Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Sitting Cardinal

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun Tic Tac Toe board for you:
  
Here is what I created for your inspiration:
I chose the very first column: ribbon, kraft red and white, stitching (I used a stitched rectangle die for the patterned paper panel.  I combined the cardinal image and the pine branch by doing some masking.  Then I colored the image and heat embossed some frantage powder around the edges of the panel.  I also added some around the red panel underneath it.  There is a bit of gold glitter in amongst the powder so I have a bit of sparkle, too!  I stamped the sentiment several times in a nice dark black ink and accented it with a couple red pearls.  Since I have a tree branch, I have used all of the elements from the board, except candy and gift bag or box.  I love Tic Tac Toe challenges; they are basically "create your own" challenges.  They're so fun!
Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cardinal", "Pine Branch" and "Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Crafter's Cafe #256--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #379--Tis the Season
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper














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10 comments:

  1. Glittered PawsDecember 9, 2020 at 3:52 AM

    Great job on the masking - love the cardinal sitting on the pine branch. We have "resident" cardinals at our bird feeder that have been here for a long time. Great TTT card for this challenge.

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  2. DonnaDecember 9, 2020 at 6:36 AM

    This is stunning, like that frantage powder, gives an elegance to you already beautiful card!

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  3. Kelly SchelskeDecember 9, 2020 at 12:30 PM

    Beautiful card!

    Thank you so much for playing along with us at Creative Knockouts and using one of our sketches over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday2!! Good luck!

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  4. KathieDecember 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM

    I love your card Heather, I always admire Cardinal's as we don't have this bird in New Zealand. This is a wonderful Christmas card. Great card and thanks so much for sharing it with us over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
    Hugs
    Kathie SSW2~DT

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  5. Laurie UngerDecember 9, 2020 at 9:59 PM

    I really like your heat embossed texture on this - it adds so much detail to a pretty awesome card.

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  6. Janis LewisDecember 10, 2020 at 5:39 AM

    Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing your Mostly Red project at Crafting Happiness Challenges! You can enter up to 5 projects this week. Don't forget to click LIKE on all the entries you like. The Most Liked project will be highlighted in the Top Picks post when the challenge ends.
    Merry Christmas!
    :) Janis, Owner @ Crafting Happiness Challenges

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  7. Patti JDecember 11, 2020 at 12:16 PM

    Oh, Heather...this might be my favorite this week! We have a Cardinal 'couple' that are living in a bush right outside my kitchen window. It's so much fun to watch them. Thanks for sharing this delightful card!

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  8. Carol LDecember 14, 2020 at 5:00 AM

    That's a fun little cardinal sitting on the pine branch, and I love all the sparkle you added to this great design! Beautiful card!

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  9. Doris KleinDecember 16, 2020 at 5:32 AM

    OMG... this is just awesome! What a beautiful work with this fab image and all the lovely details! I really love it!

    Thanks for playing along with our current challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck!

    Hugs and please come back soon!
    Doris

    Kleido’s BastelStüble
    *Owner* Do-Al(l) Kreatives
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  10. anneDecember 18, 2020 at 3:24 AM

    A beautiful Christmas card Heather, love the detail you have added with the frantage. Thank you for playing along with us at SSW2
    Anne SSW2-DT

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