Birds of a Feather.

well I have to report that making 

a clock this week on my blog

has not given me any more time!!

In fact 2 weeks seems to have spun round

in supper fast fashion as it's time

for us girls in the Christmas Card Club 

to show you our makes.

Mary set the theme this week

which was to feature 

A Cardinal or Christmas Bird.

This immediately conjured up  the idea 

of Robins  so a quick delve into the  recycle bin 

of used christmas card fronts and I found this cheery pair.

I trimmed the picture down to size and then layered

onto first cherry red and then gold pearlised cardstock.

I used a cream blank card for my base and adhered a

square of the cherry red card to it and then layered  the 

robins on top. I then edged around the outside with strips

of gold foil to give the look of a picture frame.

The sentiment is a gold foil sticker given the same 

treatment and adhered to front of card with 3D pads.

Below is the inside of the card

where I have used gold foil corners and more of the 

edging srips.  

Everything came from my stash.

Entering into the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash #225 Go paperless

Crafty Creations #301 Colourful

Crafty Gals Corner #43 Anything goes

Creative Moments #80 Anythning goes with no twist

Fab and Funky #279 Chrsitmas

Inspiration Destination #57 Anything goes.

Penny's Paper Crafty #251 Anything goes

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #201 Use up your snippets (recycled card)

As it would be a cardinal sin not to make 

a card without a Cardinal on it

 this one is just for you Mary!

The Cardinal is a pre coloured  dig image by Fred She Said

that I printed out onto cream parchment paper which

has a lovely texture to it like old writng paper.

I mounted this onto a piece of cereal box cardboard,

then layered up with the gold pearlised and cherry red cardstock

onto the cream blank card base.Some more gold sticker corners,

gold words and pearls from my stash complete the front.

Inside has the same treatment as the first card

layering up with more of the cream  parchment paper.

Entering into the following challenges:

Ruby's Rainbow #116 Birds of a feather

4 Crafty Chicks #270 Anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack  #113 Anythng goes

Creative Fingers #96 Anything goes

Crafting With Friends #9 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Extra # Anythng goes  christmas cards

A Snowflakes Promise #8 christmas/winter theme on card