It’s been a busy week, so I really enjoyed having a little creative “play time” this afternoon while my hubby was out. I decided it was the perfect chance to make a couple of cards for the May Christmas Kickstart Challenge, Season’s Tweetings. After pulling out a few bird-themed stamps and images, I managed to put together two cards in no time.
The first card features the fun Funny Birds set from Mangocraft. I stamped the quartet of birds in black ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder for a crisp finish. I also added both the large and small sentiments from the Concord &9th Big On Christmas stamp set, again using clear embossing. To bring the birds to life, I used my Jasart Brights Metallic watercolour paints, which gave them a lovely bright shimmer. I softly blended pale blue ink around the images and added a little extra blue metallic splatter for detail. The finished panel was then matted onto soft red patterned paper and attached to a white card base.
It's been great to get a few more Christmas cards done.
6 comments:
Two great cards Dawn, I especially love the little row of birds singing their festive chorus! Thanks for playing at our Season’s Tweetings challenge at Christmas Kickstart this month!
Your quartet of birdies looks amazing on the little branch, Dawn!! Love your Ardyth square cardinal card too!!
Adorable first card and love the beautiful cardinal card!
Those little birds are so darn cute. I love the cardinal and snowy tree too.
Both great cards Dawn. I do love the colour drama of the cardinal, but I like the fun element of the birds. CarolG
Two gorgeous cards, and such very different designs! Love them both, Dawn. Thanks for joining Joanne and me at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge, Jo x
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