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Jingle Belles are challenging us to create a Christmas card that evokes peace this time around. (Heck, just creating a card evokes peace for me - I get to temporarily escape the crazy atmosphere of my life!). I've used a primarily white colour scheme, a peaceful sentiment, lots of texture (lace, velvet flower, handmade paper), and a scene with a bird. Since I'm always up before the birds (UGH) I do enjoy watching them flit around and chirp. This year we have an abundance - well, we always have an abundance of starlings, since they nest in our carport. This year there are 4 nests in there, and 3 with babies right now. We've also got robins, mourning doves, chickadees (my favourite), and yellow-rumped warblers, which are extremely close to chickadees in appearance & song, but with a yellow belly. Oh! And I almost forgot, we have a couple of pileated woodpeckers as well. We also get blue jays & waxwings visiting. Growing up in Vancouver, anything that's not a pigeon, crow, or seagull makes me giddy :)
Now that I'm done digressing (HAH) here's my card:
Supplies: Penny Black sticker; PTI sentiment; Broken China distress ink & clear detail EP; Imaginisce velvet flower; Hero Arts adhesive lace; handmade mesh paper (Paper-Ya); vellum; clear gem from dollar store
I bought a mixed pack of handmade papers while in Vancouver, and this is one of my favourites. It feels like mulberry paper.
xoxo,
Jessi
16 comments:
This is so serene and...peaceful. Mission accomplished ;)
Jessi, this is gorgeous! wow.
This is gorgeous :) love the inking !
Jessi, this is beautiful! It really does bring about a sense of peace.
Lynn
so beautiful and serene!
Wow..what a peaceful and simply gorgeous design, Jessi! Love it!
Surrounded by so many different birds, you are definitely an expert in creating this birdie scene, Jessi!
Wowzer, Jessi! This is stunning! We have tons of birds this year, too, & I'm loving it!
Gorgeous card. I love everything about it.
This is beautiful. And peaceful. And hooray for Paper-Ya! ;)
Beautiful card...love it! Plus, that background is amazing!
Yes, card making is my therapy and peace! I love how this turned out! You have another Christmas card off your list! Good for you! Beautiful!
Wow! So pretty and peaceful. I love all the texture you added to this card. All that texture and it didn't get busy or unruly (whatever the opposite of 'peaceful' is).
holy holiday guacamole, missus! you have really really OUTDONE yourself this time... what an AMAZINGLY lovely card! (YOWZA!!!) thanks for joining our celebration of "peace" at JINGLE BELLES!
This is so gorgeous! I love your inked background and the wonderful textures! Congrats on the shout out at Jingle Belles!
Love the little pops of red with your peaceful background ... so very glad you joined us at jingle belles.
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