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Monday, 11 July 2022

Christmas in July

Good Morning Everyone

My first Christmas cards of the year and a very rare for me totally flat card.  Ive actually used a non Christmas stamp with these carabelle birds and gave them party hats as they are at a Christmas party😁

DL Kraft card base.  I first stamped out the birds and using a fine liner pen doodled in some hats on them.  To make them look like they are sitting on their heads you need to draw over the top of the head so i then coloured the hats with white gesso which hides the original stamped lines.  I then coloured the hats with red and green ink and gold acrylic paint.  Yellow on the beaks and feet and then just left the birds black and white. I then cut them out.

I used off-cuts of Chrismas papers in red and green to layered a strip across the bottom of the card front for the birds to perch on.  Die cut sentiment in white and white snow dots added to the background with a white posca pen. 

Version 2.  To pick up on the gold i used on the hats i edged the cardbase with gold to give it a gilded effect. 

Items Used:
Carabelle Studio stamps 'des oiseaux sur un fil' SED0027
Cheerylynn christmas sentiment die
Paper pad from the works
Kraft card
White posca pen
Gold Acrylic paint
White gesso

Thank you all for stopping by once again.   We had a baby seagull fall off a neighbours roof last week and is living in our garden, it is still a ball of fluff and the parents are being very protective so we can't get in the back garden at the moment for being attacked, even the cats are now avoiding it after one got injured.  I am glad though that the parents are looking after it and feeding it as i don't like to see them abandoned to starve....hopefully it grows fast.  My first baby hedgehogs ventured out this week too, so i hope the seagull parents leave them alone.  On the plus side as gardening is out of the question it means more crafting so ive been enjoying that in front of the fans and wimbledon. I hope you all have a good week.   Hugs Emmaxx

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14 comments:

  1. Fabulous card such a cute image
    Ginny
    My Blog As I do Rodos

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  2. Oh these are so much fun just love their party hats, gorgeous! Steph x

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  3. These are just the cutest!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Peace On Earth!
    Diane POE DT {Nellies Nest}
    {Peace On Earth}

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  4. What a fun card! This would fit in great over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, Emma. And have you taken a look at Let's Squash It! Make it Manly challenge results???? Jo x

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  5. Great fun cards and love the birds in their party hats
    Carol x

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  6. Brilliant fun cards Emma,they all look adorable in their party hats

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  7. Brill Xmas cards Emma! Makes us smile! Xxx

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  8. Adorable images and card! Thank you for sharing with us at POE Christmas Challenge.

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  9. oh wow what a super fun christmas card Emma ... love those little birds ... I have not started on my christmas cards yet but will have to make a start soon ... hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather ... but actually I would love a big flashy thunderstorm ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  10. Whole lot of fun with the birds. Thanks for joining us at The Unicorn Challenge Blog for our "Christmas in July" challenge.

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  11. Brilliant cards Emma, glad your seagull chick was being looked after still by it's parents, we have had hundreds at the rescue centre. Sorry to hear it meant you couldn't get in the garden, but the weather was probably to hot anyway. Big hugs Kirsty. x

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