Created this Winter/Christmas card using mostly Tim Holtz items.
Used TH Sander on the TH green & red cardstock before die cutting. Cut the TH Mini Cardinal from Kraft & TH red cardstock. Paper pieced the Cardinal. Added Cardinal features with pen & marker. Cut the TH Tree from Kraft & TH green cardstock. Paper pieced the Tree. Inked the Cardinal & Tree. Stamped TH sentiment border & sentiment and used TH die cut to cut out sentiment tag.
Used silver foil cardstock with a Spellbinder Impressabilities Snowflakes that I have had for a long time & do not think I've ever used.
Supplies List
adhesive: foam, Scotch ATG
Coloring/Distressing: inking - TH Dist Ink
machine: Tim Holtz Vagabond
paper: cardstock - Kraft brown - base for bird & tree silver foil
Spellbinder: Impress Snowflakes
Tim Holtz: dies - Mini Cardinal, Pine Tree
Distress Ink - walnut stain paper - cardstock - green, red
sander stamp/die - Tree Blueprint - sentiment
Entering this into the following challenges:
8/19 C.R.A.F.T. Ch324 Christmas - Animals 5E(#3) 8/13
8/21 Allsorts Ch Wk 324 Share your fav color 3E(#3) 8/15 Fav Color - Red with Green
8/21 CHNC Christmas Ch242 Something Old UE 8/15 Old - Spellbinder Impress Snowflakes Tim Holtz dies
8/21 HIMCR#212d Use Die Cuts 3E(#) 8/15
8/22 Craft Your Passion Ch275 Always Anything Goes 3E(#1) 8/17
8/23 Kraft Journal Ch#237 Anything Goes Birds 2E(#1) 8/17
8/27 Dies R Us Ch31 The Great Outdoors 3E(#2) 8/15
8/29 Christmas Cards All Yr Round Aug Ch - Snowflakes UE 8/1
8/31 Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Ch Extra Aug 2015 UE 8/1
8/31 DL.ART Aug Linky Ch 1Eperday/no stack 8/1
9/30 Simon Says Stamp Use Tim Holtz Stamps Ch UE 9/5
Red cardinals are one of my favorite birds they are so pretty and always remind me of Christmas another one of my favorite. YOur card is beautiful.
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What a beautiful start on your holiday cards and it works wonderfully with this weeks theme, Anything Goes - Birds and The Kraft Journal. Thanks for playing along and another great card.
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Beautifully done Melissa! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!
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Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for CCAYR August challenge - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, CCAYR design team - and thanks for entering this for both of my CHNC challenges x
ReplyDeleteVery striking design. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. - Myrna DT
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, thank you for joining us at Christmas Cards all Year Round.
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Very pretty and what a gorgeous background! Thank you for joining us at "Dies R Us" for our "The Great Outdoors" challenge!
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The silver embossed background is beautiful. I love the way you positioned the Cardinal
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!!!! Thanks!!!!
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Super card to link up - I liked up the altered notebook - thanks for letting me! I appreciate it - have a blessed day! Gail
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