I stamped the cardinal from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' "Christmas Joy" set (discontinued) onto a piece of 140 lb. watercolor paper with Hero Arts Soft Granite ink. After I painted him with my watercolors, I decided to die cut with the coordinating die.
I stamped the wreath & greeting (Hero Arts "Color Layering Wreath"--discontinued) onto a scrap of white cardstock. I used Lawn Fawn Sage Leaf & Noble Fir inks for the first 2 layers of greenery, and Memento Northern Pine for the last layer. I stamped the greeting with Lawn Fawn Yeti ink a couple of times, then stamped over that with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink. (The only reason for the Yeti pigment ink was because the "c" overlapped the greenery slightly, and didn't really show up without the white "base.") I die cut that with the coordinating die. I also stamped 2 of the pinecones from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' "Christmas Pine" set in Gina K Charcoal Brown ink, and watercolored them. I fussy cut those out, and glued them together so I could "play" with their placement without them being too fiddly.
Because of the larger elements, I decided to make this a 5x7" card. (I did end up cutting it down to 6-1/2" tall in the end, though.) I cut a panel of patterned paper from my scrap stash to 4-1/2" wide, and cut 2 strips from another scrap of burgundy paper to go along either side. I adhered the burgundy strips along the sides of my card base, and then adhered the holly leaf panel in the middle. I die cut a circle to go behind my cardinal from another patterned paper scrap, and glued my image to that. To help the circle stand out a bit more, I inked around the edges with Pine Needles Distress ink.
I adhered my image/circle piece to the card. The white cardstock I'd stamped the wreath on looked a bit too stark, so I inked over it with Antique Linen Distress ink before gluing it in place on my card. And that finished my card. Two down...so many more to go! :)
I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #232: "Anything Goes" (not playing the twist)
Die Cut Divas: "All About Animals"
This is such a festive card. There are many elements but they all come together beautifully. The pinecones are great, such a useful stamp. Thanks for joining in at the 52CCT this week.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lucinda! :)
DeleteGreat Christmas card love the stamped cardinal and festive B.paper.Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
ReplyDeleteCarol DT x
Thank you, Carol! :)
DeleteLove your bright cheery card with cardinal bird.
ReplyDeleteHope to see you again in our new challenge at 52 CCT as well :-)
Majda DT
Thank you, Majda! :)
DeleteBeautiful cardinal. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for the April challenge of "It's all about the animals".
ReplyDeleteThank you, Arlene! :)
DeleteBeautiful Christmas card..
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining in with us at 613 Avenue Create..hope you will play along again..
Luv CHRISSYxx
Thank you, Chrissy! :)
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