Starlight Snow Day by Jean Okimoto

Backyard Wren - from a previous release - was a bit neglected during the current flurry of holiday designs from our Christmas '23 Collection. He's joining the party, with a hat borrowed from Bundled Bird, on a Starlight Snow backdrop. Hi, Jean here with another winter scene for holiday inspiration.

Prep a 6" square of dark blue/gray cardstock with the embossing powder tool. Stencil the Starlight Snow design with Wedding Dress Memento Luxe. Heat-emboss it with detail white embossing powder. Trim it with the 3.5" wide Nested Globes die.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to tan, red and white wool-blend felt. The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it. Cut the main section of Backyard Wren from the tan felt.

We're using the Bundled Bird's hat - but we need it to face the opposite direction. Diecut the red and white felt from the reverse side (paper-side-up) to create a custom hat for Backyard Wren.

Cut the wings from the copper Rainbow Reflections 6x6. Cut the beak section (it goes behind the main felt piece) from orange cardstock and color the eye area with a black marker. Cut the head overlay from light kraft cardstock.

Cut the Poinsettia Stem branch from kraft cardstock.

Cut the Brilliant Joy background from heavy white cardstock. Pressure-emboss it with the detailed Brilliant Joy die using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine. Cut red cardstock with the detailed die and attach the individual letters to the pressure-embossed white background. Attach red cardstock scraps behind the cutouts in the letters O and Y.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4.5" x 6.25") - use foam dots for the bird and greeting. Attach clear Christmas Fairy Dewdrops. Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

A lot of little details here...thanks for visiting our blog!