By Ceal Pritchett

– Hello Crafty friends!
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing how to make this sweet birdie holiday card using some VersaFine Clair inks.

Skill: Beginner to Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes

Directions:

Gather your supplies. You will need several colors of ink, the Birdie Friends in Winter die and stencil or any other die/stencil combo you’d like to use. A holiday sentiment set, a snowflake

cover die or any other background you’d like to use. You will also need either a Sticky Mat or Grip Mat and some paste.

Step1:
I didn’t show all of them in the picture, but the first step is to cut all the birds out of white cardstock.

Step 2:
Using the coordinating stencil add color to each bird as you please. For the pink bird I used Baby Pink and Charming Pink. The blue bird uses Warm Breeze, Bali Blue and Strawberry. The yellow bird uses Cheerful and Golden Meadow. I have a picture with the steps circled so you can see the need for different shades of color.

No Step just showing stencil steps

Step 3:
Cut hats out of glitter cardstock and colored cardstock. Cut apart and add to glitter cardstock as shown in picture. Glue onto the birdie.

No step just showing completed birds

Step 4:
Cut the branch out of a dark brown cardstock.

Step 5:
Place branch under stencil, lining it up with the etched portion. Add a white paste using a palette knife.

Step 6:
To finish the card, stamp and cut out the sentiment to add to the front.

Supplies:

Imagine Products:
• VersaFine Clair Inks:
Charming Pink, Baby Pink, Warm Breeze, Bali Blue, Strawberry, Cheerful, Golden Meadow, Summertime and Nocturne
• On Point Glue

Other Products:
• Little Birdie stencil/de set – Waffle Flower Crafts
• Family Sentiments Stamp set – Waffle Flower Crafts
• Dashed Snowflake Panel die – Waffle Flower Crafts
• Misti Stamp tool – My Sweet Petunia
• Grip Mat – Waffle Flower Crafts