Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;
Recollections cardstock; Paper Studio patterned;
Scrapbook.com Watercolor print
Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Santa's Door Accessories (retired)
Dies - Poppystamps Nordic Bird Bunch;
Spellbinders Tiki Toucan (Weekender 2026 exclusive)
Other - Snowflakes from the stash;
SSS Starshine dots; white gel pen;
Hero Arts Sparkle lacquer
Host Mary Gunn FUNN was supposed to have Irene Smith (from Card Chaos) as her guest but Irene had a power outtage from last week's storms in her area. Poor dear; that was the third time in recent weeks! Instead, Chelsea Comer from Inky Stamper filled in and they had a great time with the four parameters spun on the crafty wheel:
- Project - 4'x6": I formed that sized card from a piece of cardstock.
- Colors - Buffet: There was a lot of discussion - buffet is a piece of furniture as well as a food line. We had buffet meals at our Craft Roulette event last weekend so I did brown for beef and red for strawberry sauce (on cheesecake - yum!!). Extra colors are allowed so I used blue for the sky.
- Element - Holiday: I went with Christmas because I wanted to do a card for Christmas Kickstart #113.
- Random - Bark: My tree branch has bark. Other people thought of barking dogs!
As you can see from my submission photo showing the parameters, I had fewer snowflakes and no Starshine dots. I also added a bunch of hand-drawn dots as added snow and white gel to the branch since the glitter lacquer didn't show up that well. I think it looks much better with the additions - what do you think? Too much?
After forming the card and adding the mat layers, I grabbed a Spellbinders set from this year's Weekender. There was a branch already cut in the package - yay - a time saver! While it's a meant to be a jungle branch, I didn't think it mattered... I also had two birdies left from a batch I had made last month. You can see another card with them HERE. The sentiment sign and snowflakes also came from the bits box.
The theme at the current CKC is A Friend is for Life, not just Christmas so I thought a birdie pair would fit perfectly! I popped them onto an embellished branch and hung the sentiment sign from the branch.
That's all for today. Still haven't had a chance to blog about our live Craft Roulette event last weekend but I managed to unpack, sort of...
Thanks for stopping & have a crafty weekend!!
13 comments:
Cute little birds and I love that clear blue sky with the snowflakes xx
I like the chubby little red birds! Cute card, Linda!
I like your post-show additions, the snowflakes looks great against the blue sky. Cute birdie friends for another fabulous festive card Linda!
Beautiful and I think all your additions just make it even more special! Your little red birds are so sweet.
WOW! That is such a cute pair of bird friends and I love the little scene you've built for them to live in! Awesome contribution to the FRIENDSHIP challenge at Christmas Kickstart!
What a sweet holiday scene. So clever to have them hang a sign on their branch.
what a pretty litlte holiday duo ... thanks for joining Jo, Lauren and me (Stephanie) for the Friendship Christmas Kickstart Challenge!
Really pretty card, Linda! You are so clever with the parameters. I would have never in a million years come up with what you did!
YOu do a great job at these roulette challenges. Pretty card.
Oh that's soooo lovely!!!!
Such a sweet card, Linda! I love the colours and your later additions are perfect. So happy to have you join Lauren, Stephanie and me over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge. Jo x
Such an adorable card with your sweet birds, Linda. xx
What a sweet card!
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