Things are moving along with preparations for A Snowbird’s Song in November. I am working on kits (two are complete!), swap hostesses have come up with delectable ideas for exchanging lovelies, and menus are swirling about in my head.
Mostly of cookies and treats.
Probably because my head is often filled up with daydreams about cookies and treats.
I am so pumped for the party that I just had to get in on a swap. Terry, my dear sis, is hosting a card one, and I was happy to hear it because that is right up my alley. I propped myself down at my work table and whipped up a few while I was feeling the Christmas spirit.
(in this pic, one of the stars had slipped off because the glue was still wet, it has since been returned to her waist band)
This one featured the front of a vintage card with a circle opening, so I glued it to another card and cut a coordinating circle from that.
I lined that with printed vellum and put a colorful bird image behind the transparent vellum.
Backing the vellum, is a Christmas card envelope from the 50’s that I glued to the inside of the card. I saved the stamp from it and added that, along with a little girl, velvet ribbon, and a flower to the front.
Another sparkly, gold card was used for this as a backdrop, then was layered with neutral wallpaper (old), and a Victorian post card. I trimmed the postcard around the roses and glued it down to form a pocket.
The girl was glued down behind the roses with her arm outside the roses and she is holding a bouquet.
A note from a vintage card was cut out and slipped into the pocket.
Often I work with whatever was last left on my desk. All of the stars and sequins on some of these cards were from kit building. So are the pink ruffles on the first card, making the sugarplum fairy’s skirt, and on the edges of this vintage wallpaper.
The girl’s Santa hat is the same (it might need more fluff), all are trimmings from the hand dyed coffee filters I was using for some other kits.
We don’t have the number of cards needed until the swap is full, but I wanted to get a head start and figured that if I made too many, they wouldn’t go to waste.
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