The Winterly Treetops stamp set has some bird images as well as a pretty greenery swag for you to color or you can use the dies to simply crop bird images from the DSP to use as your focal point. I showed a few of these cards on a Facebook Live video, and for this blog post, I will concentrate on the cards where I colored the birds and greenery swag. You can view the video showing these cards here.

For this card, I colored the birds to make them look like a little bird called the Tufted Titmouse. They are cute little birds, and they actually visit our yard in the spring and fall during their migration times.

Here are the cardstock requirements for this card:

• Card Base: Pool Party – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
• First Layer: Nests of Winter DSP – 4 7/8″ x 3 3/8″
• Cropped Layer: Shaded Spruce – 5″ x 3 1/2″, crop with the large background die and adhere to the top of the DSP layer
• Birds: Basic White – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
• Greeting: Scrap of Basic White
• Inside: Basic White – 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Inside Strip: Nests of Winter DSP (same as the DSP for the front) – 4″ x 1″

I used these colors of Stampin’ Blends to color the birds – Lt & Dk Balmy Blue, Lt Wild Wheat,  Lt Gray Granite, and Lt Basic Back for the beaks. I used Real Red for the Berries and Lt & Dk Pecan Pie for the branch. After coloring and cropping with the coordinating die, I adhered it to the card front with dimensionals.

The greeting is from a favorite retired set called Good Greetings, stamped with Memento and fussy cut, then adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

Add a few of the Cherry Cobbler adhesive berries for a little bling and extra interest.

Here is another Christmas card I designed with this set using the same bird image as the last card, but colored the birds to resemble the beautiful red cardinals. There are so many of these birds in our yard year round and they look so pretty in the green bushes or snow!

Cardstock requirements for this card are as follows:

• Card Base: Shaded Spruce – 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
• First Layer: Nests of Winter DSP – 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Second Layer: Basic White – 5″ x 3 1/2″, cropped with the Garden Meadows die and embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder. This is adhered to the card with dimensionals.
• Birds: Basic White – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
• Swag: Basic White – 4″ x 2 1/2″
• Greeting: Scrap of Basic White
• Inside: Basic White – 5 1/4″ x 4″

I demonstrated how to color/shade the birds on my Facebook video, and you can watch that here. For the birds I used Stampin’ Blends in these colors – Lt & Dk Cherry Cobbler, Lt Wild Wheat, Lt Smoky Slate, Lt Basic Black. As an alternative, you could use Real Red instead of Cherry Cobbler and Gray Granite instead of Smoky Slate. The brach is colored with Lt & Dk Pecan Pie and the berries with Real Red. Crop and adhere to the card with dimensionals.

I colored the greenery swag with Lt & Dk Granny Apple Green, Dk Shaded Spruce and Real Red for the berries. Crop and glue to the top of the arched white piece.

I used a greeting from the retired Good Greetings stamp set, stamped with Memento and fussy cut, then adhered with dimensionals.

If desired, apply a little wink of Stella to the berries for added glimmer.

For the inside of these cards, stamp your favorite sentiment. Add a coordinating strip of DSP to the top or side if desired, or stamp a small design in one of the corners.

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