Posts tagged ‘birds’

November 21, 2011

Butterfly Punch Turkey Thanksgiving Card

Butterfly Punch Turkey Thanksgiving CardI found a very cute turkey card made with the Owl Punch and the Butterfly Punch on Cindy Washington’s site. I decided to see if I could accomplish the same thing with My Digital Studio, and this card is the result. I didn’t like the different colors for the Butterfly Punches for the tail feathers. It sort of lost something in my version, perhaps because there was less of a paper feel in the digital version. To make my tail feathers, I stacked Butterfly Punches in a series of colors—Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, and Creamy Caramel (shown on the left).Butterfly Punch Stack Detail for Thanksgiving Card

The rest of the card is fairly straightforward. The turkey’s body is an elongated Circle Punch (don’t have the Owl Punch yet), Full Heart Punch for wings, resized Square Punch for the hat. The hat’s brim is Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, and its decorations are More Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon and Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware—square. The turkey’s wattle is an upside down Small Heart Punch. The eyes are Whisper White Circle Punches with Basic Black Brads. The beak is a very small Square Punch in Summer Sun. The legs are All in the Family—right arm.

I don’t have Twine yet for MDS, so I used Chocolate Chip—Stitching Straight. The border at the bottom is Torn Edges—Eyelet Border in Soft Suede, with two pieces of Soft Suede Grosgrain Ribbon and Chocolate Chip—Stitching Zigzag. More Mustard Brocade Square behind the turkey, and the card background is Wild Wasabi. The sentiment is text, using the Kirsten ITC font in Chocolate Chip.

November 14, 2011

Thankfulness Frame Greeting Card

Thankfulness Frame Greeting CardI created this design as a very late response to the “Friday Inspiration Challenge” from the So Stampalicious Thanksgiving/ Fall Online Class that I won access to. The card could be used for Thanksgiving or as a simple Thank You card at any time of year.

The inspiring photo for the card included a photo of a robin in a distressed blue frame and a throw pillow with a folk art design in a near-by chair. I put those two details together for this image. Here are the details:

  • Background: Basic Black
  • Frame: Frame 1 from Frames with a Flourish Stamp Brush Set in Island Indigo
  • Center Image Stamps: Frame 5 from Frames with a Flourish, Bird from Berry Christmas, Large Flower from Baroque Motifs (layered with circle and heart punches for contrast colors)
  • Center Image Colors: Soft Suede, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, and Kiwi Kiss
  • Embellishments: Basic Black Brads for the birds’ eyes
  • Text: Typed in Baskerville Old Face, styled after the Thankfulness from the Bright Blessings Stamp Brush Set (which was too wide to fit inside the frame legibly)