Deck the Halls Birdie

I have another Christmas card to share with you today.  I bought this image last year and never had the chance to color it.  If you have followed my blog for a while, you probably have noticed that I love birds and have several bird baths and feeders around my yard.    So, I just couldn’t resist this cute image.

 

 

I colored the little bird to look like a black capped chickadee because they are frequent visitors to my feeders during the winter months. 

I am still having problems with my ink smearing.  I tried to color this image very carefully but if you look closely you might see some smears.   [Please don’t look that close :)  ]  

I even broke out my Stickles and Glossy Accents for this card.  I usually forget to use them or, if I remember, I am too impatient to wait for them to dry so I just skip it.  I’m glad I had the patience to wait this time.  (Or maybe I should be happy that dinner was ready so I had an excuse to walk away so it could dry.)

Have a great week!  Thank you for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Deck the Halls (digital stamp) from Phindy’s Place, Tiny Tags II from Papertrey Ink
• Inks:  Close To My Heart Cranberry
• Papers:  Neenah Crest Solar White CS, Papertrey Kraft CS, Bazzill Basics Pinecone CS, Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage paper pad, Starbucks coffee sleeve
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Big Shot,  Papertrey Victorian Lace Border & Tiny Tags dies, Die-namics Let It Snow die, Copic markers
• Embellishments:  Cranberry crinkle seam binding from My Craft Spot, May Arts Burlap twine, Studio 18 gem stone, Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents

Challenges:

• Colour Me Creative Challenge -3E, 2W - 2ndW #54 A Touch of Red
• Hiding in my Craft Room - 1E NSD1  #68 Die Cuts
• One Stop Craft - 2E W - #201 Anything goes
• Outlawz Challenges Pam    12 – Nature Inspiration
• Totally Gorjuss -  #154 Bling it on
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 3E, 2W - Week 1, Stitching
• Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - must be Christmas – Traditional Colors
• Clearly Inspired - 2W, 1E, SIO - Week 1, Ribbon or Twine
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W – Week 1, Anything Goes
• Hotshot Crafts - 3W – Bling
• Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - Christmas - Week 1, Living Creature
• Poodles Parlour - 2W, 1E, SIO - Week 1, Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – 4E, SIO – Animals
• Totally Papercrafts – Christmas
• Cards Galore - M, P1 - Anything goes
• Just Keep on Creating - M, P1 - (ends Dec-01) Christmas
• Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (ends Oct-24) Add some bling
• Simply Create - must be digital/papercraft - Always anything goes
• Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - (ends Oct-23) Ribbons
• ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas - Anything goes
• Just Keep on Creating - F, M – Christmas
• Little Red Wagon - #155 Bow
• Stampavie and More -2W, JFF - #179 stitches
• Stamp n Doodle - anything goes
• A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge - 2W, 3E, SIO - #34 Anything Goes
• Bearly Mine - 2E, SIO - #56 Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - 1E, SIO - Bows Or Ribbons
• Creative Card Crew - 2W - #21 Birds
• Deep Ocean Challenge - 2W - #36 Anything Goes
• Flourishes - #191 Winter Inspired projects
• Through The Craft Room Door 3E - Always Anything Goes!
• Top Tip Tuesday - 2W, 3E - #87 Things with Wings
• Christmas Card Challenges - 1E, must be Christmas – Bows
• One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Use a Digi
• Pile It On - Holidays (any)
• The Crafty Pad - SIO - Use an Animal 

Sentimental Sundays - Easter or Spring

Rain, rain go away! I know, April showers bring May flowers but that doesn’t mean I have to like it! We had a little taste of summer last weekend but this week is cold and rainy. Brrrr…. Since the new Sentimental Sundays challenge is “Easter or Spring” I let our rainy, spring weather inspire me to make this card. I broke out some of the goodies I got during the scrapbook store bus tour I went on last weekend with a friend. We had a great time. I found 3 new. locally owned stores that had a wonderful variety of products. There were make & takes and special sales at each stop. And chocolate. What else could a girls want while shopping?

The designer paper and die for the flower used on this card were new. I added Glossy Accents to the puddle and rain drops to give them a bit of shine. I hope you will join the Sentimental Sundays team and enter our “Easter or Spring” challenge this week sponsored by Raindrop Echo Designs. Don’t forget to include a sentiment! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Supplies:

• Stamps - Rainy Day Friend from Phindy's Place, Ticket Sentiments from Raindrop Echo Designs on Whimsy Stamps, Flowers with Love from Anabelle Stamps
• Inks - Cranberry & Twilight from Close To My Heart
• Papers - PaperTrey kraft and dark chocolate CS, My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Gurtie DP pad
• Tools - Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities circle die, Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die, Fiskars edge punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments: Sakura Stardust clear glitter pen, Ranger Glossy Accents, misc. red wool felt, thread & button, the Twinery maraschino bakers twine
• Techniques - paper piecing

Challenges:

• Art Impressions Stamps – Anything goes
• AUD Sentiments – Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar – April Showers bring May Flowers
• Crafty Creations – Furry Friends
• Creative Card Crew – Spring
• Creative Cowgirls – Springtime Rainy Days.
• Dare To Be Sassy Thursday – Paper Piecing
• Delicious Doodles – All Stitched Up
• Digis with Attitude – Spring has sprung
• Fab N Funky – Spotty & Dotty
• Fairy Fun Fridays – Favorite Nursery Rhyme (Rain, Rain, Go Away)
• Fun with Shapes – Animals
• Little Claire’s – Animals
• Make It Monday – Anything Goes
• Mami Doodles – Crazy for kraft
• My Partner in Crafting Crime – 3 or more layers
• My Time To Craft – On the Spot
• Paper Play Time – Weather
• Paper Pretties – at least 2 DP
• Pattie’s Creations – Spring or Easter
• Rainbow Lady – Spring Time
• Sarah Hurley – April Showers
• Saturday Challenge – Stitching
• Shelly’s Images – April Showers
• Spoonful of Sugar – All creatures great and small
• Stamp Something – April Showers Somethings
• Stampin’ Royalty – Spring has Sprung
• Sundays with Crissy – Spring or baby
• That’s Krafty Thursday – use kraft paper
• Top Tip Challenge – Spring has Sprung
• Totally Stampalicious – Anything goes
• Woodware USA – Anything goes