Congrats to Patty, the Featured Stamper this week! I spent a long time in her wonderful gallery and finally chose her Christmas Cardinal to case. I kept the Christmas theme w/ cardinals and the red and white colors but I left off the chocolate color, used different images and used different dies and embossing folder.
The cardinal ornament was stamped once with the red chalk ink and again with the black ink. The red version was die cut w/ a circle die and after coloring the other cardinals I cut them out and attached them on top of the red version. I die cut a another piece of white w/ the splendid circle die for the backing layer and dotted it w/ a white Pearl pen. An embossing folder was used on the final layer, a wide red grosgrain ribbon added then everything attached to my 4.25 x 5.50 card.
Congrats again, Patty! Thanks so much for looking! The details are all on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012 GMT Views: 3247
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Registered: September 26, 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 9625
Sun, Nov 11, 2012 @ 1:02 PM
Julie--what a beautiful and elegant card! I love cardinals and have several feeders to that the birds will come around all year long. Your coloring of the cardinal is just wonderful! TFS
Registered: November 9, 2004 Location: Hampton Roads, VA Posts: 9413
Sun, Nov 11, 2012 @ 6:53 PM
OMGoodness Julie - this is beyond STUNNING. I am such a lover of birds, and Cardinals are definitely one of my all time favorites! We've lived in so many places over the years, and they've always been around my feeders. You've colored this pair exquisitely!! Your entire card is amazing - great CASE .
Registered: December 15, 2008 Location: Kingsland, Georgia Posts: 29927
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 @ 11:49 AM
Wow Julie this is amazing. I have to check in my new stack of spellbinders to see if I got these....geez I have so many I don't know what I got....lol This is just exquisit. You have achieved perfection. Of course, you know I am a huge fan of your work. Just beautiful.
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Registered: May 28, 2008 Location: Arnold, Missouri Posts: 15273
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 @ 5:00 PM
Julie, this is superb. First time I have seen someone color both male and femail cardinals. Beautiful shading. Love the fancy dies behind that image. Have not seen those, and love your embossing folder. So many elements making a beautiful card
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Registered: March 3, 2006 Location: North East, PA Posts: 19474
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 @ 7:39 PM
Your card is so beautiful, Julie! I really like all the details on your and your embossing is amazing! I love your cards, you do such lovely work and I'm so honored that you cased one of my cards