Happy Bird-day in purple, pink, black & white

I made a card for my friend's upcoming birthday.  I'm entering it in 3 challenges.

Paper Crafts Connection is what first inspired me with their color theme. These colors are so pretty!

Do You Stack Up - wanted us to use a bow.

Sentimental Sundays - it's all about the sentiment... and this is a clever one.  hehe

The purple paper is very shiny!  I embossed the background with my Big Shot.  (love love!)

The I used my nestabilities to create the layers after I stamped the birds and text (Stampin Up!)

I colored the birds and balloon with colored pencils and dabbed a little glitter on the balloon.

Finished it off with the ribbon.

Thanks for looking!