Hi Friends. Today I have a card that I made using Tracey's Winter Chickadee from the Fred She Said collection. You can find this image here. Tracey designed the Christmas Bird Series that includes these Chickadees, a Cardinal, and a pair of Robins. They are so beautiful. I encourage you to check them out.
This is my card with the matching envelope. The berry branches and pine cones are from Martha Stewart that I picked up last year in her Christmas collection. They go beautifully with this image. I used a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page, a Spellbinders label die, rhinestones, ribbon, stickles and the Noel sentiment is a Recollection sticker. My paper is DCWV Christmas stack.
This is the inside of my card. I repeated the matching Chickadee images and Martha Stewart PATP. What a fun card inspired by the beauty of nature.My son Ryan gave me a terrible scare. He came home from Baseball Saturday night with a horrible bug bite on his face. We put some anti-biotic cream on it and covered it. Well, a few days go by and he is not getting over it. He called us from school saying something was wrong, he was sweating profusely and not doing anything and that his "bug bite" was hot and really swollen. So we got him into the Doctor's right away and he was diagnosed with MRSA. This is scary to me as my Mother almost lost her thumb from this super staph infection. With this being on Ryan's face-you can image how I felt!!! We got an anti-biotic and have been irrigating this wound with peroxide 3 times a day. In a couple days it is starting to look so much better. God is good to us! My Mother took 6 months to get over hers. So that was my drama for the week. Thanks for stopping by and listening to me prattle here. Hope you are having a great week!
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Craft Your Passion - Glitter and Sparkle
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19 comments:
Oh HOW GORGEOUS! These are both so beautiful! The PATP looks perfect! (I need PATP for Dummies...I just have the hardest time...but you've inspired me to try it again! Thanks!)
Hugs,
Lisa
Beautiful!!! TFS!! I really like how you did the inside of your card too!!! Such a pretty image and beautifully laid out!!
:D Sarah
LOVE LOVE the bird Christmas card ! Chickadee's are my favorite birdie.
It's good that your son's infection is healing. One just doesn't know how bad bug bites are.
Deb
Everething with the wings is beautiful to me.
Stunning card. You can enter at Stampin with the Dragon, challenge just started. Hugs. Nataliya.
OMG, this is amazing! What a beautiful image - gotta check them out!
Thx for joining us at Totally Gorjuss and I hope you'll be able to play along at our next challenge tomorrow!
Your chickadees are gorgeous! Exquisite cards, Carol.
Carol, I can't image what a scare that must have been for you, your son, and your entire family!! I'm so glad that he's on the mend and it appears he'll be OK. Thank goodness you caught it in time. Wow, extremely scary.
Your chickadee card is utterly delightful. Chickadees are my mom's favorite birds. (Do you remember when CB radios were all the rage back in the 70s? We traveled by car a lot then and kept a CB radio with us for safety. My mom's call sign was "Chickadee.") Anyway, this is just beautiful. I love all of your details, especially your stitching, your pinecones, and that terrific MS loops PATP (which I *finally* have for myself!!). Thanks for sharing this wonderful project :)
these are gorgeous carol.
love your birds and your coloring is soo great.
beautiful colors too.
greetings karin
Such a cute card - love the image!
Best wishes to your son - hope he's alright soon!
Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Purple Frog Challenge!
kaos
Hello!
This is a gorgeous card! I love it! As always, the inside is a wonderful as the outside and the envelope is also! :<)
Wishing you a great weekend and a Happy Halloween!
Hugs,
Barbara Diane
Wow, Carol! These cards are amazingly gorgeous!!!
Simply GORGEOUS Carol....I just love seeing your creations....this is perfection!
beautttttttttiful!!! i love it. great job ! Thank you for participating in our challenge at CRAFT YOUR PASSION :) GOOD LUCK!
What a stunning card,just beautiful,thanks so mush for joining us at southern girls
Oh wow Carol!! GORGEOUS creations!! I love that beautiful chickadee!! Stunning coloring and fabulous layout girl!! Hope you have a Happy Halloween!! HUGS
Absolutely stunning! I am loving your style! Thanks for playing along with us at Craft Your Passion. x x
Carol, this is totally gorgeous! What dyanamic colors and the MS PATP is perfect, - great design! Glad your son is doing better, MRSA is certainly scary!
Hugs,
Marsha
Oh. WOW. STUNNING!! I'm speechless. This is really the prettiest card I've seen all morning so far.
Wow!!!!! This really is sooooo beautiful. I LOVE what you've done with this image. Thanks for playing along with us at Southern Girls. Marie x
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