Three birds and a smile

Please bear with me a bit today....
but I think this card is just cute. 

I'm not going to go into the entire journey of how it evolved - 

let's just say I was: 

 attempting to CASE a card, 

got the cut-out a bit tall for what I had in mind
(Did you recognize it from Hearts a Flutter?) 

had to find an image to fit it

used the birdcage (because it fit)

then didn't know what to do ...

so stamped a bird

then another

 then one looking back

Showed it to my daughter, "I don't get it"

Me: "Well, I think they all just left the cage"
 

Her: "No, they couldn't have, it doesn't even have a door"

okay, added the door

 propped it open..... done!

Oops! Guess that was the entire story.... but wait, now we need some sayings to go with it. Such as:

Really, just leave it behind.
It's time to fly the coop

No sense looking back
We're moving!

I actually cut the door from the other cage that's in the set. I glued the left side down and propped it open a bit with two Glue Dots that I rolled up.

Cut six strips 1/4" x 5-3/8" (two each of three colors)
Adhere using Multi-purpose Adhesive

Die cut opening using die from Hearts a Flutter

Move the die down and die cut a second time. I check the back to make sure it's lined up well. Using your Paper Snips or Paper Cutter works also.

Aviary

116956w
120462c

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