A BIG CONGRATS to our Featured Stamper, Mary, aka jandjccc! What a fab gallery and Mary always leaves such lovely comments and spends most of her Sundays notifying people from the Favorites Thread.
After spending much time in Mary's beautiful gallery, I kept coming back to her Lonesome Bird. I love the greens (my fave!) and the bird, the moon..well I love the whole thing. So I kept those, but I used different images, made a frame around mine and added two punched birds instead of the one stamped bird.
I needed an anniversary card for my hubby, since Monday is our anniversary so I thought Mary's card would be the perfect one to case. I pulled out a long neglected Stampscapes image for this and after placing a circle mask for the moon, I sponged on the various green inks then stamped the image on top. A few wispy clouds were sponged across the moon and some highlights added to the trees and rocks. The reflected light on the water was done by scribbling a white Distress marker and a white gel pen then going over them w/ a water brush. The white gel pen was also used to add some stronger highlights to the water. The frame was die cut as were the flourish elements, then the punched birds and sentiment were added. The finished card is 6.25 x 4.50.
Congrats again, Mary, enjoy your week! Closeups and all the details are on my blog: The Write Stuff. I'd love for you stop by!
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
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Sun, Aug 26, 2012 @ 7:23 AM
Gorgeous, gorgeous colors, done most beautifully!!! I don't remember the last time something caught my eye like this. You have created a wonderful card and honored Mary in a great way Julie!!