Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Christmas Bird

Here's another Christmas card design using up patterned paper scraps. You don't always need to use Christmas diecuts on your cards.

"Christmas Bird"

This card uses a Sizzix bird die to make the Christmas bird by cutting the bird from Christmas patterned paper and recycled packaging, then sticking the two together giving a thick, chipboard type embellishment. Some Baker's twine is wrapped around the background before fixing to the front of the card to provide a "perch". The background paper is embossed, stamped and coloured with distress markers.

Come back tomorrow to see some more birdy Christmas cards using this design.

Entered for the following challenges:
Crafting Musketeers - Christmas in October
Christmas Cards all year round - Getting ready for Christmas
The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes
Craft Room Challenge - Our Feathered Friends
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas is Round The Corner
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14 comments:

  1. Silvia(Barnie)16 October 2013 at 16:12

    A beautiful Christmas card.

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  2. Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com16 October 2013 at 18:21

    Beautiful, love the bird. Alison xx

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  3. Hazel16 October 2013 at 22:38

    Thank you for sharing your lovely card for our Christmas challenge at Crafting Musketeers, Hazel, DT , also for CCAYR 'getting ready for Christmas' - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for October - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  4. Fran17 October 2013 at 11:03

    Great card, thank you for joining us over at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog, Fran (DT) xxx

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  5. KFE Design17 October 2013 at 12:33

    It is just a fantastic bird you have made from scraps - scraps that we asll have too of.

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  6. Mervi17 October 2013 at 19:05

    Lovely way to use your scraps, beautiful card.
    Thank you for sharing at Craft-Room Challenge, welcome again;-))m

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  7. Nicoletta18 October 2013 at 14:38

    Beautiful christmas card!
    Thanks for joining us at Deep Ocean Challenge!
    Xoxo
    Nicoletta

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  8. Zoechaos18 October 2013 at 20:26

    What a brilliant idea, fabulous card. thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Challenge XOXO Zoe

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  9. Jackie19 October 2013 at 16:03

    Thank you for taking part in the Crafting Muskateers challenge.
    Good luck
    Jackie ( DT)

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  10. Dawn19 October 2013 at 21:55

    What a lovely card! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at The Crafting Cafe this time!
    Good Luck
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  11. hazel21 October 2013 at 23:16

    A beautiful card, thank you for sharing it with us at Craft-Room Challenge.
    xxx Hazel.

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  12. perfectly4med24 October 2013 at 19:11

    Love the new take on a traditional Christmas theme :)

    Thanks for joining us at the Crafting Cafe and good luck.

    Neil

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  13. Melanie27 October 2013 at 18:08

    A lovely card!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Blogaversary - Anything Goes” challenge & good luck in the draw…
    Hope to see you again in our next challenge.

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT Creative Craft Challenges)

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  14. Claire29 October 2013 at 20:38

    A really nice card and so unusual too! Love that bird die too!

    Thanks for playing along at The Crafting Cafe this month, Claire x

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