I believe this is the first time I’m entering into the Four Seasons challenge which is currently winter season but I did like the mood board and it inspired me to use a birch/aspen tree stencil. It was started yesterday and in the meantime a new note for the Make the Card challenge showed up so I decided to make the card fit both challenges. As mentioned I began with a stencil and I used VersaMark through the stencil and then heat embossed in white. Using Distress Oxides and various blues, I sponged over the piece until I got the coverage I desired. I wanted to add a pop of red so I took a stamp from the Bird Friends stamp set by the Cat’s Pajamas and I stamped one of the birds in red ink. Using a die from this set I cut him out and popped him up on the panel. From the same set I used the sentiment stamp, which to me suggests encouragement making it fit the make the card challenge, and once stamped I fussy cut it out. Not being happy with how it looked on the card front I added it to a red scrap and then fussy cut again leaving a thin border. As well I die cut one of the tiny birds from a SSS die set and added him. I quite like how this one turned out.
Lavender House Creations 
Beautiful card! Love the red birds.
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Thanks Lisa
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Lovely. That’s awesome stencil and great card for the challenges.
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Thanks – I had fun doing this one.
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Lovely winter card. I really like the red birds.
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Sometimes a pop of red says a lot on an otherwise simple card. thanks
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Very pretty wintery scene, love the pop of color with the red birds! Thank you for joining our challenge at Four seasons!
Diane FS DT
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Happy you like it. Enjoyed playing.
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Thanks a lot.
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Beautiful card and great for both challenges! Love the pop of red with your wintery blue and white.
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It was fun to make.
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Just beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Make The Cards Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
MAKE THE CARDS CHALLENGE
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P.S. Thanks for also sharing this beautiful with us over on the FOUR SEASONS CHALLENGE
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Beautiful winter card. The pop of red adds so much to this wintery scene.
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This is a beautiful card Johanna! The red birds really do pop and that sentiment is quite encouraging.
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Gorgeous card, love your stenciled background! Thanks for playing with us at Make the Cards Challenge!
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Thanks. Without the red it would have been very bland.
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I’ve always love that sentiment, and it is perfect for our challenge this time at Make the Cards, thanks for joining us!
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What a stunning card–the soft blues and the bold red colors are really wonderful together. A great addition to our encouragement challenge. Thank you for sharing with us at Make the Cards Challenge and we hope you join us again soon!
Anna, Design Team
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Beautiful. Love those trees abdvths color. Thanks for playing along with us at MTCC
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