I made this card after talking to a new customer Judy on Friday.  Judy mentioned that she has a friend who likes cardinals, so I started playing with the Two-Step Bird Extra-Large punch until I was satisfied with the results.  Please leave me a comment if you like my Cardinal Punch Art.

In addition to the Two-Step Bird punch, I also used the Two-Step Owl Extra-Large punch and the Snowflake Extra-Large punch.  Here are the exact pieces:

One of the wings is used to create the pointed head, and the heart is turned sideways to create the mask effect.  The eye is from the Basic Pearls Jewels pack. 

I added some bling with the White Gel Pen accents on the Sizzix Oval Scallop Frame Die-Cut.

Again. I'd really appreciate a comment if you like my Cardinal.

I thought this week I would featured some holiday items from the new Holiday Mini catalog: Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper as well as the new Ornament punch.  And what’s the holiday without a little sparkle! Dazzling Diamonds were used in addition to the Icicle Rub-ons.  Silver cord was used to top and hang the ornaments.

So first, I cut a 5-1/4 x 10-1/2 piece of Soft Suede (but Close to Cocoa could have been used as well as Chocolate Chip) and scored in half. Then cut a patterned pieceof paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper collection.

Next I placed a few snowflakes (rub-ons) towards the top of the thin-striped patterened paper, and then border rub-ons at the bottom.  I used the Two-Way Glue Pen to then adhere Dazzling Diamonds to the snowflakes.

Lastly, I punched three ornaments from different papers in the Christmas Cocoa pack, punch a whole a the top of the ornament to tie a bow, laid the string (silver cord) which will appear linked to each ornament, and then adhered each ornament using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Other Suggestions:

• Try White Embossing Powder.
• Add a greeting.
• Stamp snowflakes using the Serene Snowflake stamp set or use the new wheels in the Holiday Mini Catalog.
• Use the Merry & Bright rub-ons collection with the ornaments.