Sunday, January 24, 2016

Bluebird Hot Cocoa

Hello, everyone! I'm back again with another winter card! This one depicts a bluebird with hot cocoa! I mentioned earlier that I have people on my Christmas list who do not like Christmas so you will notice I make some cards with winter sentiments. I went with a blue/brown colour scheme for more of a masculine look.


The cute clip-art is from Diddybag and I fussy-cut, popped up with foam tape, and added Glossy Accents to the mug. The snowflake die-cut from Stampendous is embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and popped up with foam tape. I followed the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches:



I embossed the blue cardstock with Darice Snowflake Background.  The icicle border is Impression Obsession Icycle Edger, die-cut twice, once from white and next from white glitter cardstock, and I layered them together, with a strip of brown polka-dot washi tape.  The sentiment from Poppystamps You Melt My Heart is stamped in Ancient Page Chocolate. To finish off the card, I added a number of white sequins.


Challenges:  Beccy's Place January AG UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Use a Sentiment UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra January UE; Creatalicious Snowflakes UE; Creative Inspiration AG Option Sketch UE; Crimbo Crackers AG UE; Cute Card Thursday Just Boys UE; Die-Cuttin Divas Brrrr Hot Cocoa Please 3/3;Hiding in My Craftroom Any Holiday (Christmas) 3/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Not Just Cards AG UE; Pixie's Snippet Playground Snippets used for all die-cuts 3/3; Poppystamps Sparkly Snow UE; Suzy Bee's Bloomin' AG Twist Frosty UE; Sweet Stamps AG UE; The Crafter's Cafe Male Cards 1/3; The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Optional Sketch UE

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

58 comments:

jimlynn said...

So sweet and cute. Love the way you put the little bird inside the snowflake. Great looking 'icicles' too!
Lynn

cotnob said...

A sweet card Kitty, such lovely winter blues.
Pauline
x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Another adorable cutie!!! This card feel more "Brrrr" by the other, with this icycle border and all this blue, but it is really lovely!!! The sweet bird in the snowflake and the embossing look great! Fabulous design!

Camille Short said...

This is a very pretty card. The blue is Very nice.

CA Scrapper said...

So cute!! Thanks for joining us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week.

Leslie

Lisa said...

So cute!! I love the bluebird and the colors!! The icicle border is a perfect touch!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

terrie said...

Great color scheme with the bluebird and the blue card stock...
The icicle and the snowflake perfect combinations and a splash of color with the washi tape....well done Kitty

Fikreta said...

Your card is very beautiful !
hugs
Bad Kitty's Craftroom
>^.^<

Beccy said...

I love your version of the sketch Kitty, substituting the snowflake for the circle was a great idea. The little birdie with his hot cocoa is very cute and I like the winter sentiment you added.
Cheers,
Beccy

Debbie said...

Another sweet card!! Cute image and I love the embossing!
Thanks for playing along this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!
Debbie (TMS DT)
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Melissa Craig said...

Super cuteness! I love the icicle border. Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

New Creations said...

I love this color combo and what a beautiful take on the sketch Kitty! Love this cute image and glittered icicle border!!!

Esther said...

Another adorable creation!
Thanks for joining us this week at Die Cuttin' Divas!

Unknown said...

Cutest little birdie ever! Love the icicles on the bottom of the card! Thanks for playing along with us at Die Cuttin Divas this week!

Gale said...

This is a lovely card. Love the icicle border. Thanks for sharing with us at Creatalicious and we hope to see you again real soon. Hugs, Gale DT

Jackie C said...

Love this entry, thank you for sharing with Creatalicious, Jackie CT member.

scrappymo! said...

I like the bold blue colour you have chosen here. Great card!

scrappymo! said...

I like the bold blue colour you have chosen here. Great card!

aussie aNNie said...

Adorable card and cute image...fab colour combo.xx
 {aNNie}

Tina Z. said...

I adore this card ... great layout, such a lovely blue colour and the birdie ...

Gerda said...

What a super cute card!! Love that little bird!! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Such a cute card. Lovely little bird. Thank you for joining in with us on Cute Card Thursday - Lynn CCT Design Team xx

KandA said...

Fabulous card Kitty. Super sweet image and great colour combo cc

2craftykaties said...

Love the sequins! one can never have enough masculine cards! Thank you for joining us this week at Hiding in my craft room - Any holiday challenge!

