Hi Stampers!
I am so
excited to announce that I will be part of another Design Team- The Dynamic Duos!! I love participating in their weekly color
challenges (usually only two colors) and now I will be on their Design Team for
the next six months along with a terrific lineup of fellow Designers- woohoo!!
This week’s DD77 color combination is bright and cheerful and I am hoping that you will create a card and join us!!
This week’s DD77 color combination is bright and cheerful and I am hoping that you will create a card and join us!!
The colors reminded me of Christmas, so I created another Christmas card for my commitment to the CCC13 Christmas Card challenge….only a few weeks to go before I need to start mailing my cards... I better get busy :-)
To create this card:
In My Digital Studio (MDS), open a blank 8.5 x 11 custom page and
insert the Cardinal image from A Cardinal Christmas (I “re-sized” and reversed
the image so it is facing towards the right) and insert the sentiment from
Special Season.
Print onto Whisper White cardstock (again, I usually insert other images before printing to fill up the page and use the other images at a later date).
Color the cardinal and berries using a Real Red Stampin’ Write
Marker and the leaves with the Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write marker- add shadows
with the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write marker.
Use the Big Shot™ with the retired Northern Frost Decorative
Strip to cut out the snowflakes from a piece of Whisper White cardstock.
Also use the Big Shot™ with the Northern Flurry Textured
Impressions Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Add this layer onto the Real Red card base
and adhere the diagonal strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock (I used a piece from my
scraps that was already cut on the diagonal from a previous sketch challenge-
love my scraps!! :-).
Round the corners on the sentiment using the 1 ¾” Circle Punch
and adhere to a scrap piece of Real Red cardstock (rounding the ends of the
Real Red frame with the same punch).
Cut some of the snowflake die cuts in half and adhere behind
the cardinal and sentiment layers and add the entire cardinal/sentiment panel
to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
Add the additional snowflake to the front right of the
cardinal along with the Pearls to finish off the card.
Stamp Sets: A Cardinal
Christmas, Special Season– both MDS
Ink: Printer Ink- Black, Stampin’ Write Marker- Bermuda Bay,
Real Red, Sahara Sand
Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot™,
Window Frames Framelits™, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions™
Embossing Folder, Northern Frost Decorative Strip (retired), 1 ¾” Circle
Punch, Pearls
The rest of our Design Team did a fabulous job and if you would like to visit each of their blogs, here are the links :-)
Thanks again for stopping by! I hope all of you will have a chance to play along this week- I would love to see your creations!!
Have a wonderful weekend and have a great time creating and stamping!
So so pretty!!! Glad to hang out with you again, Miss Lady!! This DT is gonna be FUN!! Hope all is well......
ReplyDeleteIncredible colouring of your cardinal. Congratulations on Dynamic Duos! Can't wait to see your projects each week!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colouring and detail on this card--I swear those little berries are 3-dimensional! Looking forward to sharing and "growing" over then next few months.
ReplyDeleteJulie, so glad to be working with you! I have admired your cards for awhile now! Gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ladies! I had a lot of fun creating this card :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Julie. Love the pretty cardinal and the details. Glad to be working with you on the DT.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning. After looking at all of the other designers I just had to comment on your card. Although you have the snowflakes it is such a warm and inviting card. Beautiful job. Great talent!
ReplyDeleteThis card is beautiful. The snowflakes and cardinal just makes it! Your coloring is superb! Thanks for sharing with us. I am so excited to be a part of this team with you!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on Dynamic Duos! Can't wait to see your projects each week! Beautiful work BTW on your first submission!!
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Another gorgeous creation from Julie! So very lovely with awesome details-the snowflakes, embossing folder, the framing of the cardinal. The coloring is beautiful;) Looking forward to working with you on the DT at Dynamic Duos.
ReplyDeleteJulie, not sure if my comment went through but wanted to say I am excited to be on the DT at Dynamic Duos with you. Your card is absolutely gorgeous with the beautiful coloring, the snowflakes and embossing, and the design layout;)
ReplyDeleteYou make such amazing cards, and this is one of them! I was honored to see that I'm on a design team with you, because I've admired your work for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was neat that we both used a mat of Bermuda and White with the split on the diagonal!
What a beautiful card, Julie. The colours are amazing with the cardinal image and I love the way you used the snowflakes. Thrilled to have you on board! I have always admired your awesome designs!
ReplyDeleteJulie, this is one of those holiday stamp sets that I will never part with but now you have me looking at it with fresh eyes. I LOVE the added texture from the snowflakes. Your shading is awesome, too. So glad to be working with you (again)!! Big hugs! :)
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