Made for JustRite Stampers' 12 weeks of Christmas blog hop 8, which the Flower Soft DT participated in. I used the Backyard Birds set to create my Christmas card. I stamped the cardinal in Pesto dye ink on pearlescent cardstock, and masked the bird, branch and pine cone. Next, I traced a faint circle in pencil and began stamping the separate branch (stamping several times before reinking) around the circle, creating the wreath form. When my stamping was done, I used a circle template (Coluzzle) to create the round panel, then misted the piece with water so the Pesto ink would bleed and feather a little. I used a large stipple brush to even out the color.The cardinal was colored first with Neopiko alcohol markers and then shaded and highlighted with Prismacolor pencils. I trimmed along the underside of his wing and lifted it slightly with a craft knife for dimension. I used Polar White Flower Soft on the snowy branch and pine cone. I used Flower Soft Peel-Offs on the edge of each panel.