~DT Katie
2craftykaties.blogspot.com

Olga Fink said...

and again, great color combination! great coloring of the image! and I love all the details! xoxo Olga

Barbara Godden said...

Super cute image and card, love how you used the icicle punch, thanks for the inspiration to get it out and use for one of my winter cards.

Mary Ann said...

SOoooooooooooo very cute!!!Love your blue bird,great colors!!!Have a great day!!!

Tinka's paper wonderlland said...

Love it!!! Simple as that!!
♥Hugs Valentina♥

Claudia's kaartjes said...

Hi,

Gorgous card. Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenge

hugs
Claudia
DT Creatalicious Challenge
http://knutselmeisjes.blogspot.be/

KraftyKoolKat said...

Very cute Kitty.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Liz McGuire, said...

Aww, he is so cute. Brilliant card, Liz x

Kuni said...

This is so cute Kitty.
Hugs
Kuni

Barb said...

It's a really cute card Kitty. A very sweet image. Love the sparkle. Barbxx

Petra Swart said...

I really like the blue and brown together, Kitty!!! And this time a sweet little bird with some hot cocoa - now you've really got me drooling - tonight while watching Survivor we'll have some hot cocoa!!! Such a cute card!!!
Have a great day!!!
Hugz

Shelly said...

Oh how cute! Love that sweet image!

Thank you for joining us at Die Cuttin Diva's
Shelly

Lori said...

This is so pretty with that white snowflake on the bright blue and that little bird is adorable! Love the icicles!

Monika Reeck said...

oo cute that little bird with cocoa
and I love brown and blue Kitty
I love also how you used the sketch
Kitty I dont forget you
I always remember you
the time is not so easy for me
I have no job and must sending some application to get new job
I was come back 16 January and my hubby fly to malaysia for 5 days at 17 January
can you imagine I was still jetlag and must take care the kids also 19:30 PM I brought my kids to bed at the first day..I feel soo sleepy because 19:30 was 2:30 Indonesia time hehe
ok my story will come to you per mail hope you read this Kitty
hugs
Monika

Donna said...

Like these colors and great take of the sketch!

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I'm working on a fox with hot cocoa and was thinking to leave it with just the "warm winter wishes" greeting for the very reason you mention. Love those chilly blues, that sparking line of frost and that giant snowflake!

Suze said...

Another great masculine card Kitty. Love those icicles on this one. Thank you for joining in the challenge at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.

Marie Bingaman said...

Another excellent version of that sketch! Thanks again for joining in at CHNC Extra! :)

~Marie B -DT

Billie A said...

Great card and dies, image and color.. I love the look. Thanks for sharing over at Inspiration destination

Lisa said...

So adorable! Love that icicle border... such pretty colors!

Catnip and Kitty Whiskers said...

So pretty!!! Thank you for your kind words on my blog. I did use a full size calendar to cut the images for the file cards. Love seeing the new cards you make. Your creative mojo is kicking butt! :)

marion said...

that is lovely, going to look at other creations you made and looking forward to that, after that, taking time to write you an email, sending big hugs to you and cuddles to your lovely furbabys, Marion

Pia S said...

Another cute winter cocoa card with the same sketch as inspiration, same colors but very different looks. You did great with both!

Hetty said...

This is such a totally sweet card. Love your bird image.
Brown and blue is such a wonderful color combo.

Notes by Nina said...

Adorable, I love the sweet little bird :).

*Vicki* said...

Now cute is this wintry little sparkly fellow!! Love the snowflake with him over it including your fun icicle border too!! :) Great card! HUGS

Michelle said...

This is gorgeous Kitty - the image looks great mounted onto the snowflake - love the blue colour on this card - Michelle x

Ellibelle said...

How very cute!! Love the card design and the bird is just adorable!

UTs Hobby Time said...

So gorgeous and beautiful creation. Love the bird image.

Carol L said...

How incredibly cute with that beautiful blue color! I love the sparkly icicle border with that polka dotted panel too! Great card!

suzanne2 said...

such a cutie, thank you for joining us at creative inspirations xx

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges with more of your lovely crafting - hope to see you again soon. x

Hazel said...

Thanks also for sharing your lovely crafting for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 114 - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT x

Melanie said...

A great card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "snowflakes” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)

(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

(DT Come and Get It)

(DT Crafty Friends)

Helen said...

Great card - thanks for joining us at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Helen x