Friday 6 November 2020

Blue Tit Rowan


Day 5 at Beccy's Place Month Long Holiday Cards Challenge is the prompt of birds and animals.

The image I have used is Blue Tit Rowan by Ike's ArtI coloured the image with Promarkers  added some lines to the branch to create a bark effect, some white pen to the berries to create a highlight and lots of glitter to the snow and frost on the berries.

The papers are a mixture of leaves and trees from and old Papermania pad called Songbird.  The Christmas tree paper is from a pad called Traditional Christmas from The Works book store.  I have added some garden string which I coloured brown with a Promarker and a heart button with a baker's twine knot.

The leaves and berry arrangement has been made using some bits I got from The Range. They have loads of things to make wreaths at the moment and I bought a few things from there to take apart and use on cards. The leaves are really long so I cut them in half for this ensemble. The berries I particularly like as they have clear accent beads on them and look frosted so match the effect on the image really well.

Finally the die cut sentiment is from a Poinsettia Perfection Crafter's Companion freebie pack that came with an issue of Craft's Beautiful last year.

England started a 2nd lockdown for a month yesterday so Beccy's challenge has come at a fabulous time for us (as if I needed an excuse to make Christmas cards.....)

Card Details

Card Size - 8" Square
Digital ImageBlue Tit Rowan by Ike’s Art
Paper – Songbird by Papermania, Traditional Christmas by The Works Bookstores
Colouring Medium - Promarkers, White gel pen
Embellishments – Heart Button, Bakers Twine, String, Stickles Glitter Glue, leaves & berries


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

19 comments:

  1. I've popped over from Beccy's Place. This is a beautiful card. Your coloring is lovely. Great layout.

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  2. I've popped over from Beccy's Place too - nice seeing what everyone else is making. This is a lovely card Mandy. I like the image you used.

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  3. Great colouring Mandy, the little bird and bright red berries look fabulous. I love the different papers you added, the colours and patterns coordinate beautifully and make me think of woodlands or forests. I especially love the pine needles in the very back. Beautiful!
    Cheers,
    Beccy

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  4. Great card! Such neat embellishments. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.

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  5. This is gorgeous, Amanda. I love the pine and the pretty bird with vibrant colors. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talents with us. I'm SO grateful for the art you share and always enjoy visiting your blog to take a closer look.
    God bless you,
    Karen
    Word Art Wednesday

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  6. beautiful colouring especially the bird ! Thanks for sharing at 613 Avenue Create xx Please join us again.
    https://wwwkraftyjean.blogspot.com/

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  7. Love this. Love your colouring. thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday. Hugz Andrea.x

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  8. Beautiful image and beautifully coloured love the layout and P.paper.
    Carol x
    Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
    Carol DT x

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  9. Fantastic! Great Designer Papers and design. Love that beautiful bird image. Clever to color the gardening twine, I have a ton of natural twine I do that too as well. Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D, Pine Tree and/or Pine Cones Challenge, Donna, DT Member.

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  10. GREAT job Mandy! Awesome coloring and design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Pine Trees/Pine Cones’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Please stop in for a visit!

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  11. This is beautiful,

    Thanks for playing along at I Love Promarkers,

    Hugz Tinz

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  12. Beautiful coloring on that bird ad a beautiful card too! LOVE!
    Thanks for joining us at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies.
    Lynn

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  13. Beautiful card, love the fab birdie!

    Thanks for joining in at IkesWorldchallenges
    DT Val x

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  14. Really nice made. I love the bright colors of the bird.
    Thank you for joining our challenge. I hope to see you back.

    -xiss- Renate.
    (DT Papercraft Challenges)

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  15. Such a beautiful card, thanks for joining us at the Craft Rocket Challenge.
    Hugs Ilonka DT

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  16. What a beautiful card.
    Thank you for participating in our challenge.
    Big Hug Bianca
    Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog.

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  17. Such a beautiful card! Your craftsmanship is amazing, I hope this goes in a frame! Thank you for entering in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge. Ginny M, DT

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  18. Beautiful design - those leaves and berries finish it perfectly.

    Thanks for joining us at the Ike's World Challenge.

    Helen x

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  19. Me again!

    Thanks for joining us at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge too.

    Helen x

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