Hello! Happy Friday friends! The hubs and I are off to my college football game tomorrow. Hopefully we aren't going to get killed too badly. The other team is ranked #8 in the country, and they're favored by 20 points! OUCH. Oh well…we will have a good time anyway. I haven't missed a Big Game in 30 years and I'm not going to miss this one! GO Bears!
Today's card is my contribution to Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #150! WOW – 150 sketches? Right on Taylor! Jami designed the great sketch for this one, and so I had to join in. There's still time….click on over (here) to see the rules and enter your own card!
The Sketch image:
In the side view you can see all the pretty snow on the branch! The paper is MME Lost and Found 2 Breeze Collection. The dies for the branch and the birds are the Birds and Branch Dies and I use those all the time! The background is the SUPER pretty Musical Swirls Impression Plate.The Banner was stamped with the Banner Holidays set and I also used the Banner Day 1 set! The scallop border is the Small Scallop Die! Everything is available at the Taylored Expressions store!
Here I go again with the Perfect Pearls Mist! (I blame Richele for this!) I embossed my image with the Swirls side of the Impression plate on cream cardstock. Then I generously misted it with the Pearl sheen. I adore this effect!
Look…it's snowing! In order to get the depth on the glitter snow, I used white enamel accents instead of plain clear glue.
Thanks for coming by and spending part of your day here with me! Have a super weekend! See you soon.
Comments
11 responses to “TESC #150! Winter Birdies…”
goodness this is gorgeous! i love that you post all your techniques and how to’s. LOVE all that glitter!!
LOVE this, Wanda! Birds always make me smile!
What a beautiful card! I know how you feel about the Perfect Pearls, I’m also addicted to them! =) And thanks for sharing the tip with the enamel accents, I’ve been finding it hard to get good looking snow so I will definitely try that one.
Nice card! GO BEARS!!
This is the prettiest Christmas card I’ve seen in a long time — love all the elements! Thanx for introducing me to Perfect Pearls Mist…must check this stuff out.
Wanda, this is stunning!! love the red birds and the snowy branches – perfection!
Wanda, what a beautiful card. Every element just precious. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Gorgeous card Wanda..and hope you too have a great day ….and that the bears may win!
As usual, I love your card creations! Do you have a good way to get the embossed, sprayed paper to flatten out without ironing it? I had difficulty with that in the past. It was hard to iron the card without losing some of the embossing. I finally resorted to spraying the paper, drying it, and ironing it BEFORE embossing it.
Thanks, Judy
Beautiful card!! Love the glittered snow on the branch.
Darling card Wanda! Love all of the sparkle! You did a beautiful job with this sketch! Hope you had a fun weekend! 😀