Merry Christmas Cardinal

Following along with this week's challenge over at The Character Cafe, I have used the lovely Cardinal Birdhouse image.  Be sure to pop over and see what the DT has created this week, and find a few ideas for those cards that you still have to make!

This time around, I have coloured with Prismas but I've added some Tombow marker to give me the bright red for the Cardinal.  The background has been sponged with blue distress ink, plus I've added a bit of stamped greenery.  For the snow, I've used liquid applique and then clear stickles.  

Using my Nestie die, I've cut a frame from navy cardstock, adding some doodling and red pearls.  Behind two of the corners are some large corner pieces, made on my Silhouette, which are covered completely with copper stickles....lots of sparkle and a touch of vintage!

The DP is a burlap pattern, which I have stamped over with a black tree design.  The flower is from Fred She Said, one that you just print and cut, and for the leaves I have used punches.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today, and I much appreciate your kind comments.  If you are a follower you will notice that I'm always trying something new......

Here are a few more challenges that may be of interest to you, and where I will be entering this card:

Lollipop Crafts - #17 Christmas
One Stitch at a Time - #40 Choose a Season or Event
Pile it on Challenge - #46 Winter means….
Cards for Men - #24 Christmas Cards
Whoopsie Daisy - Holiday
Pear Tree Designs - #27 Colourful
Easy Craft Projects - #26 Snow
Christmas Stampin - #72 Anything Goes

King of the Jungle

This week I've done up a card to be entered into a couple of challenges, using the Festive Lion image from The Character Cafe.

Their new challenge starts today and if you head on over there you are sure to see some wonderful creations.

Christmas is coming, and I know of one little boy who will smile when he sees this one! 



Coloured with prismas, this image provides a rather modern non-traditional look, even if I have used the traditional colours of red and green for the card.  This time, I have cut around the image and used my Nestie die....leaving his paws and part of his tail 'outside the box.'

Using gold metallic paper behind the red panel, and a glitter border around the image adds plenty of sparkle, and if you haven't noticed, I cut the snowflake out of the red to reveal the gold beneath.

A decorative edge, made with my MS punch and edged with distress ink and gold metallic pen, breaks up the sharp vertical lines.  A rather simple card to make, it can be mailed with no problems, as I used only very thin foam tabs to pop the image.

Now, for the winner of the image I used in last week's Blog Hop at The Character Cafe:

Random Integer Generator

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and the winner is....... Jennifer (JLJ Designs), please contact me and I will send you your digi stamp.  Congratulations!

I am playing along in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Pile it on Challenge - #44 Furry Holiday Cards

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - #92 Use Glitter

A Crafty Little Place - #64 Red White and Green

Cards for Men - #23 Animals

Crafts and Me Challenges - #17 Glitter

Little Puppy

Well, we are back from our trip to New Hampshire, everything has been put away, and things are almost back to normal....whatever that is.   Fall is definitely in the air, the leaves are changing colour, the air conditioner is off and the windows are open....ahhhh I love it!  Let's just hope it stays this way for a long while!

My card today uses both an image and the current week's sketch from The Character Cafe.  The expression on the little puppy's face just seems perfect for a Thinking of You card, and the bold autumn colours should definitely cheer someone up.

I have used water colours again, and no sparkles or glitter, just a bit of distress ink for the outer edges.  The polka dot ribbon has been altered with yellow and orange marker to match the cardstock, and the buttons have been altered with alcohol inks to provide the colour needed.

A punched border, a tag and a bit of string, and a few rub-ons add a bit more embellishment.  Definitely no flowers this time around!

Other challenges being entered:

Pixie Dust Studio  - #40 Fur or Feathers

Paper Sundaes - #36 Fall or Halloween Colours

A Crafty Llittle Place - #57 Colour

Stampin' for the Weekend - #47 Tag It

The Stampman Challenges - #5 Distress It Lollipop Crafts - #8 It's a Boy Thing Simple Doodles -  #26 Spots and Dots