Little Robin

As promised, here's the little card I made with my new Nellie's Choice robin stamp.  There's also a selection of snowflakes with the robin, but I didn't use them this time .. .. although as an afterthought I could have stamped a few off the edge of the circle and embossed with a sparkly EP, that might have looked nice.  I started with a plain white 4" square card then added the red mat to the front leaving a slight edge, then cut the Marianne Craftable lacy square from textured white card to mat on top.  I used a Nestie to cut out my little robin and another scallop Nestie to create a matching red mat for him before fixing onto the white layer with 3d pads.  Rummaging through a box of threads I came across a reel of this metallic red that frays into separate layers, and I managed to tie the bow before it unravelled!  A little Stardust Stickles on his hat finished things off.  I coloured robin with my Copics but they are fading in the bright sunshine in the conservatory so I had to go over them again, which wasn't terribly successful as the paper wouldn't take the extra layers of colour without going grainy .. .. another crafty problem I'm going to have to try and sort out.

I found out about a new Christmas blog challenge starting soon - Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - and on the side bar they link to other Christmas challenges so I've been able to browse and can link my little robin card up to: Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge for lots of layers, and Christmas Stampin' All Year Long who have an anything goes challenge starting today.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to be back soon.