Monday 24 February 2020

Birdhouses & Robins

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share today...using a couple of stamps I found in a charity shop. They're both by Lili of the Valley, and feature birdhouses & robins. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils...adding a touch of sparkle to the tinsel on the first card using some 'Tiara' Stickles. On both cards, I made a simple background by embossing snippets of green card using a holly embossing folder (by Sizzix), and matted the images on to snippets of red card. I distressed all of the edges a little, and added a sentiment from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

'Birdhouse and Robins'

'Christmas Robins'

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9 comments:

  1. Bunny25 February 2020 at 14:11

    These are so cute. Love the LOTV images. [Bunny]

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  2. Kath25 February 2020 at 16:03

    Lovely cards Helen.
    Kath x

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  3. Lisa xx25 February 2020 at 21:22

    Wow....what a great find, both such cute and gorgeous stamps....two fab cards and the design fits our theme perfectly

    Thank you for joining us at Christmas with the Cuties

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  4. Sarn26 February 2020 at 13:02

    Cor . . .amazing find in the charity shop! Bet you snapped up those stamps quickly before a fellow crafter spotted them! LOL! Very cute cards. Love the embossing.
    It's lunchtime . .. I'm in my usual hideaway spot in the Snippets Playground and am sharing out chocolate (and possibly a tot of rum to warm you up on this cold day!???). Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  5. Di26 February 2020 at 15:19

    What cute cards Helen! As Sarn says - what a find! Lovely colouring as ever and I love the colour combo you used! Did giggle at the teeny Christmas tree on top of the birdhouse - so sweet!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  6. Elizabeth Hart27 February 2020 at 02:17

    Love this cute birdhouse and the embossed paper together! Thanks so very much for joining us this time at the Creatalicious challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

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  7. Felix the Crafty Cat27 February 2020 at 19:47

    Love your use of embossing on this card and the birdhouse is so sweet. Thanks for joining in at Crafty Cardmakers and good luck with the challenge, Angela xXx

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  8. Sue Nicholson22 March 2020 at 10:18

    Lovely sweet Christmas card, thanks for joining us at Christmas with the Cuties cheers Sue x

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  9. Melanie2 May 2020 at 11:25

    A lovely card!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional embossing” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
    Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

    (DT Crafty Friends)

    (DT The Sketchy Challenges)

    (DT Simply Create Too)

    (DT Kreativtanten)

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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