I am in a swap group that does themed swaps. One of the January swaps focuses on symbols of the new year, and the swap organizer listed birches as one of the symbols. Apparently birches are very resilient so they are considered a sign of rebirth and the new year.
With that new fact in mind, I decided to use my new, never-been-used birch dies to create a care. I die cut the trees from watercolor paper and watercolored the bark to create the traditional dark gray patches. To create the background panel, I watercolored a blue sky and left the bottom third of the paper white to be snow. After placing the trees on the background, I painted two birds and added some shadows with gray paint, then added a sentiment.
This card is entered in these challenges:
NBUS #82 -- NBUS item is the birch tree dies
Crafts Galore Encore #143 -- anything goes
Colorful Options -- blues, whites and grays
Die-cut Divas -- use a new item
Word Art Wednesday #733 -- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- add a sentiment
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