Three French Cardinals??? On A Christmas Card!

Hello and welcome to the third Monday in November...which means it's time for a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Blog. Thanks for all the lovely comments from last weeks Guest Designer piece, Thankful Manor. I appreciate it and am so thankful for you!

This weeks challenge is "Trio-tastic: Use Three of Something".  You can do absolutely so much with this theme, and I look forward to seeing what you use. I decided to do a few 'three of something(s)'! I have three French Hens...I mean Cardinals, three candy canes, and Santa caps, and I have used only three colors...black, white, and red. Sorry if the 12 Days of Christmas is now playing in your head!

I die cut the Tim Sizzix Crazy Birds with Watercolor Cardstock, after stamping them with Black Soot Archival from Tim and Ranger. I die cut the Birch Trees and Tree Line with Wood Grain Cardstock.

I tore pieces of watercolor cardstock and covered them and all the trees with Grit Paste and then Distress Glitter, and let them dry. I prepared my card base with layers of matting.

I used the Planks Texture Fade to add lines to the Birch Trees, by swiping Hickory Smoke Archival Ink on the inside of the texture fade.

I inked the edges a little, and also added Grit Paste and Glitter here and there.

I needed the Santa caps to be reversed to look a little better, so I stamped the images on Tim's Tissue Wrap and turned them over as well as the die cuts and adhered the wrap down with Multi Medium. It was perfect.

I colored all the images with Distress Crayons and a Water Brush. Then I layerd the pieces with foam tape. I also added Glitter to the caps, and gave the candy canes a Glossy Accents coating.

I stamped the Crinkle Ribbon with Wendy Vecchi's Simply Stripes Background Stamp and here Red Geranium Ink, and then misted it with water to crinkle it.  The sentiment was computer generated.

 

 

 

 

I hope you play along with this fun challenge. Remember, you might just be the one who wins a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp!!! Good luck, and I look forward to seeing all the entries, and once again,  thanks for coming by!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Core′dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC Colorcore 4.25 X 5.5 Cardstock	Eanger surfaces Black cardstock	Ranger Distress Woodgrain cardstock	Tim Holtz Sizzix BIRCH TREES Thinlits Die 660994	Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades in Ink Splats and Wood Planks
Ranger DIY Archival Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink Reinker in Hickory Smoke	Brushed corduroy - Distress ink	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Tim Holtz Sizzix TREE LINE Thinlits Die 661604
Ranger Palette Knife set	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress GRit Paste	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock	Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink Reinker in Black Soot
Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamps	Tim Holtz Crazy Things	Tim Holtz Mini Bird Crazy Stamps set	Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlits Bird Crazy	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI BIRD CRAZY AND THINGS Thinlits Die And Cling Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits in Crazy Things	Tissue Wrap Plain paperie	Tim Holtz Detailer Water Brush	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 1	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 2
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons set 4	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set 7	Multi Medium Matte	Ranger adhesive foam white
Ranger Glossy Accents Glue	Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Stamper′s Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp in Simply Stripes	Ranger Archival Red Geranium Ink Pad
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Tokens in Christmas	Jump Rings - Idea-ology

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!