Wren in a pine tree....

After coming up with the cardinal samples I shared with you this week, I decided I wanted to make MORE birds.  They are so much fun!  So here is a wren I made for a Christmas card.  Isn't he cute!!

This card is Wild Wasabi, layered with Soft Suede and them covered with a designer paper that retired a year or so ago.  I love the snowflakes on this paper and wish we still carried it!!

 I punched the bird from Crumb Cake cardstock using the 1-3/8" circle punch.  His tail and wing are from Soft Suede.  His tail and beak are the smallest heart in the Heart to Heart punch.  I just cut a notch in it for the beak, so it looks like the little fellow is singing.  His wing is punched with the Two-step Bird punch.

 For the tree branches, I cut out a snowflake using the Snowflake punch and then cut pieces off of it and glued them onto the branch I freehand cut.

I stamped the Winter Wonderland sentiment from the Bright Christmas stamp set in the Holiday mini.  It is popped up with dimensionals to give it some height. 

This is a fairly quick card to make but such a cute one, don't you think?  Thanks for visiting me today!!  More birds to follow in coming days......
Smiles, Laura

More Northern Frost snowflakes....

I've been away awhile, I know.  It's been a busy week.  Some days, posting to my blog just has to take backseat to other work.  I wanted to share this card with you today.  It is another one using the Northern Frost die and my Big Shot.  What did we do before the days of Big Shots?  ha!  This card is made using Marina Mist for the card and the Patterns Pack designer series paper in Marina Mist.  The sentiment is from the  Bright Christmas stamp set in the Holiday mini.  The white cardstock that's on is backed with Blushing Bride cardstock. 

Here is a close-up of the snowflakes.  I smudged just a little Marina Mist onto the edges so they'd show up better.  And I put the pearls "Jewels" in the center of each snowflake to make them look neat!

This is a quick and easy card to make but would also make a great "winter" card for someone with a January birthday.  Or just a great winter "thinking of you" card.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I"ll try not to be gone so long next time.  Smiles, Laura