Polly is hosting this week's lovely teaparty for Cammie, a friend of SCS'r SueEllen (bgpunky). Our challenge is to use stencil/s and purple is Cammie's fav colour.
I started with a very washed out piece of cardstock that had some purple brusho on it and a lot of blank white patches.
Everything here is stenciled using distress inks and one small make up brush. Extra background colour was randomly added using the same brush (I don't worry about cleaning it, the good thing about the brush is very little colour stays on the bristles/hairs).
The birds seemed to fade into the background so I replaced the bird stencil and added some modeling paste coloured with a few drops of liquid ink.
I touched one of the birds to see if she was dry...ooops, bad move. Instead of trying to repair it, I used a tooth pick to rough up the paste then I scribbled a purple distress crayon over the roughed up paste.
Thanks very much for looking. I hope you get a chance to send Teapotter hugs to Cammie in Florida. Stay safe.
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 GMT Views: 1123
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74733
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 6:59 PM
Ooh, love your bird card. Good idea to rough up those legs. What a super duper scene. I will be on the lookout for a bird outside my window to see if I see one like yours. I sure hope so.
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6253
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 9:26 PM
WOW and WOW what is not to like about your card---great job stenciling and all the extras that went into making such a neat card. Kudos for using purple tooooooooo!
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40326
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 10:16 PM
Beautiful stencilled bg, Susie, and the purple birds look fabulous! I like the texture on them. Hope you are doing okay down there in lockdown, strange times, aren't they?
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82296
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 3:51 AM
A masterpiece. I lovely every stroke with a toothpick, brush, hand, or whatever. The birds are wonderfully done and the bg is amazing.
So in my head, my BAJ pages look like this, but then they never get there. You are so talented.
Many hugz
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 5:42 AM
You have such a talent for creating these wonderful, magical, fantasy scenes. Lucky the person who received this! Your mixed media work amazes me and your use of color is fabulous. Love that you used paste to add dimension to the birds too. This is so well done.
Registered: January 11, 2017 Location: Wisconsin summer and Arizona winter Posts: 19734
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 9:44 AM
What a wonderful, cheery scene with those 2 adorable birds! You sound just like me...touching things before they dry. I'm very impatient when creating. Cammie will love this fantastic piece of art!
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Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 14982
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 3:34 PM
Fabulous card and so fun and cheerful. Love the birds and can't find your oops at all. As Stiz said above, you have a talent for creating these beautiful mixed media cards. Love it!
Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 6092
Thu, Apr 09, 2020 @ 6:08 PM
Wow I would love to watch your creative process, this is just amazing, Love the texture that you gave to the birds, an accident that turned out so cool, that background is just too terrific!