I had seen someone a while back on YouTube making a card like this and fell in love. I have not made an exact copy as for one I did not have the same stamps and colours.
For the background I blended black and white very gently, I used card-io stamps, the bird and the bough and creative expressions for the twiggy bits round the edge. They were actually a tree stamp but just inked the tree tops. In hindsight I could have used my twiggy stamp I recently bought - 0h well for the next one as I will definitely make more of these.
I used versafine sepia for all elements, except the bird, and white brilliance around the image. They were stamped off twice before applying to the card
I used black versafine for the birdie and added white and blue from ink pad.
I used a white gel pen for the snow on the elements, snow flakes and a touch of glitter
Thank you for visiting
Hugz Elaine x
This has been entered into the following challenges
Perfect time to craft november 30/11
Critter Crazy 68 anything critter 30/11
We love stamping as well Nov Christmas 01/12
ABC Christmas Challenge w for white Xtra special bird in snow 17/12
Tic Tac Toe 187 free snow blue 20/11
Krafty Chicks 637 christmas 20/11 no
craft rocket 98 winter/christmas 30/11
Alphabet challenge P is 4 precious little birdie in snow 20/11 SPOTLIGHT WINNER
We love stamping nov christmas 01/12
Stamping sensations November 01/12
INTAAS 146 Christmas card 20/11
Dragonfly Dreams Christmas 10/12
Use your stuff 471 winter/snow 30/11
Dream Valley challenges 282 ag's 30/11
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So very Beautiful, Elaine. Love the blue bird and those branches.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Faith I enjoyed making this one x
DeleteAbsolutely stunning,thank you for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge
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DeleteTruly a gorgeous Christmas card! Love all the details you added for snow and sparkle! Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week!
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DeleteLove the stamps and great Wintry effect with the white
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Thank you sweetie x
DeleteWhat a beautiful card! Yes, that bird in the snow is precious indeed! Love it! Thank you for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join in again soon.
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thank you my lovely x
DeleteStunning card Elaine. Love how youve used those braches which frame your little bird beautifully. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink. Tristan DT.
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DeleteBeautifully done in the soft colours, many thanks for sharing at our Christmas theme at Stamping Sensations and would be lovely if you linked up at We Love Stamping challenge as well.
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Thank you x
DeleteSuch an elegant card! Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge . xx Wilma
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DeleteElaine... this is amazing! Gorgeous card. Thanks so much for joining and especially sharing your technique at Tic Tac Toe this week!
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DeleteJust popped back to thank you for linking your beautiful card at We Love Stamping.
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Thank you and you are welcome x
DeleteWhat a beautiful serene card - you have excellent stamping techniques!
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Thank you and I will x
DeleteA real beauty. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at We Love Stamping.
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Thank you Cathy x
DeleteWow, love the combined effect of the stamping and coloring.
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DeleteA lovely card.
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Avril x
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DeleteThis is simply stunning, Elaine. You've created a very evocative scene and it looks so arty!
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Thank you so much x
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