Cardmaking - hand decorated paper, a fussy cut bird and some bright chevrons

This card is the one that is going to be late as yesterday was her birthday!!! I started with a warm red card and added a section of hand decorated paper (inkjet ink).  I added paper piercing with my pattern tracing wheel before adhering it to my card.  The bird (colouring page) was laser printed and fussy cut close to the edge.  I watercoloured it to coordinate with the paper but I see that I forgot the eye and the beak!!  I added some bright yellow chevrons to create a bit of motion and to give the branch a place to sit.  She is very artistic and I am sure she will appreciate it even though it is late!!  Therese
 

Cardmaking - layered & collaged napkin on hand decorated paper & hand stitching

I worked on the special cards I needed for the new year a few days ago and managed to get them off to the post office but time will tell when they will arrive.  One is already late due to my inattention to the deadlines!!

This card is for my brother.  I started with a hand decorated piece of paper to which I adhered  swatch of napkin with sailboats on it.  Once it was dry I added orange stab stitches at the top and the bottom to provide some texture.  I added some gold metallic dots on both the left and right edges.  I used a tiny brush but another medium might have worked better for consistency of the mark but the colour was perfect!!! I adhered this large element to yellow card front.  Therese