Hemlock Chickadee

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I don't mean to alarm you, but do you realize that we're more than halfway

though November and Christmas is just around the corner?

I used to do a lot of different crafts and loved to use the hemlock cones that I

would collect at my Dad's house in VT in the summertime.  I still have a kissing

ball made with these cones and an artificial sprig of mistletoe.

When this die set went on sale, I couldn't resist.

The branches and chickadee were cut from mixed media paper and

watercolored.  I cut the hemlock cones from kraft and added a bit of color

with a marker at the tops.  They are very tiny and my fingers had as much color

as the cones when I was finished.

I put it all together on a piece of kraft embossed and ink swiped for a

snowy forest background.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - W is for Watercolor or X is for Xylophone

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Third Monday is Embossing

Krafty Chicks #742 - Christmas

NBUS #68 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Hemlock Cones & Chickadee die)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips (Spl)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Smoky Gray, Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peach Parfait (SU), Black Marker (SU), Whisper White, BP Black (Spl)

Paper:   Kraft, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Hemlock Cones & Chickadee dies, Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate, Mirrored Arch Labels (all SB), Tall Pines 3D EF (SSS), Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips Die (Spl), Sparkle Texture Effects (MS)  

Enjoy!

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