It gave me the perfect motivation to finally, finally do something with this stamped image which I blush to admit has been on my desk for almost two years. The stamp was a birthday gift, and not long after receiving it, I stamped it on a page coated with gesso, embossed it, and coloured it with Twinkling H2Os. And, being larger than my regular card, it has sat there ever since. A bit of a miracle that it was still in pristine condition!! So, I just added the sentiment, and then a lot of foliage and flowers. The foliage was stamped using French Foliage and different green inks on several scraps of green DP, and most of the leaves are shaped with a stylus.
For the frame, which was a cheap one from the e2 store, I sanded it and then added torn paper, using Mod Podge for my adhesive. When it was totally dry, I added a coat of gesso. I tried stamping on it, and it looked quite good, but my new fixative doesn't seem to work as well as my last brand - when I started adding the varnish, the stamped images smudged and blurred. Thankfully I was going for an old look so I was OK with that. Two coats of varnish, and then I added the picture into the frame, tucking some of the leaves and flowers over it, and adding a couple to trail out in one corner.
Thanks, Lisa!!
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Fri, Mar 25, 2016 @ 6:02 AM
Sabrina - this is a lovely work of art! I love how you did the frame, the flowers add great dimension, and of course the sentiment and bird are lovely too! And what a great feeling to have completed (and found) this project after so long!!
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Sat, Mar 26, 2016 @ 7:24 PM
This is over-the-top gorgeous!! I LOVE the frame wrapped in newsprint and the beautifully colored bird image. Sabrina, you created a fantastic piece of art!!!