Hello friends. I’ve got some super exciting news. As part of the DieCember celebrations over at Simon Says Stamp, they are giving away this beautiful Tim Holtz feathered cardinal thinlits die with any Tim Holtz brand purchase! I know! I squealed too!
This beautiful Tim Holtz feathered cardinal thinlits die is free with any Tim Holtz brand purchase from Simon Says Stamp, while supplies last. If you wish to add one to your collection, please do not delay.
Please note that when you add a Tim Holtz product to your shopping basket, the die will automatically be added, (while supplies last).
Let’s get into how I made this guy, his name is Cecil and is it just me, or does he look like a troublemaker? Have you noticed that Tim designs his birds, owls, animals with a look in their eyes? …just sayin! #troublemaker 😉
I die cut the feathered cardinal from distress watercolor cardstock and pulled the pieces through an ink wash on my glass media mat. Simply spray distress ink onto the glass media mat (2 sprays and 1 of water) and then dragged the cardstock through the inky wash and dried with a heat tool.
Next I blended in distress inks using a mini blending tool.
This is a very easy build, just 5 pieces and a little distress collage medium.
For the background, I dragged a piece of mixed media heavystock through the same ink wash and dried with a heat tool. I added some droplets that I picked up from the non stick mat portion of my glass media mat, the non stick mat makes the best ink droplets ever!! I added a background stamp from the music and advert CMS358 stamp set, stamped in distress archival ink.
I die cut a frame from the stitched ovals die set (661188) and some branches from the ghost town die set (664194) which I blended with distress ink. These are definitely my favourite of the small branches, they’re really twiggy. The dies are still available online, I’ve seen them on Amazon if anyone is looking for them. I also die cut some foliage from the mini holiday greens die set (661597).
I mounted the cardinal inside the frame on adhesive foam and added a sentiment from the tiny text christmas CMS424 stamp set.
Finally I mounted the card onto idea-ology metallic kraft-stock and used distress kraft heavystock for my card base, at 130gsm, it’s a really sturdy card base.
I seriously love this die and it’s going to make an appearance on my Christmas cards, tags and gift wrap this year. I hope you’ll celebrate DieCember over at Simon Says Stamp and grab yourself a feathered cardinal die, before they fly away!
Zoe
love this card my friend and I agree he does look like a troublemaker but an adorable on xxx
Cecil is a FFF aka Fine Feathered Friend…got mine last night when he went live….
I just love this card. It is something that should be framed. I just ordered mine a few minuets ago. I feed the winter birds and these beauty come every morning.
I love Cecil…I’ve been waiting for a cardinal die set with this kind of detail. I was almost in a panic to get to SSS to get this before it sold out. Thank you Tim and thank you Zoe for your inspiration. I’m sure this will be one of my most used dies.
Awesome card Zoe. The cardinaldie set looks stunning but living in The Netherlands and just received a order from SSS, I can only look at this beauty and what you Makers make with it.
I completely agree with you, all the animals Tim designd have a notty/troublemaker look.LOL.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.
Cecil looks pretty amazing to me, troublemaker or not. I love how you framed him. xx
I’m so loving the trouble maker Cecil! Gorgeous card.
Simply lovely – love the inky background and the berries echoing the deep red of your beautiful cardinal.
Alison x
Gorgeous bird, even if he is a troublemaker. What a great framed work of art! My bird’s already flying on his way to Wilmington, NC!
I love this card Zoe! It’s beautiful; I’m going to try it someday. Thank you for sharing.