Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Flourishes Christmas in July

I have not been feeling very creative lately, but challenge me to make a Christmas card and I'm in all the way.  Love, love to make Christmas cards.


The stamp did not indicate what type of birds these are and there wasn't anything in the Flourishes gallery, so I decided they should be Robins, although you'll never see one in Iowa during the Winter season.

I've colored the image with Copics and touched it up with some Prisma pencils.  I needed to lengthen the Marianne die to fit the image, so I covered up the cut with a Martha Stewart pine leaf punch.  The center step card was made with my Silhouette Cameo and the side panels were embossed with a Fiskers folder.

I am entering this in the Flouishes Christmas in July card (FTTC230).

10 comments:

Karen Amidon said...

Love what you did where you had to cut the die! Great idea. The frame is gorgeous and the perfect complement to your stamp. Beautiful card

Margaret said...

Love the shape of your card. I miss seeing robins since I moved to California. These two obviously were not in a hurry to go south.

Leslie Miller said...

Beautiful card and wonderful coloring of the birds. The snow detail and side branches add so much dimension. I love this image. I think these are some of those "anybirds".

Traci M said...

This is beautiful, I have this Flourishes stamp and love it! Very elegant in your framed die!

MariLynn said...

This is so pretty!

Teresa Kline said...

wow, your coloring is stunning!

enjoy *~*

Angela said...

Too beautiful to be believed, Gail! You keep creating something fresh and new and wonderful all the time.

CaroleAnn said...

Gail
Really pretty card. Never tried these step fold cards - I can never figure them out but I just love what you made.

Viv said...

Such a perfect Christmas card Gail, I just love it :) Viv xx

Dawn B. said...

WOW this is jaw dropping. I love the center step card. I need to try these with my Silhouette. I don't use it enough. Great card.