The card I'm sharing for this week's Heart Of Christmas blog hop was created with two of my current favourite stamp sets. As you may already know, I love the Bird's Eye View stamp set. I've paired it with a new, fabulous, Christmas sentiment set called Joy To You.
Add to this, three designs of One Horse Open Sleigh DSP, a favourite colour combination, and some sparkly sequins, and the result is a card that I just love!
I stamped the chubby bird on a piece of the woodgrain-look paper (as shown in the background), using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. After colouring the bird using Stampin' Blends markers in Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Real Red, I fussy-cut it out of the paper.
On the background paper I'd stamped the branch in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured it using Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends. I sat the cut-out bird on top of the branch.
Check out those gorgeous Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins! I love a bit of sparkle on an otherwise rustic-looking card.
The teensy ornaments were stamped and die-cut using the Merriest Trees bundle. I used Pecan Pie and Real Red inks for the baubles, and attached them to the branch using glue dots.
On a piece of Real Red patterned paper from the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP pack, I white heat-embossed the sentiment. I gently sponged the edges of this paper with Real Red ink, and added a couple more Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins for good measure.
Next up on tonight's blog hop is Kate Morgan. If you click on the image below, you'll be taken to her blog:
If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog. Sharon does a fantastic job every week of co-ordinating our Christmas shares.
Listed below are all the products I used to make my card. If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.
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Beautiful card Christine, it’s a very you card. The glitter sequins are the perfect addition to your rustic Christmas card and your chubby bird is sooo cute
ReplyDeleteA delightful Christmas card Christine. I love your colour combo. It works so well with the oh so cute little chubby bird and DSPs. The tiny ornaments are gorgeous along the tree branch. x
ReplyDeleteI love everything about this card, Christine! The use of Crumb Cake with Real Red, the little bird, the DSP, the ornaments on the tree - it is so adorable!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with you, I really love this card and the colour combo is one that you always create beautifully with. There is so much to love about this card from the beautifully coloured chubby bird to the sentiment embossed on the patterned paper.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, how adorable. I absolutely love this Christmas baubles hanging on the branch and that little bird is cuteness overload. Your chosen DSPs are a great mix.
ReplyDeleteChristine, this card is adorable! Those little baubles are just darling and I love the bird. Gorgeous colour combination, and I love the white heat embossed sentiment. Love this card!
ReplyDeleteChristine this card made me smile. I love everything about it because it is just so you. The colour palette, the embossed greeting, the BOW, the design and a bit of bling to finish. I have really, really been trying to avoid ordering these cute birds because they don't have matching dies, but I know that resistance is futile. I think the little decoration along the branch are just glorious.
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