Thankful Cardinal Card

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian Carding Buddies! Thought I would share a card using the Cardinal from the Toile Christmas Bundle for a Thankful Cardinal Card. I had a lot of fun colouring him with my Blends!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Toile Christmas (cling 150469), Country Home (Photopolymer 147678)

Inks:  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad (147111)

Paper: Mossy Meadow (133676), Whisper White (100730), Cajun Craze (119684), Real Red (102482)

Accessories:  Big Shot (143263), Toile Christmas Bundle (cling 152367), Woodland Embossing Folder (139673 ), Bone Folder (102300), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (149638), Real Red Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147935), Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147942), Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends (147931), Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (150457), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

• Cajun Craze: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
• Mossy Meadow: 5 ¼” x 4”
• Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces at 3” x 4”
• Whisper White: 2 pieces at 2 ¼” x 3 ¾” (sentiment) and 2 ¼” x 4 ½” (cardinal)
• Real Red: 2 ½” x 4 ¼”
• Scraps of Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Cajun Craze

Instructions:

1. Stamp the cardinal in Tuxedo Black Memento on Whisper White.
2. Using the Blends colour the cardinal.
3. On the Big Shot, cut out the cardinal using the matching cardinal die from the Toile Christmas Bundle.
4. Run the Mossy Meadow CS with the Woodland Embossing Folder through the Big Shot.
5. Use the third largest nested die to cut the Real Red CS.
6. Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow on the Whisper White CS and die cut it using the fourth largest nested die.
7. Using the scraps, die cut 2 branches of each colour.
8. Fold the piece of Cajun Craze card stock in half to form the card base.
9. Attach the embossed Mossy Meadow piece to the front of the card base.
10. Use glue dots to attach the branches to the back of the Real Red CS.
11. Attach the sentiment to the Real Red piece.
12. Attach the sentiment piece with dimensionals to the front of the card.
13. Tuck in cardinal and adhere with dimensionals.
14. Add 5 Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels in various colours scattered on the front.

For Further Info:

You will find the items listed above in my online store at:
https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2103981.