Cardinal Love

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

It's almost the New Year!  It seems that the years fly by!

Speaking of time passing quickly, my Aunt Marian has a 94th

birthday coming up.

She loves birds and this time of year the cardinals brighten up those

dreary, snowy days.  So the cardinal was the best choice for her card.

She tells me that she very carefully takes the birds and butterflies off

my cards and puts them on her wall where she can see them all the time.

It makes me happy to know that they can brighten up her room.

I die cut the cardinal from real red cardstock and sponged some 

Cherry Cobbler ink along the edges of the pieces.  His beak was cut from

a scrap of orange and darkened with a Copic marker.

I pulled out a piece of patterned paper and stamped and embossed some

extra snowflakes before mounting the cardinal on a branch and adding

a sentiment. 

I was inspired by Donna's card at Freshly Made Sketches.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #717 - Narelle's Sketch

Love Those Pretty Papers - Use Patterned Paper

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms - ATG with a bird (Did not use the Inspiration Photos

 

And now this cardinal is winging it's way to Aunt Marian.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Field Flowers (ret SU), Snowflakes (Lavinia)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Stamperia, Real Red

Other:  White and Clear EP, Left Facing Cardinal die (Dee's Distinctively), Woodland Branch die (MB), Deckle & Stitches Nesting die (Unity), Nested Mini Label die (SB)

Enjoy!

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Joy to the World

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

One of my favorite views in the Winter is the cardinals spot of color in

the otherwise drab scenery.

The leaves and berries are stenciled using the stencils from the set I used for this card.

I don't use a lot of stencils, but I think this is my absolute favorite!

The rush is on.  Thanks to all the Christmas challenges through the year, I have  plenty of

Christmas cards done and some are even addressed and ready to mail.  It's not too soon to

start on cards for next year though and they are my favorite kind of cards to make

this time of year.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Winter

Just Us Girls 755 -  ATG Stencil Week

Peace on Earth #77 - 

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments ( Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Verssafine Onyx Black, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss (DI), Real Red

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Crumb Cake

Other:  Holiday Sprigs Stencil (SSS), Cardinal Left Facing (Dee's Distinctively), Woodland Branch (MB)

Enjoy!

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Hummingbird for Color Hues

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I used a NBUS die from Dee's Distinctively and a print making technique

to make this card.

I cut the bird from Arches cold press watercolor paper and laid it on a piece

of Mixed Media while I did some messy watercoloring.  I love how it leaves some

matching colors for an Impressionist background.

I colored the bird with the colors from Color Hues and winked his wings to

give the feeling of movement.  To finish I added a die cut

hibiscus for the hummer to zoom in on.

The textured background is the inside of the cover from a mixed media pad.

Challenges:

Color Hues #41 - Aqua & Red

Krafty Chicks #612 - CAS week

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (hummingbird & hibiscus die)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Mixed Media Pad Cover

Other:  Hummingbird 2 die (Dee's Distinctively), Aloha Hibiscus die (Frantic Stamper), Re-inkers (Pool Party, Real Red), Black Sharpie, White Nuvo Crystal Drops

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Plaid Tree

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I'm on a roll for Christmas cards.  I apologize to those who are still seeing snow.

I spread some embossing paste through a stencil then sprinkled with glitter for 

the background.  A little glue and glitter brought sparkle to the snowbank.

Dee's Distinctively Jumbo tree cut from plaid paper made the tree and

a couple red cardinals decorate the tree.  I've used dimensionals

between the tree's layers so there's lots of dimension to go with the sparkle.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Christmas Craft Creations!

Challenges:

Christmas Craft Creations April - Tartan Plaid (not sure if this is Tartan but it's plaid)

Rudolph Days -ATG Christmas

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Prancers (PB)

Ink:   Bundled Sage (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah, Holiday Cheer Paper Pack (Honey Bee Stamps)

Other:  Jumbo Tree Stacker (Dee's Distinctively), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vechi), Glitter (Sweet Poppy), Sparkling Snow Stencil (Echo Park)

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Pine and Holly

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

I have two more Christmas cards to share.

First up is a dimensional pine tree from a die that Dee's Distinctively recently

sent to me.  The die has lots of layers and I used just a few of them for this tree.

After cutting it, I sponged some ink on the edges, then used an embossing pen

along the edges of the branches and heat embossed with puff embossing powder.

The layers are put together with dimensionals and I cut the shank off a button

to decorate the top.

This is a CASE of a card by my dear friend Loll (Stamping with Loll) for

a challenge at Inspired By.  She was the winner of that challenge and I am

CASEing her card for the current Inspired By challenge.  It's their 200th

challenge this time.  Woot! Congratulations!

I was inspired by the green and white and wonderful texture and dimension.

My button star is a tip of the hat to her plaid.

Thank you for the inspiration, my dear friend.

Loll's card.

I'm sharing this at Double D Challenge too since there's lots of white.

and another card this time using a page from a past calendar.

