Today for IC508 inspiration, Audrie took us to the fabby Horchow's webstore. She's right--hide your credit card! Wonderful, beautiful products and lots of inspiration for cardmakers. The colors of my birds were inspired by these bright cocktail napkins. I made the card for this week's MMTPT369 Teapotter Tickle challenge. The theme is Cleopatra. These brightly colored birds, complete with their gold head pieces may have silly expressions but they can certainly sing you a smile! I hope the Teapotter who receives my card in the exchange will like it.
As well, I am adding my card to the following challenges:
PTI right side opening A2 black base.
Tore paper bag, stamped SU world map in aged mahogany Distress ink, dried it with heat gun, crinkled it up, smoothed it out, inked edges-direct pad to paper, attached to card.
Tore white paper, stamped with Hero Arts newsprint stamp in SU slate gray, inked edges. Stamped misc Met Museum of Art Hieroglyphs on it and attached to card.
Die cut Sizzix branch from cereal box, PTI wreath (used pc of it across top) from MFT cork, Sizzix palm leaves. Distressed branch and cork, inked over embossed vein and distressed edges of palm leaves. Added leaves to card.
Stamped Stampotique Birdy Up in Versafine black. Added "Cleo" hair with black fine point Sharpie. Colored with DerWent Inktense watercolor pencils and blended with SU blender pen. Colored head pieces with gold Sharpie. Fussy cut each one.
Positioned branch and birds on card, glued branch down and attached birds with SU dimensionals. Glued down feet to branch (they are fragile and easily rip off.)
Added Wink of Stella clear glitter ink to bird wings and head pieces, cork and palm leaves.
This was a FUN card to make!
Thanks for looking!
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2015 GMT Views: 2602
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Paper: PTI, SU, Paper Studio, paper bag, cereal box, ? scrap of dp (printed leaf)
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Ranger distress, SU, Versafine
Accessories: Sizzix/PTI dies, Vagabond, MFT cork, paper bag, cereal box, TH scissors, DerWent Inktense pencils, SU watercolor blender pen, SU dimensionals, Wink of Stella glittrer brush, black + gold Sharpie markers, Ranger multi med matte
Techniques: watercoloring, fussy cutting, die cutting, torn paper, distress, direct pad to paper distress, crinkled paper
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 @ 6:09 AM
How fun! I love all the colors you used on your darling birds, and the unique setting !
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Mon, Aug 31, 2015 @ 5:11 PM
Can so tell you had fun...it is sooooo cute. and love the colors, very cheery, and will so for sure give the t-potter who receives it a big smile. I keep looking back at them and keep smiling myself...:0)....TFS
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.