Christmas Cardinal Card

Here is my Christmas Cardinal Card.  The stamp and diecut are from Heartfelt Creations.  The branches and pine needles are originally stamped in black ink, then each needle is glued by a glue pen, embossed and then heat set.  The same goes for the branches.  The cardinal has two layers (pop dots separate them).  I used Copics markers to color the cardinal and the pine cones.  The white cardstock is chalked in green.  I also used Cor'dinations (Sand it, Tear it, Love it) red paper that was also embossed using the Snowflake embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

Ok, this took some time.  The under layer of the cone is colored with Copics along with the top layer.  The top layer of the cone is just another stamped version of the cone, but it is cut in horizontal sections.  Then it is glued to the bottom layer (only the top portion of each layer).  Then the bottom layers are lifted up to give it the feel and appearance of a 3 dimensional shape of a cone.  Finally, I applied a cocoa bean embossing powder to the top (used a glue pen), heat set it and now it looks like sap is on the cone.  Very nice effect.

The inside of the card.  All stamps are from Heartfelt Creations.

This is part of the inside of the card.  The cardinal has been paper pieced into the stamped area.  The branches and needles have been heat embossed.  Flower soft was added for snow.

Let it Snow Card

This is my "Let it Snow" Card with stamps and diecuts from Heartfelt Creations.  Various cardstock was used and a blue dye ink pad was utilized.

This is a Snowflake stamp and diecut from Heartfelt Creations.  The diecuts make it much easier and faster!

On the light blue cardstock paper, I used a snowflake stamp by Heartfelt Creations and Versamarked it, applied Stamp and Bond and then heat set it.  In person it shows up much better.

This is the inside of the "Let is Snow" Card.  I have used "Devine Swirls" a cuttlebug embossing folder on both sides (1 1/2 inches) and then cut white cardstock to fit inside.  Embossed a snowflake at the bottom.