 

Challenges:

Double D - Lots of White

Inspired By - Past Winner, Loll from IB#189, October 2021

Peace on Earth #6 - ATG but I was inspired by the greenery and berries

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff - Jumbo Tree Stacker 

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness

Paper:   Gumball Green, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Jumbo Tree Stacker die (Dee's Distinctively), WOW Embossing Marker, White Puff EP (HA), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Kars Snow EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Holly Sprig (PB)

Ink:  Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Real Red (SU)

Paper:  Neenah, Solar White, Pistachio Pudding, Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Wonderful Words Holiday Die (PTI), Subtle EF (SU), Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

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More Botanicals for CAS Mix Up

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

Have you tried using nature on your cards yet?

There's a lovely gallery of examples at CAS Mix Up.

Here's two more.

For these cards, I plucked the end of a branch from my arborvitae,

put it between two pieces of watercolor paper and put it through my big shot.

That yielded two pressed pieces and I thought a pretty cardinal would work nice on one.

The cardinal has been cut from Real Red card stock and I've sponged Cherry Cobbler ink

along the edges of both pieces.  His "mask" and beak were colored with markers. 

I decided to add some watercolor to the other one.

And it became a lovely Christmas tree for this alcohol inked ornament that had some

foil rubbed on the sticky places.

Now you can see that foil.

My mixed media are Botanical Prints, Watercoloring, Stamping, Die Cutting and

 Alcohol Ink with Foiling

There's still time to find some of nature's bounty and use it on a card.

There are tutorial links at the challenge site and some awesome inspiration

from our Design Team.

The CAS Mix Up Challenge ends on the 24th.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Christmas Pine (GKD), Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Natural, Christmas Pine (GKD), Primitive Cream (MFT) 

Other:  Arborvitae, Small Cardinal Set Die (Dee's Distinctively), Holiday Greens Mini Die (TH), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness (DI for watercolor, DOX for sentiment)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Primitive Cream (MFT), Yupo

Other: Arborvitae, Alcohol Ink, Deco Foil, Classic Ornament Die (MB)

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Embossed TP

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

Embossed TP?  Yep!

If you can spare a square, give it a try!

My dear and very talented friend Loll led us in this technique a couple of

months ago.  We took four squares of toilet paper and stacked them, spritzing

each layer.  Then put them in an embossing folder and run them through.

I've spritzed it with some shimmer mist so it has a wonderful shimmer

when the light hits it.

The cardinal has been cut from red cardstock and I've sponged ink around

the edges.  I used a Posca pen to add "snow" to the pine branch.

I'll take this over to the last Rudolph Days Challenge of the year.

A big thanks to Maureen and her team for this challenge each month.

It's a big help to get those Christmas cards done in plenty of time.

And I love doing Christmas cards any time of year!

I'll also share it with Krafty Chicks where it's all about All Occasions.

A perfect place for a Christmas card!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Noel (OOB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Cherry Cobbler, Handsome Hunter

Paper:   Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Garden Green (SU), Neenah

Other:  Snowflake EF (MS), Stitched Square Die (SSS), Small Cardinal Set (Dee's Distinctively), Holiday Greens Mini (TH), Subtle EF, Iridescent Shimmering Bliss Spray (Technique Junkies)

Two Christmas Trees

Hello there.  Are you finished with your Christmas cards?
Have you moved on and past the decorating?
My tree is up, but my granddaughter tells me it's missing the presents.

I need to start wrapping!

For this card, I've stamped on green cardstock that's been die cut with a

layered tree, sponged the edges and popped up the layers with dimensionals.

This Quick and CAS card was die cut and put over a piece

of green glitter paper.  I punched some tiny dots from red glitter paper

and inlaid them in some of the holes.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH), Filigree Background (ret. SU)

Ink:   Gumball Green

Paper:   Neenah, Certainly Celery

Other: Small Snow Covered Tree Die (De's Distinctive), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Star of Wonder Die (MB), Sponge Dauber, Kars Snowflake EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Vintage Christmas Post (HA)

Ink:   WOW Emb. Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Glitter Paper (stash)

Other:  Corbel Tree Die (SSS), Stately EF (ret. Craft Concepts)

Snowy Tree for CAS Christmas

Hello friends! I'm glad you could pop in.

Today's card is a reminder that there's only about a week left to join in at
CAS Watercolour

Our sweet Hideko is hosting this month's challenge....

I had only used this little snow tree die once before and it was time to show it some more love.

I die cut all the layers from Glimmer Paper and a snowdrift too for good measure.

The background is a little piece of salted watercolor background. 

I'm down to the teeny tiny pieces of that.

I'v assembled the layers of the tree using dimensionals so it has lots of dimension.

A tiny die cut star finishes off the scene.

Do go to CAS Christmas and check out all the fantastic 

inspiration cards that our team and Guest Designer, Barb have done.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Midnight Muse (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Silver Glimmer (SU), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Small Snow Covered Tree die (Dee's Distinctively), Star of Wonder die (MB), Stitched Snnow Drifts (MFT0, Double Pierced Rectangle die (Avery Elle)