The lefthand one uses a base cut from - isn't that serendipitous, I just made a full sheet using the TLC470 Serendipity Squares tutorial. I did record what I used but I don't see the point in listing it here. I cut my circle, added a tiny trimming of kraft from my desk for a perch, and then added the toucan, coloured with Inktense pencils and with clear Nuvo drops on his beak. I added a few little bits of gilding flakes, and edged it with white acrylic paint.
The second one uses a Tissue Paper Watercolor piece. I'd coloured it with Brushos and stuck it to card, but for some reason the image I stamped on it bled a little, so it was in my scrap box. I used the white paint stencilled through drywall mesh to obscure the stamped bit that showed on this piece, then I spattered it with gold Twinkling H2Os and edged it with Stickles. The poppies were cut from watercolour paper and coloured with Inktense pencils, plus some Mermaid Marker round the centres and black Stickles. I also added a bit of SN clear glitter pen to the flowers.
And I'm thinking that the rest of the tissue watercolour background will make a nice little underwater scene, I even have a fish on my desk waiting to go into it.
Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 GMT Views: 885
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Registered: June 13, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 23665
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 @ 8:53 AM
Both are fabulous but I love the poppy one. The colours are fabulous - love the blue and red together, with the splattering of gold. And the poppies are beautifully coloured.
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 59776
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 @ 11:39 AM
I love the one with the poppy!! Gorgeous and love the beautiful bg you made for this dimensional flower!
The other one is pretty too but the poppy steals the show!!
Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31437
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 @ 12:32 PM
Duh. I should have used something from scraps for this little thing. There's a reason that my scrap box and drawers just keep gettting more and more full. These are so sweet! Love both in their own different style. I especially like the blue Stickles edge. You can always win me over with glitter
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82297
Sat, Aug 25, 2018 @ 4:16 AM
These are so cute, Sabrina. Love your bgs and fun bird and flower. So well done!
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Sat, Aug 25, 2018 @ 9:33 AM
These are both great, Sabrina! The bird and his quilty background is really cute. Most of all though I love the poppy! The stenciling in the BG and the gold spatters really accentuate the red of the puppies!
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