Monday, May 13, 2013

Merry Monday Beautiful Season

Does the weekend go by fast for you?  It seems like the clock speeds up Saturday and Sundays!  And here it is Monday again....Merry Monday.

Here's Lesley's fabulous sketch for this week.



And here's my card!


How I've loved this Beautiful Season set!  I love the little Chickadees and this one is perfect to me.  He's a keeper although Stampin' Up! is retiring him.

Pixie's Playground will warrant a visit since I raided the snippet box for these pieces.  There's excitement brewing over there about a certain decopatch cow!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Beautiful Season, Four the Holidays (retired)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Handsome Hunter (retired), SU Markers (Old Olive, Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Basic Gray, Basic Black, So Saffron, Real Red)
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Handsome Hunter
Other:  Blender Pen, Circle Nesties (Spellbinder), Holly EF (Sizzix)

I hope you'll join us for Merry Monday and get a head start on those Christmas cards.  The rest of the DT has some fabulous samples to inspire you. 







28 comments:

Sherry Eckblad said...

Your card is absolutely stunning Bonnie. I love the white card with that beautiful bird image.

Sue - said...

I so agree with you about that stamp although I make him into a robin! He's definitely being kept! Love that EF as well, will have to do a search for that.

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Beautiful Christmas design, love your take on the sketch. Have a great day, Shirleyx

Cynthia said...

Merry Monday, Bonnie!! ;-) I love your card--that chickadee is especially cute! I love how you used the berries under the banner. Awesome idea!

Lesley said...

Gorgeous card Bonnie! Love the vanilla background!

Tracey McNeely said...

Bonnie this is gorgeous, love the embossing!

Aileen said...

Stunning Bonnie. Love the depth you've created in you scene. x

Vicki Burdick said...

just gorgeous Bonnie, one of my all time favorite SU sets!!!

Wendy said...

So pretty, Bonnie! I love this set too! It was the first set I purchased when that catty came out 2 years ago! Beautiful coloring and I love that Holly EF!! Great job with this week's sketch!
Have a wonderful week! :)

jimlynn said...

So pretty and I really like the extra bit of greenery you added by the sentiment.
Lynn

scrappingnana said...

This is beautiful. Love the embossing and pretty design.

LeAnne said...

Gorgeous! Your little added details make this card a keeper! I love the holly in the upper right....such a nice touch!

Di said...

Totally perfect Bonnie! Love the stamp you used and as always the whole card is gorgeous.

You mentioned the Playground in your post but haven't linked in yet - the girlies would love to see this beauty so please come and play!

Don't mind me, I'll be over in the corner on the three legged stool trying to milk the new addition to the Playground!

Hugs, Di xx

Loll said...

Hi Bonnie. Fantastic coloring and love the holly embossing folder too. Great idea to add a holly and berry sprig with the sentiment. Loll xx

Marisa said...

Great EF and fabulously coloured image. Lovely take on the sketcfh :) So excited to be playing along with you this month :)

Jules said...

A beautiful Christmas card Bonnie!

Love your image very much and the holly peeping from behind the sentiment!

Have a good day.

Love Jules xx

Emily Keaton said...

Bonnie, this is so sweet! I love what you did with that cool sketch, and using the holly embossing folder was genius. Awesome creation!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

This is lovely Bonnie. Love that embossing folder.

Laura said...

Gorgeous!! I love the layout You did an awesome Job with it.TFS

Colleen Dietrich said...

I like the neat way you've matted each layer, and the coloring on your chickadee is beautiful!

Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day, Bonnie. :)

Notes by Nina said...

Beautiful card Bonnie, I love the texture matching the stamp.

Ellen Taylor said...

Fantastic take on the layout! Love that chickadee!!

Susan said...

That embossing folder couldn't be more perfect to go with that beautiful image! Gorgeous card!

Susan Joyce said...

Simply stunning Bonnie, beautiful colouring and I love the embossing folder you used.

Cathy said...

Love this cute little bird Bonnie, fabulous card :) Cathy x

Darnell said...

Sensational holly Christmas, Bonnie, and excellent Pixie card! I really like that EF, you enabler you!!

Narelle Farrugia said...

Bonnie this is beautiful! I love this image (even though I didn't get it) and how you've coloured it! The little bits of holly are sweet - an overall lovely Christmas card!

Benzi said...

Gorgeous, Bonnie. You know I love this card with a pretty bird. The embossing folder is so pretty, too.