Noel Birds for The Paper Players

Hello friends!  I keep plugging away at making Christmas cards and have another one to share that I made for our current challenge at The Paper Players.  This week, the amazing Jaydee is hosting our CAS challenge with a fun theme that can help YOU work on your supply of holiday cards as well!

The Paper Players

I always love quirky characters so when I saw the Stamptember set in collaboration with Simon Says Stamp and AALL & Create, I had to have it, especially for these funny birds.

Aren't they so funny?  Love them!  Anyway, before I started coloring the images, I went online and looked up trending colors for Christmas 2024 and saw this color palette of purple, pink, aqua and lime.  Perfect!  Of course I used my Copics to color the birds and the sentiment blocks, then used the matching dies to cut them out.

Since the birds were all decked out in their winter apparel, I thought an embossed snowflake background would be perfect.  It was a little busy behind the birds, so I used an arch die to cut a piece of white and then add a bit of aqua ink blending to create a background for the birds.  After the card was complete, I added a bit of Glossy Accents to their eye glasses - it looks great IRL.

So, while I did use layers, I kept a lot of "white" space around the image to maintain the CAS look.

I know many are still making holiday cards, so come share your CAS creation with us this week!  The challenge remains open until 3pm EST Friday November 22. And don't forget to check out the design team cards here for more inspiration. 

Thanks for visiting and take care!

Stef

• Simon Says Stamp/AALL & Create Winter Bells stamps and dies
• SSS Nested Domed Arches
• SSS Snowflake Visions embossing folder
• Altenew Aqualicious ink
• Copics - E59, 57, 55, 47, 44,43, 29, 37, 33, YR24, 23, 21, 12, Y21, V09, 06, 04, 01, RV14, 13, 11, YG09, 07, 05, 01, BG49, 45, 01