Cardinals Send Christmas Wishes

Hello Blogger Friends!  Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog on this first day of summer 2020. It's a beautiful day here in Pittsburgh with plenty of sunshine and warm temps. Just what you would want the summer to kick off with. 

I started off my day by going to a tee-ball game this morning. A little boy who was in my Pre-School class a couple of years ago was playing in his first game. His Mom asked me to come.  I have maintained a relationship with this family so of course I was going to attend. They don't keep score at this age and the game is about 1 1/2 hours. It was just a fun time watching the game and chatting with the family.

Now onto my card for today. This one I made for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. I am featuring an older Christmas die - Cardinals & Birdhouse and I created a Christmas card. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card.

Design Steps:

My inspiration to create a Christmas card came from the color challenge #796 on Splitcoaststampers. When I saw the colors just I just thought of Christmas.

real red, pool party, garden green

When I started thinking about my card, I remembered I had a pack of beautiful frosty winter themed designer papers from Stampin'-Up.  I chose this pine tree one that was covered in snow and ice and knew it would be perfect for a scene with cardinals in it. And, my card was born!

The navy color is considered a neutral in this challenge so that color was a go. I took a photo of the entire 6 x 6 piece of cardstock because I wasn't quite sure at this point where I was going to cut the paper.

White card base: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Navy blue layering panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Designer paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

I cut the birdhouse and cardinals in the challenge colors. I used a navy panel as an accent on the birdhouse. The branch is cut in soft suede cardstock a neutral shade.

My Christmas wishes sentiment is stamped in garden green ink to satisfy that part of the challenge. 

My elements are cut and I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the die cut images using a combo of glue dots and ranger multi medium matte. This one dries clear so I like using it on die-cuts. 

For the sentiment I cut the banner and used dimensional adhesive to secure it to the top of the card.

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the card base. Added a couple of red glitter enamel dots to highlight the sentiment. And, then scattered a few more and my card is finished. A Christmas card ready for the December stash.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless. 

Die I used to create card:

I am also entering:

1.  C.R.A.F.T. challenge is Christmas.

2.  Merry Little Christmas Challenge is anything goes.

3.  The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge is anything goes. 

4.  CHNC challenge is anything goes Christmas.