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Cardinal Perler bead pattern

Cardinal Perler Bead Pattern

A side-standing cardinal layered in scarlet, deep red, and coral orange — pointed crest and black face mask make it a strong bird-themed charm or desk vignette. Scan the color usage before you start — edit, download, or print when you are ready.

Grid size
64 × 64
Category
Animal
Difficulty
Medium
Colors
21
Beads
1,032
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Color usage

Spice ×411
Tomato ×201
Cocoa ×151
Black ×83
Light Grey ×53
Rust ×36
Silver ×21
Grey ×18
Charcoal ×13
Apricot ×9
Cranapple ×7
Dark Grey ×7
Brown ×5
Butterscotch ×4
Orange ×3
Toasted Marshmallow ×3
Honey ×2
Pewter ×2
Stone ×1
Fawn ×1
Gold ×1

Making tips

  1. Lock crest and body outline

    Place the dark outline for the pointed crest, round body, short tail, and soft gray perch first. Keep the crest tip triangular and sharp.

  2. Fill scarlet head and body

    Lay large scarlet fields across head, body, and tail so the main blocks feel solid before wing shading.

  3. Add deep-red wing and black mask

    Place deep-red wing and belly shading, then the black face mask around the beak. The mask is small but signature — align it to the beak root.

  4. Finish orange beak and claws

    Add the orange-yellow beak with pale highlight, black eye and claws, and gray perch shadow. Scan rare beak highlights once more when done.

  5. Final check before ironing

    Double-check a sharp crest tip, complete black mask, and correct deep-red wing boundary before you iron.