Cardinals on a Winter Pine

 Another Christmas card for the box!  

I made this for the Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers

I just purchased this lovely cardinal die and stencil set from Waffle Flower so was happy to get it out and play with it.

We are fortunate to have cardinals come to our bird feeders every evening,  so I know the male is the vibrant red and the female and young cardinals are gray/greenish with slight touches of red to protect them from predators - I googled the Cardinal Female to help me try and ink it correctly.

  

The die comes with a stencil to color them so it was pretty easy once I decided what colors to use!

The pine branch and cones are from an older set called Botanicals: Pine Bough from the Greetery and I actually had some branches and pine cones already cut and colored in an envelope in the die package from some I made a few years ago (yay!) so I used them.

The cardinals and pine cones are up on foam dots. And I added Ice Stickles for frosty glitter. 

(boy, I haven't had Stickles out for quite a while!)

Sending my card to:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

Sparkle and Bling

ends 7/31

Jingle Belles

left vertical - animal, die cut, red

ends 7/30

NBUS

1st time using the cardinal dies and stencil

Paper: white, Leaf Green, Kraft, Cocoa Bean - PTI, DP Seasons Greetings - Waffle Flower

Ink: Ruby Red, Dark Night, Snapdragon - Altenew, Light Spruce - Gina K Design

Other Supplies: Cardinal Duo Die N Stencil - Waffle Flower, Botanicut: Pine Bough - The Greetery, Christmas Tree Sentiments - Waffle Flower, black gems, foam dots, blender brushes, colored pencils, Ice Stickles glitter glue.