Cardinal Archives - Inkspired Treasures

It’s time for another Thursday Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary! This time it is a FUN sketch, I loved using it to create my card!

Here’s what I did. The cardinal in this Beauty of the Season is so large, I cut it down a little by using the Oval Framelit.

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Whisper White, folded in half.
On top is a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Soft Sky.
A diagonal piece of Nordic Noel Designer Paper was layered on top.
Next a 1″ strip of the stripe from Nordic Noel DSP was placed horizontally across the front.
The Beauty of the Season cardinal image was stamped with Tuxedo Black and Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake Blendabilities were used to color him in.
He was cut out with the Oval Framelit and the Oval edges were sponged with Soft Sky Ink. The oval was placed on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To finish it off, the greeting from Good Greetings Hostess Set was stamped with Real Red on a strip of Whisper White and cut on an angle.
The Real Red Woven Ribbon was tied with Linen Thread and placed on the front with Mini Glue Dots. Three pearls were colored with the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities and placed above the angled cut DSP.

I love how this turned out! Make sure you check out the rest of the Challenge Team and their ideas for this sketch over on Create with Connie and Mary! Then grab your stamps and play along! We love to see what you do!

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This is my second post today, so make sure to see my first one, too! The challenge this time on SUO Challenges is “Outdoors in the woods”…which can be anything outdoorsy, including Christmas/Winter scenes. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my Beauty of the Season stamp set along with the Hardwood background stamp! So, here is what I came up with for my outdoor scene:

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Cherry Cobbler cardstock, folded in half.
On the 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Crumb Cake, I stamped the Hardwood Background stamp with Soft Suede Ink.
I cut the Party Pennant from Whisper White, then stamped the Cardinal image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I used my Cherry Cobber and Crumb Cake Blendabilities Markers to color…love the richness they give to images! I popped up the Pennant on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Note: After I colored, I used a White Gel Pen for the eye.
The 1″ Cherry Cobbler Linen Ribbon was wrapped to the back and adhered. I used a double length of Linen Thread and tied a bow around it.
Finally, I had the JOY already cut from Red Glimmer Paper and thought it would work perfectly on the front!

So, make sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team did over on SUO Challenges! Then grab your stamps and play along!

Set:	Beauty of the Season
Inks:	Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake Blendabilities
Cardstock:	Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories:	Party Pennants Die, Red Glimmer Paper, 1″ Cherry Cobbler Linen Ribbon, Linen Thread, White Gen Pen (eye)

Have you stamped today?

CCMC327 Beauty of the Season

SUOC107 Beauty of the Season