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I have so many bird stamps that I couldn't decide which one to use to make a card for the Best of Birds category at the festival - so in the end I used none. Instead I found scraps of all sorts of backgrounds in a rainbow of colours and made a peacock. I already had the background, because LIDL recently had some glossy photo paper and I was curious (hopeful) to see whether it would work with DOX inks, smooshing them and then sponging all the oxidation off. As you can see - it worked. Yay. I stencilled some texture paste over the bottom part, added some brown fibre for the bird to perch on, and then decided to stencil a few stars with gold paint, sprinkled with gold glitter, in the top part. Stuck the piece to a white base and added black pen borders.
I stole the feet from a cardinal! I don't know why the peacock didn't come with any. The cardinal ones aren't really long enough, but for a perching bird they'll do.
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 GMT Views: 718
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Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7372
Wed, Nov 28, 2018 @ 11:05 PM
What a wonderfully colourful tail feathers this peacock has. Any bird would be so proud of them and would definitely delight in putting them on display as only a peacock can. Brilliant background to go with the overall bright and splash colour combinations.
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90989
Thu, Nov 29, 2018 @ 7:29 AM
OH MY GOODNESS Sabrina I love the Peacock, love the bright colors, and did you glue all those feathers? Individually? The BG is amazing and the added stenciling paste is super on the BG too. Not sure why your peacock did not come with feet as he needs to stand proud on this card although (It has been a while since I have stood next to a peacock) I am not sure that their legs are much longer than they appear on this peacock so I think they are great.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Sat, Dec 01, 2018 @ 9:12 PM
Wow so much work went into "pruning" her tail for the show....STUNNING!!!! what a neat bg...that did work so well with the smooshing....a person should make ones own bg more...its neat what you guys do, I keep chickening out...that and forgetting to try and without thinking just grab paper....LOVE , LOVE, LOVE the colors....TFs..:0)
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