Yes, the scarlet tanager. At least by me, this is an under-appreciated bird. In fact, I didn’t know anything about it until I was looking for bird colorings. It seems appropriate that he should get his own post as an apology. What is this bird?? Here is a picture:
Cute little fellow, isn’t he? I was looking up red birds because I was using the color challenge from Splitcoaststampers CC300. The challenge was to use an old challenge and I chose CC233 Real Kraft Chocolate. I admit that I used the colors a little loosely and I actually used Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake (Kraft) and Early Espresso. I think I hit the spirit of the challenge but wanted to use my current papers. I also used the sketch challenge from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 95. Karen outdid herself again with a really usable sketch! I changed it to a rectangle instead of a square. It seems I had a hard time following directions today!
I stamped my image on Watercolor Paper and chose the phrase from the set too. I watercolored with my blender pen using Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso. I am so in love with this stamp set and can’t wait to make more cards with it! I chose papers from my Deck the Halls DSP (Holiday Mini). Isn’t it great that it works so well for a non-holiday card??!! I had run completely out of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and finally received my replacements….can you tell? Love that ribbon and I’m happy to tell you that there are new colors coming in the Occasions Mini (yes, those are on the way, too!). I chose an Antique Brad and bunched the ribbon, punched a small hole with my 1/8″ hole punch and attached the brad to the image panel.
This is a birthday card and I try to make sure that the December birthday people in my family get a distinctively non-Christmas card. I think this accomplishes the goal! I’ll be back to Christmas stamping for the rest of the week and you can expect to see my Color Lab card next. See you again soon!
Stamp: Every Moment; Paper: Deck the Halls DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Watercolor paper; Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories: Antique Brads, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Blender Pen, Dimensionals, 1/8″ Hole Punch
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*Thud* You do realize you’re killing me, don’t you? I never even thought to do anything other than a Goldfinch. This is spectacular!
Gorgeous card, and great job on combining the challenges!
This is a handsome card indeed! And what a thoughtful way to remember a December baby. . . .
I loved that you tied it to a bird lesson! 🙂
Absolutely stunning! Love the use of the Deck the Halls paper with a non Christmas card!