A Year of Peace ~ February

 Hi friends!

My word for 2025 is Peace

(you can read all about that here if you like!)

and this is my February PEACE-ful creation 💓

One of my goals for this year was to find my way back

to finding what brings me joy and inner peace.

Cardmaking is definitely on that list! 

I wanted to create a that reflected peace in some way 

and decided to have fun with some primitive crows!

They are now ............ winter cardinals!

I envisioned a serene, peaceful, calm snowy winter scene.

I chose several @Whimsy Stamps for this one:

* A Murder Of Crows die set +

* Snowy Trees die set 

(which is one sale right now!)

I did light watercoloring and die cut the trees

and paint splattered the background for faux snow.

My monthly card group that I was invited to join

had a theme to create a Christmas card with a matching envelope

and I carried over the designer paper (the crows) 

to the inside of the card and as an envelope flap, safe for mailing.

Looking at it now, again, it seems 'unfinished.'

Since the Merry Christmas is on the inside, 

I didn't put much thought

into a message being missing from the front.

I'm second guessing that now but now it's out there, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

CHF .... For the birds!

Hi friends! 

It's time again for another challenge over at

 Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge blog and this week,

our challenge is brought to us by DT member, Steph!

 

Her challenge:  Creating a background with stamps.

My head was swimming with ideas as soon as I saw this challenge

            and knew I wanted to work with this stamp ~ the absolutely
                          gorgeous Wood Grain backgrounder stamp.

*Swoon!*

I stamped it out in a variety of colors and

ended up going with a rich, darker brown.

I wanted to keep my card simple, so I added a simple grosgrain ribbon,

twine and Cardinal bird image, also from Cornish Heritage Farms ..

and a little button to finish it off.
I added a tiny bit of glitter dust to the leaves - hard to catch on film :)
Simple but quiet, serene, peaceful ♥

 

Before I go, you may remember on this post a small bird that dh
brought home after a storm - found on the sidewalk with no mommy,
no nest, no shelter :*(  My daughter nursed it through the night
around the clock and the next day we took it took a bird sanctuary.
It turns out it was around 10 days old or so and a morning dove ~
they graciously took it in and called us a week or so later to tell
us it had done quite well and released back into the wild!
Such a happy ending!

                   To play create a card using CHF images.

You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project with a Cornish Heritage Farms.

Be sure to link up your cards here on the CHF blog and see what the

DT has created with backgrounds this week :)

As Always,
Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

I'll link this card to:  Addicted to Stamps - Outdoors
Dragonfly Challenge - Things with Wings
Crafts and me - Add Wings
Fussy and Fancy - Things with Wings
Open Minded crafting 12 -  something with wings