Freshly Made Sketches #708

Hello friends.  Playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge where this week DT member Jen T has challenged us with a very CAS sketch...

I'm still working on finishing up those Christmas cards and used a NBUS die set from Concord & 9th called Birdhouse Blossoms Die (thanks for another enabled shopping trip Bobby & Michele!) to come up with this card...

I had totally fallen in LOVE with that chubby little birdie, so he was the starting point for my card.  I used black and 2 shades of gray cs (SU!) for my little chickadee and the branch, pine branches & leaf sprig are all from the same die set. I used PB's Ripple Die (cut 4 times for dimension) in place of the circle in the sketch, and then added all to an embossed background using SSS's Holiday Greenery EF.

I matted my embossed background to a layer of black and then all to a white card base.  I did use a white gel pen to add a bit of "snow" to the pine branches and also the leaves behind the birdie.  (A little bit of glitter was also added along with 3 ruby gems from PFS.)  My sentiment from Gina K's All At Once Greetings was embossed in white on a black strip and that completed my card.

This challenge is only open till 3:00PM today (Oct. 20th), so not much time to play, but it is a fun and easy sketch to play with if you have time.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!