Robin Redbrest – Free As A Bird

Welcome to the December Hopping Around the World blog hop where our theme is ‘our favourite stamp set’. Oh my goodness this was a hard challenge, so many gorgeous stamp sets and bundles to choose from………..……. I eventually settled on the beautiful Free As A Bird stamp set and made a Christmas card for my Mum who loves robin redbreasts.

I hope you loved Jennifer Downey’s project as much as I did – if you haven’t seen it click on her name to go backwards.

To recreate the Robin Redbrest – Free As A Bird Christmas Card card you will need:

Thick Whisper White – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Mossy Meadow – 2¾” by 2¾”
Whisper White – 2½” by 2½”
Scrap Whisper White and Poppy Parade

I stamped the group of birds on an bough across the Thick Whisper White card front in Soft Sea Foam ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas card made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I stamped the single bird onto the square of Whisper White in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and added a sray of leaves above before die cutting the bird out using the Layering Circle dies. I also cut a slightly larger scalloped circle from the square of Mossy Meadow. I adhered the 2 circles together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I stamped the spray of leaves again on scrap Whisper White and fussy cut the leaves with my sharp scissors.

Using the following Blends Markers I coloured in the the bird and leaves – Mossy Meadow combo, Crumb Cake combo and Calyso Coral combo. I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink onto the card front and added the circle piece to the card front on Dimensionals.

I die cut a flower from scrap Poppy Parade cardstock using the Bouquet Bunch dies and added the trimmed out leaves and the flower to the circle using Mini Glue Dots. A single Gold Metallic Pearl was added to the card front to finish the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas card made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I really loved the card, so much so that I went ahead and made a second landscape version using a Soft Sea Foam card base and a 2” by 4” panel of Whisper White. The bird and leaves were stamped on the Whisper White panel and coloured in the same way and I used the Banner Triple Punch to flag the end.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas tags made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I also made a couple of tags to go with the cards using the Delightful Tag Topper Punch, I just need to find some ribbon to complete them.

I hope you like these projects as much as I do. Please hop on to see what the lovely Sandra Herzog has to share with us.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

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