Northwoods Chickadee Holiday

I
LOVE
all
the
chick-
adee
images
this
year,
and
this
North-
Woods
Chick-
adee
Holiday
is no
excep-
tion.
Thanks to Tosh, who stamped some images for me, I was able to play with it (thanks, Tosh!!).

I watercolored it with reinkers and a damp watercolor brush. Then I colored in all the snowy parts with my Versamark marker, added some JudiKins White Diamond EP, and heat embossed it. I don't think the picture captures how sparkly this is in real life....and with EP, the glitter won't "shed" either! I totally forgot about my Versamark marker until I saw the tutorial that Laura Fredrickson posted on her blog recently. You can see her post HERE. I was lucky enough to work with Laura for a while on the Dirty Dozen team. She's not only incredibly talented but she's super nice too...and she always has great technique tutorials on her blog. Thanks, Laura!

I watercolored some more holly leaves and berries from two more images that Tosh stamped for me, cut them out, and popped two of them up on Dimensionals over the main image (the one at the very bottom and the one between the two chickadees). Two more were added to the inside of the card...here's that picture. The inside also has some piercing that was done with my Ornare piercing template that my good friend Lori bought for me. Thanks again, Lori! I love this thing! {smile}

The sentiment is from MFT's Scarf for Three, which is also available at Stamper's Dream.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Northwoods Chickadee Holiday, MFT Scarf for Three (sentiment)
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper, Wassail DP
Ink: Perm Black, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi, Marigold Morning, Soft Sky, Versamark (marker)
Accessories: JudiKins White Diamond EP, Hemp Twine, SU Small Oval Punch, SU Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
Technique: Watercoloring, Heat Embossing
Card Size: 5.25" Square