Greetings friends, Mindy with you today to share my card sample for the Winter Birds Challenge #68 at Classy Cards n' Such. My card is titled Brighten the Way, and features a winter-like background with two beautiful Cardinals, one male, one female.
I started with two embossing folders, Lattice, by Crafts Too!, and Swirl Frame by
Nellie Snellen, and embossed a sheet of white card stock with each one. I
then trimmed around the Swirl Frame and cut out the oval opening, and
glittered around the opening for a little bling.
I then die cut two of
the Cardinal - Right Facing bird dies from Dee's Distinctively, and one of the Branch Set 1, also
from Dee's Distinctively. I cut one bird from red card stock, and one
from Kraft colored stock. The branch was cut from Kraft colored stock
also, and I used a marker to give it brown grain lines to look like a
branch. I brushed on some Light Molding Paste to look like snow on the
branch, but you could also use Dreamweaver Regular White embossing paste for the look of snow. I also added a bit of glitter to the branch to give it some winter sparkle.
I colored the female cardinal with some Distressed Markers from Ranger and used my Tim Holtz Water Brush by Ranger to blend the colors on the wings, tail, and topknot feathers. I used Foam Pads- Large by Joy! Crafts, to adhere the birds to the card front.
The sentiment used was from the stamp set Flowers in Bloom by
Sweet and Sassy Stamps, and was stamped on white card stock backed with
Silver Mirror card stock. To complete the card, I adhered a strip of
ribbon trim down the fold to add a bit of color and shine.
I hope you have enjoyed my Winter Birds, and will join our challenge this week with some of your own. Happy Stamping!
If you are unable to find an item in the store, or would like something special ordered, please email me at beverly@classycardsnsuch.com.
Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...
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