For today's Things That Fly MIX66 challenge, which, for birds at least, combines wonderfully with the Wood You Like a Challenge theme of the F4A challenge.
I gave Foxy Oxi another go, inspired by a card I saw this week when I was on gallery mod duty. As with previous attempts, the result on mine is negligible. I don't know if what I am using as the nearest thing I can find to Oxi-Clean isn't strong enough...Anyway, by the time I got back from a trip to town, it gave me a lovely woody weathered piece to use for my background!
I'd misted watercolour paper, dabbed re-inkers over it and sprinkled with the Oxi-Clean substitute. When I got home it was nicely dry, so I wiped off all the crystals and stamped it with Hardwood in Walnut Stain. Trimmed it down and added it to a base sponged with Peeled Paint distress stain and stamped with Hardwood.
It's weird, because in real life the sentiment, which was embossed with clear EP, stands out more than the music notes which weren't. Hmm....
Because I wasn't thinking things through, my music notes and sentiment were on the same side of the card so I added a leaf to balance things out, but then with my coloured bird (thank you, Robin!!), all my colour is one one side. I should have had my branch running in the opposite direction, but I don't have time to start again and overall I quite like this card. The cork branch was gessoed and stamped with Hardwood because I didn't like the plain cork against my background, but since it's been on my desk from last week I wanted to use it up before it got damaged.
Date: Friday, May 2, 2014 GMT Views: 1384
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Fri, May 02, 2014 @ 8:49 PM
Wow Sabrina, this card is amazing. I have never heard of the oxy technique, but you have inspired me to check it out. The colors and layout along with the great use of techniques resulted in such a stunning card.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28962
Sat, May 03, 2014 @ 5:54 AM
Whoa! Awesome bird!!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 13, 2012 Location: Southern Florida Posts: 5253
Sun, May 04, 2014 @ 5:18 AM
So beautiful, Sabrina! Truly a mixed media masterpiece!
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Registered: May 25, 2006 Location: So. Oregon Posts: 122140
Sun, May 04, 2014 @ 8:42 PM
that leaf texture so looks real... someday that sentiment will be in stock when I order from them... I love this Sabrina, the colors are great and I really like that there is just a tiny bit of music for this bird to read too