For today's sketch, color challenge- pink & slate sky, & technique challenge-lets get clingy.
My first time with the cling wrap challenge proved to be unexpected results. I sprayed starch on white CS and dropped SU reinkers in pirouette pink & sky blue, than added more spray starch before placing cling wrap on tip and smooshing. Kept cling wrap on for 2 hrs and removed to find the ink soaked into the paper. I thought perhaps I did not use enough starch, so I attempted again, with again the same results. I'll try again, but with glossy paper, which I didn't have to begin with. I used the results for the punched flower strip border (panel #5) its mostly shades of pink with a hints of blue.
The tag (panel #6) is gray gauze paper; scallop punched the bottom end, added a diecut wren.
The ribbon (panel #7) is longer than sketch, so I could place embellishments on both ends.
I also diecut a small tag with heart cutout to add to panel 6.
Finished with hole punch on panel 6 adding raffia to both tags and assembled.
This card is for my mom's 80th birthday in May. Her favorite things are birds & flowers.
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 GMT Views: 850
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Wed, Apr 26, 2017 @ 3:54 PM
This is lovely and very sweet...a great combination of elements!
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Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70111
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 @ 5:21 PM
Gorgeous! All your efforts paid off. Great job combining the challenges. Nicely done with each of them. Love the die-cuts. Terrific tags. A wonderful card for your mother's 80th. TFS
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131450
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 @ 11:38 PM
Sweet! I love the little birds and the heart tag.
I used glossy card the first times I tried this, because it was what Robin suggested last year. But since I really wanted to try it on black and didn't have glossy black, I used regular - but that was with powders. And Lydia's tutorial suggests watercolour paper, which is definitely absorbent, so maybe it's just a case of experimenting if you like the look, and passing on if you think it's not for you. There are certainly some techniques that I try twice and then give up ;-). Did you leave the wrap quite wrinkled a d not pressed down too firmly on the card? Thanks for taking time to try it when your garden is calling you.