I'm flying!

Well I'm really quick off the mark this week. The new Bah! Humbug! challenge was only posted yesterday, and here is my card done and dusted already.

When you think of 'Things that fly' in connection with Christmas, top of the list must be Angels and Robins. I used an angel on my last card so I went for a robin this week. This one is from the Inkadinkado plate 'Winter birds'. I stamped him with timber brown Stazon and added colour with a coloursoft pencil. A little sakura transparent glitter jelly roll pen highlighted the snowflakes and swirls. I cut him out with a nestabilities label and cut a matching frame using a small piece of red dufex card left over from another project. The backing plate is from the Chocolate box core'dinations card stack, embossed in a cuttlebug folder and sanded to reveal its red core. There was just a thin strip of the dufex card left and I managed to cut a narrow ribbon with fancy scissors to go down the side.

I still felt it lacked something, so I sorted through some boxes of oddments and found this big red flower brad which I added a tiny sticker to, and added it across the main image and its frame. I haven't put a greetings on which is unusual for me, but I felt this card would be equally useful for Christmas or a winter birthday, so I can add one at the last minute if I feel I need to.

I am entering this card in the Bah! Humbug! Challenge number 8 Things that fly.

As this is the fifth time I have entered this challenge I am also going to add their sticker to my side bar. I feel it has earned a place there.