Winter Bird

Hello, and welcome!

This post really should have arrived in your reader, yesterday, but life sometimes has other plans for us, eh?

My apologies to my Design Team colleagues and to Pauline, our Big Boss Lady.....I'm guessin' I won't be gettin' that Christmas Bonus, now....haa!

The Twist of Faith challenge, this week, is to use this really neat sketch.....

Nice, eh?  This versatile sketch was designed by that same Big Boss Lady, Pauline.  Of course, you can flip it around until you are happy with the result, but we do need to see the original elements in there, somewhere.......and we will be checking....hahaaaa....

We also have a wonderful sponsor

The prize offered to our randomly drawn prize winner, consists of two newly released images that our Design Team has showcased for you!  The images are named Autumn Blessings, and Winter Bird.  Stay tuned to The Doodle Garden blog for new releases!

I chose to use the sweet little Winter Bird image for my card........had to be a Christmas one.......ha!.......

I used a kraft card base (from docrafts)..........I really like the look of kraft and red with a touch of white....yummy.......

A strip of red and white gingham ribbon gives that country-cosy feel, and I used a wooden star with a little sparkle to anchor the green satin ribbon that holds the lovely (freebie) sentiment.  The tag shape is a die from Whimsy Doodles, and I did a little doodling around the edge and put a tiny punched star on the corner.......

Just feast your eyes on this ickle cutie birdie......he's coloured up with the usual Promarkers, and a tiny bit of red sparkle was added to the holly berries and the hearts.  That beautiful Spellbinder's shape was cut from red glitter card, and the green spotty shape is a chipboard piece that I found in my stash....must have been left by the Craft Fairy...ha......and the little red stars finish it nicely............

I've still got many sheets of peel-off stickers, and thought it would be nice to use one on this simple card......

The inside......just added a snowflake and a teeny-tiny heart that I glittered with red.......

More gingham ribbon, topped with some pom-pom trim, finishes off this wintry card.

I'd love it if you visited the challenge blog to get some inspiration from our uber-talented Design Team, then you could make your card, using our lovely sketch.....and don't forget the TWIST.......a scripture or up-lifting quote or message, somewhere on your card....perfect!

hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/  Traditional Christmas colours

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.ca/  Use a digi

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/  Christmas

http://little-applefalls.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/winter-bird.html  Reds

http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/cupcake-217-get-krafty.html  Use Kraft

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-60-lets-get-cute.html  Cute

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-195-no-flowers.html  No flowers