Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I won a give away at @valleyoakpaper IG page. The prize I got was a Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which I received the week of Halloween. Lots of good Halloween die images to create in this package. Since I rarely create Halloween cards, I challenged myself to use something from the package and make it Christmas themed. I chose the crow die set for this challenge.
I did a web research if it is possible to feature the crow on a Christmas card. Surprisingly, I can. I die cut the layers of the crow. The die set sleeve was helpful in making me plan the colors of the crow layers. I changed the colors of the beak, wing, hat trim, bow, monocle and claws.
I die cut the beak and wing on dark gray cardstock. I blended black ink to the right side of these die cuts.
I die cut the hat trim and bow on red pearl cardstock.
I die cut the monocle on gold mirror cardstock. I punched a circle on a transparency. This circle is large enough to fit the monocle.
I die cut the claws on mustard cardstock.
I outlined the brow of the crow and added a dot to the eye using a white gel pen.
I added the leaves which I trimmed from a wreath die cut. This was die cut on green glitter paper. I added a red gem to the center of the leaves.
The tree is a Tim Holtz tree ephemera. I added green glitter gel to the tips of the tree and a bit on the center. My glitter gel dried up after not using it for almost a year. I spritz water to it until the gel loosened enough to spread it. I used a micro tip applicator to apply the glitter gel to the tree. I set this aside to allow the glue to dry.
The frame is also from same Tim Holtz ephemera pack. I lightly blended ink to the outer edges of the frame.
I die cut a brown cardstock using a Lawn Fawn banner die. I spelled out the message using a Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC stamp set. It took a while to put the message together since some of the letter stamps will fall on its side or move. I used the negative cut of the banner to position the letters. Thankfully, none of the letters fell off after I inked the letters while it was attached to the acrylic block. I stamped the letters using red dye ink. It would have been better if I was able to emboss it but I did not want to push it since putting the letters together took a lot of effort.
I die cut a gray patterned paper using a stitched die. I adhered the ephemera to the panel. I adhered the bird to the banner, and adhered this to the panel with foam tape.
What do you think? Will the crow pass for a Christmas creature?
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
Ha--I love that bird with the top hat! You really put a lot into making him Christmasy and it works so well! My favorite is the mistletoe on the hat. Thank you for playing along with us at SAS4Kids!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Maria Giselle... This is brilliant! I would never ever have used a crow in a Christmas card but you totally makes it work. And, extra kudos for combining products from so many sources. Well done! Thanks for sharing this creative caw-liday card with us at SAS4Kids!
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