Joan's Challenge Birds

Good Morning Ladies,
I had a card ready to post this morning. But I checked my e-mail first. Joan's new challenge was already up. So I went to the table and began to work thinking I would post the other card later this morning. Well I worked and I worked and nothing seemed to be working. And then it started to flow and lo and behold I had finished the challenge card. So that is the card I am posting this morning.
Joan's Challenge Birds is what I dubbed this challenge. You can see the challenge by clicking here... http://www.atjoansgardens.com/2012/08/this-weeks-challenge_9.html
The requirements for this challenge are...
Make a Thank You card
Use purple and green
Use something to do with music
Use a bird
Here is my challenge card....

 This card started with many different elements. Some stayed and some went bye bye. So I feel this was a real challenge for me. The music part came right away and stayed to appear on this card. I took a piece of La Blanche paper and a La Blanche sheet music swirl stamp. I stamp the image several times to create a music background. The black and white was quite boring and I need to add green and purple to this card. So I got out my Tim Holtz distressed ink in forest moss and sponged it over the entire sheet. This created my background piece. I love making my own dsp to fit my creation. By the way all of those products can be purchased at Joans. http://www.atjoansgardens.com/ As well as other elements on my card. A lot of creating happened between the background paper and the rest of the card. I took another piece of La Blanche paper and stamped thank you on it and sponged tim holtz concord ink on it. I then cut this with a spellbinder oval set. The bird cage was die cut using a memory box die. I added a strip of pearls to the bird cage and placed two plastic doves on top. My purple and white flowers were created using a spellbinders floral die cut from glitter card stock. Rhinestone swirls from K&Company were the perfect match to go down the sides of the card. Oh yes and just a wee piece of ribbon through the top of the bird cage loop.

 This is a side view to show the little birds...

A close-up of the flowers.
Thanks again Selma and Joan for the wonderful challenge!
Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog