Greetings artful SCS'ers, I am bringing a very visually rich card to the galleries today. You might want to put on your shades!
It's the fourth Tuesday of the month when the Teapotters make cards for one another. Anita (Snietje) is our hostess. She challenged us to use a face, stripes, and dots on our cards. It's been many years since I used this beautiful Stampa Rosa image and I immediately thought of it for my face. I love the thoughtful poise. And you know how it goes, one thing leads to another and down the rabbit hole one goes...
The vintage Basic Grey 'Marrakech' paper group from 2008 was perfect for the background, stylized stripes, the crimped frame strips were also 'Marrakech' and the 'Green at Heart' purple was a scrap. My pensive beauty was stamped onto gold vellum and embossed with super detail clear ep. I colored the back of the image with Copic on the lips and eyes. She was paper pieced and fussy cut. I bent the head to give it some dimension. Added a pearl necklace, amethyst earring, and a few glided leaves behind her. My dots are in her garment.
Todays' Inspriation Challenge visits a creative website: Running with Sisters. Filigree Wrap Bracelet. I thought the suede color and the silver pattern of the charms was perfect. I actually love the simplicity.
After all these luscious patterns and colors, I chose 'Bohemian' as my sentiment. And I ask: do you see yourself within that definition? Thank you for stopping by, I hope one of those bohemian words jumps right out at 'ya!!!
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2023 GMT Views: 852
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Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 23018
Sun, Feb 05, 2023 @ 5:43 AM
Love the colors - bright is good for vision impaired people like me! Your woman has such beautiful patrician features and I always have to smile at the bits of ephemera that find their way onto your cards - so much of that old trim stuff sits in my boxes, too (like the over embroidered floral head decor!)
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
I'm not a Hoarder . . . I'm the Curator of an extensive collection of embellishments!!
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6277
Sun, Feb 05, 2023 @ 7:33 AM
so much to see and you did great on paper piecing and fussy cutting for your great image on vellum and the dsp background just pops and see the crinkled ribbon, dots and stripes and of course a face
Registered: January 11, 2017 Location: Wisconsin summer and Arizona winter Posts: 19740
Sun, Feb 05, 2023 @ 8:20 AM
Fabulous creation Susan! I think many of our wonderful SCS can relate to the Bohemian lifestyle! Love all the texture, the woman so deep in thought...amazing!
------------------------------ Judy aka Gracie "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou