Monday, September 5, 2016

Deck the Halls


Those Tim Holtz Crazy Birds are still making me smile, so I made a few more Christmas cards with this bird wearing his Santa Hat. I stamped a little sprig of mistletoe with a red ribbon at the top to give him something to watch, while computer generating the sentiment and breaking it up into 3 separate words. I used Gina Marie stitched squares, and Lil Inker stitched rectangles to cut the 2 panels, and placed it on an early espresso card base - which was also die cut with the stitched rectangles. I colored the bird with Copics and used a snippet of retired SU! dsp for the background.

I'm entering this into the September Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge which is "Song." Deck the Halls is a pretty well-known song, right? Fa-la-la-la-la.....la-la-la-la!

Thanks for checking in today and if you're celebrating Labor Day as we are here in the states - make it a great one! Bring on autumn - I'm so ready for cooler weather after this blazing hot summer we've had!


Carol

15 comments:

Susan said...

Love your cute bird with his Santa hat. He looks like he's hung his mistletoe and is now puckering up his beak waiting for a kiss! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers!

Jean said...

A great card, these birds are fun and always make me smile too.
Jean x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Fun card, and love how you coloured the bird. The sentiment words that you made your own is just fabulous, well done! Also their black edges are computer generates? You have arrange them so well!

cotnob said...

A fun Christmas card Carol, your Crazy Bird looks cute in his Santa hat.
Pauline
x

Donna Hanley said...

I like that you gave him something to look at. I guess he is hoping a young lady bird will wonder by so he can put the mistletoe to good use. I like your separated sentiment. Fun card. We have cooled down quite a bit today but temps are going up as the week progresses. Darn It!!!

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

Such a cutie card! Ahhh Christmas!! ...soon....soon

aussie aNNie said...

Love this fabulous crazy bird and Chrissy hat design,colours and lovely image used.xxx
 {aNNie}

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

This crazy bird sure has me singing!

Wendy said...

Another adorable Christmas card, Carol! You sure are having fun with these crazy birds! Your killing me here with these stitched panels, gf! Super fun & very festive....love it! Hope you had a nice Labor Day!

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Very cute! This birdie looks like he's hopefully waiting under the mistletoe for someone to come along and give him a smooch. Did you know that a some of the Christmas carols have odd names? I learned that after a Christmas party one year.

JD/ Jill said...

Cute! And these "birds" always make me smile too!

wannabcre8tive said...

Very cute, I just love these birds, they make fabulous cards.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A WONDERFUL card, love the image and the sentiment is perfect for it.
Faith
x

Inkyfingers said...

I can see why you like this quirky bird Carol and you made such a fun and festive card with him. The mistletoe was a fabulous touch and I love your colouring.
Thanks for sharing with us at Happy Little Stampers, and I hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs
Carol x

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

I never get tired of those birds - especially this one. Love your card....