4 Calling Birds

It's challenge time at Whimsy Stamps and this month the challenge is Party Time.

I decided to use the very cute Four Calling Birds stamp by Crissy Armstrong.

I don't actually know what type of birds Crissy intended these to be, probably robins I guess.  But I decided to make them peach faced lovebirds.  Their colours are so beautiful and Christmassy too!  I doubt you'd ever find one sitting on a snowy branch, as they are from Africa, but hey, you probably wouldn't see them using a phone to call their friends over for a party either :)

Ingredients :
Stamps : Four Calling Birds 

Card : confetti white, red, black, crumb cake, x-press it,  Delight (authentique)

Ink : memento black, crumb cake

Other : ornate snowflakes die (la la land),  stickles, bakers twine, vintage faceted buttons, copics

Copics used :
YG 0000, 01, 11, 91, 93, 95
R 000, 24, 29, 30, 39
BV 0000, 00
Y 13, 15, 21, 23
BG 000, 01, 05, 10, 13
G 24
C 1
W 00, 1, 3
E 33, 37, 50, 53
YR 14

Hopefully you can find some time to enter our challenge this month.  There are some great prizes to be won.

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Kathy

Sledging

I have made a card for Bunny Zoe's Crafts using a very cute Whimsy stamp called Sledging.  It's a Time 4 Tea design and I just love it!
This is not actually what I think of when I hear the word sledging.  I immediately think of cricket,  as I've never even seen a sledge in real life before or ever gone skiing either.  But this does look like she's having lots of fun.
It is such a cute image and it is great for a Christmas card but you could actually use it for lots of other occasions too.  Bonus!

I used the La La Land Ornate Snowflakes Die and some black and cream flat backed pearls.  The sentiment is from Marianne D Collectables - Corner and Winter Sent. and the paper is from the Mistletoe Magic pad by MME.


Ingredients :

Stamps :  Sledging (Whimsy),  Marianne D Collectables - Corner and Winter Sent.
Card : x-press it, black, Mistletoe Magic (MME)
Ink : memento black
Other : shabby white and shaved ice fran-tage, big shot, opulent ovals (SB),  La La Land Ornate Snowflakes Die, black and cream flat backed pearls, copics

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 31, 33, 35, 37, 50, 53, 55

W 1, 3, 5

C 1

R 20, 24, 27, 30, 39

BG 0000, 000, 01, 09, 10, 49, 72, 75

BV 0000

YG 0000, 01, 03

Thanks for dropping by to take a look :)

Kathy

Jingle Bell Rudolf

Today is the start of a new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the challenge is to make something shabby chic or vintage.

If you follow my blog you'll know that I don't do this style of card very often but here is my attempt at it anyway :)

This is Jingle Bell Rudolf  from Magnolia Stamps.  Isn't he gorgeous!!!
I coloured him with copics and cut him out and placed him on a tag I made using  MME Mistletoe Magic paper.
I also used that paper pad to cut some snowflakes using the La La Land ornate snowflakes die.
The rest of the papers are from the Authentique Joyous pad.
I also stamped the word Christmas from Marianne D collectables corner and winter sent. set onto some cotton ribbon and the Santa sentiment stamp is Seasons Greetings Notables 7  from Whimsy.

Lots of sewing and a bit of distressing and inking with walnut stain and hopefully my card turned out to be shabby chic or vintagey enough :)

Ingredients :

Stamps : Jingle Bell Rudolf (Magnolia), Seasons Greetings Notables 7 (Whimsy), Corner and winter sent. (marianne D collectables)

Card : naturals ivory, x-press it, Mistletoe Magic (MME), Joyous (Authentique)

Ink : memento black, walnut stain distress ink, olive

Other : big shot, Ornate Snowflakes (La la land), flat backed pearls, Christmas charms, star dust stickles, fran-tage, gold spica, cotton ribbon, copics

Copics used :

E 11, 31, 33, 35, 50, 53, 55

YG 91, 95

G 82, 89

R 00, 20, 24, 27, 30, 39

Y 11, 15

YR 14

BG 0000

W 1

Please play along with us in the challenge at Bunny Zoe's Stamps this month, even if you are usually more of a clean and simple stamper like me.  You may even be lucky enough to win a prize :)

Kathy