Stepping Towards Christmas with Rhonda

Monday greetings to you!  It's Rhonda here to host the blog for you today.

I've got a step card to share with you today with a bit of an unconventional holiday color scheme.  This card was created with our Step Card and Snowflakes dies and several of our newer release dies as well.

The Step Card die made quick work of creating the base for my card. I honestly just love this die!  Once I had my base and layers created, I inked and then stitched them down for a little added interest and texture.

I chose the Shuttered Window with Flower Box and decided to layer the Birch Tree die behind it.  I did cut the tree twice, then angled the top branches off to the side for this effect.  I modified my Bird a bit by cutting the back wing and angling it a bit, then I inked and added a coat of Glossy Accents.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Step Card - B348

Shuttered Window with Flower Box - FRM151

Birch Tree with Cute Critters - B370

Miniature Rose - B152

Medium Rose - B154

Embellishment 2 - B188

Snowflakes - C146

Ivy Strip - B304

Birds of Earth and Sky - B349

Tiny Fanciful Flourish Right and Left - B387

Please join us this week for our fun "Tag - You're It!' challenge! We love to see all of your beautiful projects -- and you could be the happy winner of a $20 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Thanks so much for stopping on over to the blog today.  Have a happy Monday!

~ Rhonda