can see a leafy branch die-cut under the bird.

Look! The cute little bird is starting to fly!

The brad allows the wing to move in all directions

And here is the concealed message for this wonderful lady........

A personal birthday sentiment is also printed inside the card.
I placed a sticker from the paper collection as a decorative seal for the envelope.

I had such a blast putting this together and I know she will love it!  
She's just that kind of sweet person!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Kaisercraft:

Botanical Odyssey 12x12 Paper Collection

Botanical Odyssey - full collection

Botanical Odyssey - Die-Cuts

Botanical Odyssey - Stickers (used on envelope flap)

Spellbinders:

Labels Twenty Two

Sizzix:

Big Shot Die cutting machine

Magnetic Platform

Making Memories:

Alpha-Numeric Glitter Stickers
color: Brun Antique

ColorBox:

Nightfall Petal Point set
(used Chestnut Roan)

Michael's: 
     Brads (on the wing & the eye of the bird)

Adhesives:

Foam Tape

Beacon 3-in-1 Glue

Scor-Tape