Cardinal

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Christmas Cardinal

May I present . . . cardinal version #2. As you can see, I do improve from year to year! I love how the snow-covered blue berries turned out on either side of the bird. (The card is pressed flat in the photo, so the front is on the right, and the back on the left.) Notice how the  reds on the bird are really tinted toward orange and yellow? Thus, the blues compliment the warm red color very nicely. Conversely, on the back of the card more clear and bluish. You can see how the green leaves go much more nicely with that shade of red.