Christmas in August

Hey and welcome to Christmas!  Okay, not really but I am pretending for today that's it Christmas because my card I have to share is themed after this holiday. 

At Aud Sentiments this week our challenge is a "Merry Christmas: card.  Our sponsor, The Stamping Boutique, graciously offered the design team images to work and I chose this cardinal.  It's Virginia's state  bird.   They are such a joy to see in the winter months.  I love spotting the bright red amidst bare trees or snow covered grounds.  The males are completely red.  Often they have a tad bit of orange mixed in.  I colored my cardinal in reds and  oranges then highlighted with some glitter.  I have to get my sparkle in somehow.  :-)

I used scraps again.  That pile is growing!  Not dimensioning as I had hoped!  I used a Bazzill swiss dot border under the American Crafts brown ribbon.  I punched an oval and then added some lace trim to give a Victorian touch.  The sentiment stamp is from SEI.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Card Patterns: #126 Sketch
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long: Gimme the bird
Clearly Inspired: #33 Things with Wings
Crafty Sentiments: Christmas
Do It with Digis: #16 Christmas in August
Fussy & Fancy: Christmas In July
Let's Craft and Create: #25 Go Digi
Paper Play: Christmas in August
Lil Red Wagon: #92 Put a critter on it
Stamp Something: Use a Digi
Totally Gorjuss: #91 Christmas in July!
Totally Papercrafts: #78 Hoidays

*****My 500 post giveaway can be found here!  I hope you will join in for a chance to win!  You have until Sept. 4th to enter.*****

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