A BIG CONGRATS to our Featured Stamper, Mary, aka jandjccc! What a fab gallery and Mary always leaves such lovely comments and spends most of her Sundays notifying people from the Favorites Thread.
After spending much time in Mary's beautiful gallery, I kept coming back to her Lonesome Bird. I love the greens (my fave!) and the bird, the moon..well I love the whole thing. So I kept those, but I used different images, made a frame around mine and added two punched birds instead of the one stamped bird.
I needed an anniversary card for my hubby, since Monday is our anniversary so I thought Mary's card would be the perfect one to case. I pulled out a long neglected Stampscapes image for this and after placing a circle mask for the moon, I sponged on the various green inks then stamped the image on top. A few wispy clouds were sponged across the moon and some highlights added to the trees and rocks. The reflected light on the water was done by scribbling a white Distress marker and a white gel pen then going over them w/ a water brush. The white gel pen was also used to add some stronger highlights to the water. The frame was die cut as were the flourish elements, then the punched birds and sentiment were added. The finished card is 6.25 x 4.50.
Congrats again, Mary, enjoy your week! Closeups and all the details are on my blog: The Write Stuff. I'd love for you stop by!
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012 GMT Views: 3954
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 7:29 PM
Love the evening shades of greens/blues....what a beautiful scene for the stream... Mary will absolutely love it......
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Posts: 38589
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
Oh Julie....your work is incredibly gorgeous. What a wonderful way to honor this precious Stamper!
------------------------------ Pat Smethers "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden." Isaiah 58:11
Stunning! Colour, mood, tones, reflections and fine detail- this card has it all done so beautifully. Straight into my favs so I can learn from it. TFS!!!
Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: dunlap tenn Posts: 47120
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 8:03 PM
Oh this is beautiful. I wish mine looked like this. I love the frame and the flourish die with the birds on each side. Just PERFECT. Thank you so much Julie for your kind comments. I really appreciate them.
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One of Kota's Kids Mary T.
Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7619
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 10:04 PM
What an incredible work of art. Love your saturated colors - so beautiful. The die-cut birds and branches add a wonderful detail to an already amazing card.
Registered: March 15, 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 11018
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 10:58 PM
WOW!!! Well, I started to case that card too, but now I think I will just sigh and look at how beautiful your AMAZING card looks!!! GORGEOUS!!! Julie, so fast into my favorites!!!