12 Tags of Christmas Day 12!

Yay we made it! Are you feelin’ the merry? I sure am!

Julie chose the “12 Days of Christmas” as her carol for today and believe it or not I had no stamps to go with ANY of the days…so here’s my “partridge in a pear tree”! lol!

You may recognize this lil guy as one of the birds in Backyard Bird Friends, all decked out with a hat from Bear Ware 5 — yep, the wares aren’t just for bears! :)

Here are the colors I used:

• Hat: I started out with a base color of pyrrol red and then dropped in a bit of deep scarlet along the right edge. Pro tip: after dropping in color just step back and watch it dry — don’t fuss with it! You’ll be rewarded with the most awesome shading.
• Wings and body: I had some black tourmaline genuine on my desk for another project so I tried it for the birdie — and I love how it turned out! So pretty.
• Belly: This is Sedona genuine — it’s so pretty and soft. I added in a tiny bit of pyrrol red to tie it in with the hat

And then I finished it off with some snowball droplets, including one as a pom-pom on his hat!

Supplies

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Essentials 5ml – Set of 6, DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors

Pyrrol Red, DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors 5ml Tubes

Deep Scarlet, DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors 15ml Tubes

Sedona Genuine, DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors 15ml Tubes

Black Tourmaline Genuine (PrimaTek), DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors 15ml Tubes

Backyard Bird Friends by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps

Backyard Bird Friends by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies

Bear Ware 5 by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps

Bear Ware 5 by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies

Snowball Droplets, Essentials by Ellen Embellishments

Prizes!

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Thanks so much for joining me, and may your days be merry and bright!