What lovely buttons on today's board! I was inspired by THIS & I knew exactly which image to use. I love these horses & I decided to color them to resemble Indian Paints.
I also did a somewhat tricky technique I'm calling Double Die Cutting. I did an 8 pic tutorial to show how I did it because the inner image circle is still part of the white frame.
To finish, I stamped the mill scene onto textured chocolate using the sepia ink twice then added the highlights w/ a white Prismacolor pencil. The leftover outer stitched circle frame was colored w/ a Copic & put back around the image. A punched fence was attached behind the image & the oval stitched greeting added on top.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups, the tutorial, Copic colors & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2015 GMT Views: 1545
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Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:41 AM
WOW Julie - I just saw this upload. I couldn't tell you which part I love the most because each element is amazing. I will have to look at that tutorial. Pure perfection as always!
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Registered: March 29, 2011 Location: Covington, WA Posts: 32470
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:05 AM
Another wow Julie! Beautiful card, I'm really drawn to your bg. I love how it's the reverse of the colors of your image panel-which is brilliantly colored.
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50670
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:34 AM
I figured someone would go for that horse button ;) This is amazing Julie! Your combo out of the box-into the window technique is so cool!! Fabulous inspired card!
Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70592
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:57 AM
Wow - I join in the Wow chorus. This is gorgeous, so rich and lovely in texture & design. Your coloring is fabulous! Love this card. Very nicely done. TFS
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 @ 11:56 AM
Your cards are always exceptional, Julie. This looks like it took weeks to make. I love the white highlights on the brown bg panel, contrasted with the white panels. Do you have engeneering in your past to be able to get those die cuts to work together so well.