Twofer Card Challenge #40 ~ BIRDS

This month at the Twofer Card Challenge the keyword is BIRDS.  We are expected to to make two different design layouts for two different occasions using the same stamp, die or stencil.  I was amazed at the number of ideas I had once I decided to My Favorite Things Birds of a Feather.  The set is very versatile. 

My first card is a Christmas card.  My Favorite Things Sending Christmas Joy was die cut from a trimmed A2 panel covered in Christmas washi from Memory Box.  The sentiment was die cut in black and inlaid. The "cardinal" was Copic-colored and foam-mounted. A small Paper Smooches fern was added to the bird's mouth; gold Smooches covers the beak.

My second card is a Thank You. The branches and leaves are pieces of Mama Elephant's Tree Branch Cover, mounted on patterned paper.  The sentiment is clear-embossed, from Ellen Hutson.  The MFT bird set contains left and right bird images.  Again the "bluebirds" were Copic-colored and foam-mounted.  Silver Smooches covers the beaks, and Inkessentials black enamel was added to the eyes.

Enjoy.

Twofer Card Challenge #39 ~ Sunshine!

This month at Twofer we are making two cards (for two different occasions using the same stamp, stencil or die) using the SUN or SUN RAYS.  I used the Studio Katia Light Ray stencil for both of my cards.  

For my thank you card, I distressed the card base in Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Wild Honey, then distressed the sunbeams in Carved Pumpkin.  The sentiment is one of my favorites from Impression Obsession.  I don't know about you but sometimes this is just how I feel!  

The second, Christmas, card uses the same stencil distressed with Delicata gold ink.  The rays have a lovely sparkle to them in the right light.  The sentiment and copic-colored baby are from Neat & Tangled Sweet Baby Jesus.  Jesus is lying on Paper Smooches Cris Cross background, die cut from kraft.  

Enjoy.