Welcome to the first day of our CHA Winter DT Blog Hop to preview our Spring/Summer stamps. Come by every day this week and check out all the wonderful design team projects.
For my project today I used the Bed & Breakfast House, My Little Chickadees, Birds, Twig Wreath, Bare Branch
If you follow my blog you know that I love birdhouses so I was really excited to see this wonderful image. I couldn’t wait to color it.
I created a double matted frame to create a dimensional background for my birdhouse and mounted it on the card base with mounting tape.. I cut several pine sprigs from the Twig Wreath set, attached them to the Bare Branch using glossy accents and secured it behind the top of the oval frame using glue dots and glossy accents.
I stamped the birdhouse using versafine onyx black on watercolor paper, watercolored using a brush and reinkers and cut out with my snips to pop up on my card. I stamped the chickadee on watercolor paper, watercolored and cut out using the bird die. You can see a step by step tutorial on how I cut stamped images and coordinating dies here. I attached the bird house to the frame, added sprigs of pine and bare branch to the perch and finished by adding the bird to the pine perch.
Be sure and hop along to all the design team blog and leave comments to qualify for the daily prize. Go to the Impression Obsession blog to get all the blog hop prize details.
- Daniela Dobson
- Dina Kowal
- Jeanne Streiff
- Jenny Gropp
- Julie Koerber
- Kittie Caracciolo (you are here)
- Laura Fulcher
- Vicki Garrett
Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the blog hop and I hope we see you tomorrow.
Stamps: Impression Obsession Bed & Breakfast House, My Little Chickadees Paper: Black, Olive, Red, White, Kraft, Watercolor, Ink: Distress Ink Barn Door, Fired Brick, Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo, Versafine Onyx Black, Accessories: Impression Obsession Birds, Twig Wreath, Bare Branch, Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large and Small, Brush, Mounting Tape, Glossy Accents, Metal Adapter Plate, Paper Piercer, Teflon Bone Folder, ATG, Big Shot, Glue Dots, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool,
love the birdhouse, lots of possibilities.
Love the colors, the use of the branch die, Thanks for sharing your creation!!
love how the branches give the card dimension. The birdhouse and bird are very nice. Lovely card.
Great birdhouse and bird. Love the way you used the branches.
amazing …. as usual!
Sandra ltb
Love your work , the branches and everything about it .
so much talent .regards heather
Lovely dimension on your card – adorable birdhouse stamp too!
Penny
Your card is lovely — and very different! I love the dimension you created!
I love your card and how you tucked the pine under the ovals…great coloring of the birdhouse and bird, too. So striking. Another homerun…pun intended. LOL
Kittie –
Love this card. It is so sweet and I just got the birds stamps and dies. Can’t wait to give these a try.
Elaine Allen
So very cute!
Beautiful card, bright colors. We love birds at our house, my husband has about 10 or more feeders in the back yard.
Stunning card ! Great matting and layering, great choice of contrasting colors and great use once again of the Branch and wreath die-cuts.
Such a bright, cheery card, Ellen! Love those deep colors, and the richness you’ve achieved with the evergreen branch – I just bought that die, and can hardly wait to use it!
Love these stamps! Great card!
Oh wow! This is striking.
PH
Love the layers and branches.
Beautiful card Kittie! Love the birdhouse!
The card is so cute! I love the birdhouse and the use of the branches! Must get that die
Kitty, I just love your cards! The pine branches are so pretty with this birdhouse!
This is seriously amazing! I have always loved the detail you put into your cards! Best, Curt
I’m with you…what a wonderful image…and I love how you created with it…love IO stamps and dies, so many to choose from…love it!!
Love the branches.
Love this!!
Gorgeous card! I love all the dimension from the die cuts! Gorgeous coloring of that pretty birdhouse!
DeniseB
Oh my goodness–what a fabulous card! I really think it should be framed. Pinned this beauty–thanks for the inspiration!
Oh! I love this darling card! what a great birdhouse, colored to perfection!
I always love seeing what amazing creation your going to come up with each day.
thanks for all the inspiration!
hugs
Judy
I love birds and birdhouses too! Your card is so sweet. You did a great job!
Oh this is just a darling card! I love the bright green frame! Thank you for sharing on this fun new hop!
jellybeankahler@yahoo.com
One of these days I’m going to get that pine branch die.You do such great things with it, that I think it has to go on the NEED list. Loving that birdhouse too,and how you put all the elements together.
Wow, this really is quite stunning!
Lovely card–I like the double mat.
Gorgeous card! Helena xx
I love this darling little winter birdy card.
Delightful 3D effect those branches create! Really lovely card!
I am in awe of the 3D effect you achieve with the die cuts!
What a beautiful card, Kittie! Thanks for the inspiration. You always put so much love into your projects! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Darling card.
Love this card! And love the new stamps – such a good winter feeling! Nelda Deakins
neldamc 765@ charter.net
Great card! Love the double frame and the little birdhouse stamp! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Great card 🙂
Cheers!
Love how you accented the birdhouse with the twigs…of course I love all your cards!
I always love your projects so much! The birdhouse colors against the pine needles makes for a gorgeous contrast!
You did a wonderful job with the colors on this card. Nice dimension and texture.
Beautiful as always. Definitely on my wish list. Thanks for sharing.
What an adorable card!!! Love the dimension!!
AWESOME!Beautiful card…
Adorable card! I love how you positioned the pine branches.
I knew exactly where I was when I saw this card!! So love your work! The birdhouse is adorable and I love how you always add such dimension and depth to your cards. Great tutorials too! Many thanks for sharing your talent!
Sue Brailey
Good Evening, Kittie, I am late today. Love your card. One of My favorite dies, just now need the bird house. Love this one. I like what you did here with the popping of the images. on the frame, Really sets the closeness and warmth. super job……have a good evening.
Love your card!!! Your coloring is Fantastic!!
Great card Kittie,
love the birdhouse, and adorable Bird! Great job.
hugs
Donna
Your scenes always amaze me! Congrats on another gorgeous creation Kittie. TFS
Such a cutie-pie house and bird! I like the branches too!
I love the pine die cuts. What a happy card.
Cute, cute, cute. I love the pine boughs!!
This is just the sweetest thing!
I am just being introduced to this company and you all are killing me with all the bird and dressform stamps that I am going to have to get!!! Love this card!
Wow! I love everything about this card, especially the way you’ve got the branches overhanging the image at the top. I have the bird stamps and dies (in fact I used them on my wedding invitations last year) and It’s so nice to see different ways to use them.
Love it!! I love the birdhouse – so cute!
Great CAS card! Love how you have the branches coming out from inside the window, so much depth is added!
Beautiful card with dimension!
Love the red bird house with the green foliage, cheerful with still a touch of the Christmas season.
Stunning card; love all the details and how you created your “scene”. Thanks for sharing
wow! this is perfection! and the little bit of twine tying the bird house to the branch….fabulous!
This is a beautiful card!
Kittie I love all your masterpieces!!! I hope one day I can achieve such beauty!!!