Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday.
I hope you have all had a great weekend and, for those of you in the USA, are ready for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend!
I checked out the challenge at FestiveFriday today and found the perfect inspiration for a card.
Peace is such a great trigger word and I was also inspired by the bright red color. I had this idea in my head to create a craft and cherry cobbler card using a couple of new dies.
Whilst I was sorting out my craft room, I found two embossing folders from SU that I never use – Designer Frames and knew that I wanted to use the oval shape and some Whisper White craft ink. I wanted to see if I could create a focal point to sit behind my bird.
It took a little while to get the idea from my head onto paper, but here's the finished result:
Once I had embossed the designer frame into the kraft card stock, I took a sponge and some Whisper White ink and rubbed the ink into the debossed area of the frame, and the dots surrounding it. I then took my sentiment and curved it on my stamp block to try to fit around the oval of the Designer Frame. The branch was cut from a Memory Box die and adhered to the card base using Tombow Multi Glue. I die cut the cardinal and popped him onto dimensionals over the branch. The last step was to take a gel roller and run it over the branch and the dots. It's subtle, but adds a little bit of shinner to the card when you have it in hand. Of course, I had to add an "eye" to the cardinal. I don't know why, but I just can't let a bird go without an "eye" 🙂
Don't forget to pop along to Festive Friday and check out the challenge this week.
On a personal note:
Well, Lou worked until around 6.20 AM this morning. I did keep him company until around 2.00 AM, but decided I couldn't go any later than that! It did mean that we had a very late start to our day today, so I got very little time to play in my craft room. It was a good day to be inside. It looked gorgeous out – a bright, sunny day… but the temps were really low this morning – around 1 degree.
I hope my blog readers in the area of the storm area staying safe!
As always, thank you for your visit and your comments. They really are much appreciated. Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Hugs
Jaydee
Card recipe – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:
- Card stock: Cherry Cobbler. Crumb Cake
- Inks: Cherry Cobbler
- Tools: Cardinal Die (Ranger). Branch Die (Memory Box). Frame: Designer Frames
7 Responses
Love this! May I ask where you got the Cardinal die by Ranger?
Oh My Goodness Jaydee! This is absolutely gorgeous! I am so partial to birds. My Dad loved birds! He could even whistle like a bird. The last year of his life we would sit outside & watch them build nests, feed their babies, watch them take flight for the first time, etc. The lady who did his funeral had no idea that he loved birds. She made all of his flower arrangements but on one of them she put 4 little birds in it. He had 4 grandchildren. So each one of them lay their little birds down beside him in his coffin at the grave site! On the night of my birthday (which is in November 21st.) I heard a bunch of little birds just a tweeting on my porch. My first thought was that my Dad was telling me Happy Birthday! So thank you Jaydee for showing this beautiful creation! Maybe it was meant for me to see from my Dad!
Jaydee, this is beautiful! It is very peaceful and so pretty with the cardinal and branch. I love the shape of both of those! I do have a question for you. How did you sponge the white without getting any color on the craft outside the embossed area? A mask? I think I drink too much coffee to do your fine motor skill work shown. lol.
I hope that you and Lou will be off this week for Thanksgiving. At least the later part of the week. Wishing you a wonderful, peaceful Thanksgiving!
Craft, red and white is one of my favorite winter card combos. And, really, what is better than a Cherry Cobbler cardinal? ;o)
Lissie is supposed to drive here Wednesday, but it looks as if snowy weather is headed her way for that day so we might just be our little family for Thanksgiving. :oS
I hope you are all caught up on your sleep!
Hugs!
P.S. Oh wow, Lou! I’m impressed you made it! I’d have conked out by 4:00…:oS
Great design Jaydee! Love your oval frame and that you sponged it white – so clever! Loll xx
Wow – you had a sunny day – I was going to comment on the paper shadow you had created for the bird, but I see it’s an actual shadow! Love the festive pop of red! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday!
I really love this unique design and the interesting techniques you’ve used to achieve it! It’s such a pretty (and peaceful;) look! Beautiful design! Thanks so much for playing along in the final Festive Friday challenge!!!