Crafty Individuals Jolly Robin Christmas Bird Card

 

Hi friends!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share a bright and cheery Christmas card featuring gorgeous stamps by Crafty Individuals.  I made an inky ombre background with Wendy Vecchi Make Art ink pads in Tea Rose, Poppy and Thistle, then stamped the Jolly Robin in the center.  I stamped him again on another panel and watercolored both the bird and treeline, and fussy cut them.  I filled my background in by stamping the Counting Down background stamp partially here and there. 

To add extra detail, I used the Totally Dotty stencil by AALL & Create to draw in some extra circles with a white gel pen.  I outlined some of the circles with Stickles glitter glue.  I gave the panel a hearty splash of white gesso and colored in the wording with the white gel pen, adding some sentiment stickers for contrast.  Then I layered the fussy cut bird on with dimensional tape.  I stained a bit of seam binding to match and adhered a loopy bow.  I hope you're inspired by this non-traditional card!  xx, Autumn

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Crafty Individuals | Vintage Christmas

Hi everyone and welcome to the Topflight Stamps blog - it's Jenny here, and today I have a simple, vintage-feel holiday card using stamps by Crafty Individuals.  

The main stamp I'm using is this cute Jolly Holly Robins.  These stamps require EZ Mount to enable stamping. You can buy a sheet, adhere them and trim round - it's very simple to do, and the red rubber gives a great impression.

To create my card, I stamped the image in Pinecone Versafine Clair onto Catherine Pooler Designs kraft cardstock.  While it was still wet I heat embossed the image in clear embossing powder and trimmed it out.

I then blended Distress Ink in Antique Linen all over the piece, and then in places with Vintage Photo and around the edges in Walnut Stain.  I then flicked it with water to create an aged look.

I used a clear Wink of Stella to color in each of the birds, and on one of them I added red stickles to his breast for a pop of color.

When dry, I mounted the piece onto fun foam and then adhered to a white card base, trimmed slightly smaller than A2.  The sentiment was stamped in Pinecone, directly onto the cardbase and comes from the Crafty Individuals Mini Christmas Trees.

Such a cute little image!  And perfect for a more vintage feel for your holiday cards.