Friday, August 27, 2010

Chickadees


My sweet friend Judy Jung sent me this unmounted chicadee stamp last spring, and I thought it would be fun to try and cut it out and use it instead of my usual flowers for the CASE Study challenge, based on a card by Maki Jones.  I colored them with watercolor pencils, blending with a Dove Blender, then cut it out and added some red metallic gems.  The sentiment is from a clear Hero Arts Thanksgiving set, and the papers used for the background and label are from K&Company fall mat pads. 

16 comments:

donna mikasa said...

Oh, I love this, Lin! You do birds just as wonderful as you do flowers! I know we'll be seeing these chickadees again. Have a great weekend!

Virginia L. said...

BAUTIFUL!! EVerything you do with the birds are magic! This is just stunning!!

Diane Jaquay said...

I ADORE this card Lin, just beautiful!!!

Suzanne C said...

Wonderful. Love the chickadees and I have one that is my favorite bird stamp. This is a beautiful take on the original card.

Alice said...

WOW!!!!! i am in love with this one, LIn! your coloring on the chickadees are gorgeous and the warm fall colors are beautiful! fabulous card!!

Barb said...

What a sweet card, Lin! Love the chickadees and the way you've colored them! Pretty paper too!

Kelly Booth said...

Just Adorable Lin....Love this!!

Jacqueline said...

Another gorgeous entry for this challenge, love those birds!

Hellemor said...

Your card is so beautiful and the coloring is gorgeous. Love the stamp with the chickadees.

Ann said...

Such a sweet card - I always wondered what a chickadee was! They look very like our coal tits or maybe a willow tit. That colouring is perfect and such warm autumn colours - love it.

I hope you don't mind Lin but I've been lucky enough to receive a blog award this week and would love to pass it on to you. Please don't feel obliged to accept! I know some bloggers don't like them.

Aimes said...

Oh what a sweet card! Your colouring is gorgeous on those birds - I didn't even realise a chicadee was a type of bird! LOL!
Thanks so much for taking part in this week's CASE study!
Hugs,
Aimes
x

Sue said...

Now I am torn between the 2 Lin, I just love the colours and the colouring in this one too!! Thanks for squeezing in another beauty! :)

Andrea Ewen said...

And another wonderful card! My Lin, you really have some super creative energy going on here! Love the coloring on the birds and leaves and the fall theme is always appealing to me! Thanks for sharing!

CraftyMomOf3 said...

just gorgeous for the upcoming fall season!!!

Wanda G (stampcat) said...

This card is so pretty for Fall! I usually color birds in blues and bright colors - but I LOVE how you did them in the warm colors. Great blog! Have a nice day.

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

Oh I love this one - this stamp is terrific!!
Thank you for entering our challenge again!