Tag: New Zealand Birds

Meri Kirihimete from Aoteraroa New Zealand

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Kia ora Koutou

This is my penultimate Christmas card for the year and I have my final New Zealand themed Christmas card. I have used a similar design that I have used in the past but this time I changed the orientation and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies for the background and used pink papers and a pink poinsettia for a more non-traditional feel to go with the summer Christmas themes. Once again I have used the fantail image from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop as my focal point on a background of stenciled clouds. The Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Poinsettia and Winter Greenery Honey Cuts are just gorgeous and make it so easy to create beautiful bouquets of flowers and foliage on my cards.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Circle Dies

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Winter’s Eve Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Stamp and Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Ballet Slippers, Sparkling Rose, Bubblegum, Lemon Whip, Sky Blue, Summer Shower

Rubber Stamps by Montarga – 1237G Fantail on a Branch

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers 

Fine Black Pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Cardsz,.

White gel pen

Concord & 9 Cardstock Nutmeg, Sprout

House of Paper Cardstock – Latte

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

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Wishing You a Wonderful Kiwi Christmas

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I have another Kiwi Christmas card to share with you today that features a gorgeous Tui using a stamp from Montarga Rubber Stamps. The Tui looks black but the colours when up close are purple/blue, green and bronze iridescent colours but as I am still learning about Copic markers I have stuck to blues and purple colours. You can find more on the Tui here.

I have used a range of Heartfelt Creations, Amazing Paper Grace and Honey Bee Stamps products to make this card and I was very happy with the result. I love how the tui on the flax branch just organically rises up from the poinsettia and Christmas foliage. I have die cut the leaf image from the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers in silver to represent the silver fern and make it uniquely New Zealand.

Scroll past the photos to get to the full list of products I have used.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Festive Winterscape Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lanterns Stamp and Die sets

Amazing Paper Grace Petite Picot Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Ovals

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers

Rubber Stamps by Montarga 1999 Tui on a Flax Bush

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Copic Markers 

White gel pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Alabaster

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Card

Concord & 9 Cardstock Nutmeg, Sprout, Cranberry, Evergreen

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Silver mica powder

Green mica powder

Craft Artist Mica Magic

A Kiwi Holiday Card

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Today I have another non-traditional New Zealand themed Christmas card featuring a Tui to share with you. The Tui is a bird native to New Zealand and it is very distinctive with very dark almost black feathers and a tuft of white features on it’s chin. We have a lot of Tuis where I live and one time I counted about 40 to 50 birds in a kowhai tree having a feeding frenzy but they can be noisy and at times drive me nuts!! You can find more information about the Tui here.

For my card I have combined Heartfelt Creations decorative dies and papers with Spellbinders, Honey Bee Stamps and Amazing Paper Grace dies to created this card. The full list of products I used is listed after the photos. I was very happy with how this card turned out as the colours worked perfectly together to coordinate with the purple and blue bird. I have also used Wink of Stella on the bird to add some sparkle and replicate the iridescent blue/purple feathers.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Holiday Star Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper 

Heartfelt Creations Elaborate Oval Frame

Heartfelt Creations Starry Holiday Greetings Stamp and Die set – die cut the sentiment from the Holiday Star Paper Collection and another plain sentiment.

Rubber Stamps by Montarga 1999 Tui on a Flax Bush

Spellbinders Sealed Holly Sprigs Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop up 3D Vignette Sleigh 

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers

Nuvo Crystal Drops – Red Berry

Spellbinders Silver Pearls

Foam squares

3D Crystal Lacquer

Bearly Art Glue

Wink of Stella

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Copic Markers – B99, B24, BV10, BG5,BV08, V09, V17, E29, E25, E99, E31, G99, G94, YG25, YGO6

White gel pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, 

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Card

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Ranger Archival ink – Periwinkle

Flower Shaping Tools

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