Perched in a Tree – Merry & Bright

Happy Tuesday!  Time again, for the Design Challenges: Cardz 4 Guyz (#310) and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#403).

I decided to combine them with the sketch from Paper Players (#619) and another combination of the colors from the Color Dare (#523) Tic Tac Toe board.

Here is the result: 

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crumb Cake cardstock.
• Background Panel: (5⅜” x 4⅛”) Crumb Cake cardstock.
  • The sentiment, Merry & Bright, from the Sweet Candy Canes stamp set was stamped with Real Red ink.
  • The panel was then dry-embossed with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder.
• Accent Mat: (4⅛” x 2⅝”) Real Red cardstock.
• Under Rectangle: (4” x 2½”) Very Vanilla cardstock.
• Overlay Rectangle: (4” x 2½”) Pine Tree Branch patterned piece of Vellum from the retired Winter Wonderland Specialty Vellum Paper pack.
• Focal Image – Birds: Shimmery White cardstock.
  • The Bird image from the Perched in a Tree stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the Silicone Craft Sheet.
  • The Shimmery White cardstock was pressed onto the image transferring the “mirror” reflection of the Bird.
  • The Bird image was also then stamped onto the Shimmery White cardstock, without re-inking the stamp, for a 2^nd Generation (stamped off) image.
  • Once the inked images were good and dry, the Birds were water colored with Real Red and Crumb Cake inks using the Water Painter Brush.
  • Additional highlights/shadows were added with the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Marker.
  • When completely dry, the Birds were fussy cut with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card front to match the sketch.  The Birds were popped-up with Dimensionals. 

Red-Breasted Holiday Birds perched in the Tree.  Makes a nice holiday card for a guy or indeed anyone.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda.

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