This is for Lydia's fun mixed media challenge "Say what you want"...loose handwriting that is illegible - so I will tell you what this says.
Dear Melanie, we think your last make-over was a bit extreme, in fact we hardly recognise you. We loved you just the way you were. Big squishy hugs from you BFF's Meg and Goldie.
ROTFL...I didn't really say that, I wrote "You are my sunshine" song. This was heaps of fun to make, with the usual smack & squirt technique. Smack distress ink onto aluminium foil, squirt on a lot of water and because I was too lazy to mask Melanie, Meg and Goldie, I added a bit more water than usual so I could control the sponging around them. I started with the blue first.....unfortunately I was so distracted by the Olympics on the TV, that I started colouring from the bottom....blue grass was not the look I was going for.
I did the sky next...the ink was already ready to use LOL. Once the grass had completely dried, I used green distress inks, green Distress Crayons and Prismacolour pencils. The few flicks of white were made with a Sharpie paint pen. Elizabeth did a fabulous tutorial last month "Outdoor backgrounds" Outdoor Backgrounds Tutorials at Splitcoaststampers whilst my grass is not exactly the same, I used Elizabeths method over the top of the distress ink. Trees were stamped, doodled the border and added a fence.
Doing the writing was the last thing I did. With very little pressure I wrote on the exposed sky with a Staedtler HB pencil. I figured I could rub it out and start again if it didn't look right. I love this technique!!
Thanks for looking ladies and have a happy weekend.
Date: Friday, August 19, 2016 GMT Views: 3040
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Sat, Aug 20, 2016 @ 6:09 PM
This is so cute Susie!! Your bird on the left looks to be whistling like Oh, pay no attention to me (because your penguin looks MAD!) I love your writing and the bg trees and grass to! Such a fun card!!!
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Sun, Aug 21, 2016 @ 12:41 AM
Darn, my gallery notifications are NOT working properly and I need to learn the habit of checking the galleries I should get notifications for. So....I'm glad I get to notify s today. What a hilarious card... I wondered if that was a Katzelcraft bird, I didn't tink even you could have given a Bird Crazy such a total makeover.
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Sun, Aug 21, 2016 @ 11:31 AM
Oh, sis, this is yet another FABULOUS card, and what a giggle! I giggled a lot about the makeovers given who you mentioned! Hehe! Yes, those were definitely NOT good ones! But, wow, you just are amazing and so delightful and tickle us all with your work. I imagine that you smile throughout your process - well, at least most of the time. Just wish I were there to see you work! Squishy hugs, sweet sis! Love you lots! xoxo
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