Christmas Card Challenge: Day Twenty-Seven

Yikes! It's another out-of-my-comfort-zone color challenge. Well, I might have put these colors together for a fall card, but not for a Christmas card. Then I I hit upon an idea: the "Perched in a Tree" stamp set and matching Aspen Tree Dies might make for a nice Wintry scene and the stamp set includes the perfect sentiment.

So after a bit of trial and error with coloring the bird, I did manage to come up with a card that I really like!

I stamped the bird in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Very Vanilla Card Stock. (Eventually, I found that using Stampin' Blends was my best bet for coloring so) I colored the bird with Petal Pink and Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends. I cut him out with the matching die from the Aspen Tree Dies.

I stamped the branch in Early Espresso Ink onto Early Espresso Card Stock and used the matching Aspen Tree Die to cut it out. 

I cut a 3-3/4" by 5" Petal Pink Card Stock panel, stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso Ink on one corner, and embossed it with the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere this to a 4" by 5-1/4" Early Espresso Card Stock mat and then adhered it directly to a Cajun Craze Card Stock Card base.

I adhered the branch directly to the card front and used Stampin' Dimensionals to perch the bird onto the branch. I finished the card with three gold Festive Pearls.

Honestly, I really like this color combo and I think I'll try it again in the future.

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Product List

Perched In A Tree Cling Stamp Set (English) [159791] $23.00	Perched In A Tree Bundle (English) [159799] $53.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $8.00
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $9.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $9.25	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $9.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.25
Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $9.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $9.00	Leaf Fall 3 D Embossing Folder [159847] $10.00	Aspen Tree Dies [159798] $36.00
Festive Pearls [159963] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25