This is for Barbara's fun colour challenge using Hello Honey, Rose Red and Garden Green with a bonus dessert, Christmas. I hope Cleo qualifies as Christmas.
Cleo has mixed parentage, her head is a TH crazy bird stamp and her body is a PowerPoppy digi image, boots are by Unity, the sentiment by Darkroom Door and her hairdo is by me.
The background was made by adding several drops of green, pink and silver Izinks on a sheet of aluminium foil, squirt a lot of water on the foil and also on the cardstock - wetting the cardstock helps spread the Izink a bit further. Smoosh the cardstock around in the inky water. Set aside to air dry.
Cleo's body is painted with white acrylic paint, instead of brushing on the paint, jab it on thickly with a stippling brush - ok I didn't use a real stippling brush, that's what I rename all the brushes that I forget to wash before they dry. The scarf, hat and little branch were painted with Peerless Paints and an aqua pen. They paint on as easily as colouring with distress inks, I love them.
Cleo's hair was made by laying a scrap of acetate (from old packaging) over the crazy bird, using a Sharpie pen to draw the shape. When the acetate hair looks right, lay it over a piece of black cardstock and cut out. It is hard to see in the photo, she has liquid pearls in her hair to resemble beads. Draw little lines of liquid pearls and allow to thoroughly dry. After it is dry, cut very narrow strips to form her hair.
Add background stamp before adhering Cleo. Add liquid pearl 'berries'. MISTI stamping tool was great for the sentiment, it was stamped 3 times in versafine to make it solid black then cut out and adhered to Cleo. I hadn't planned on giving Cleo feet, but the card didn't look balanced especially with the berry tree taking up the top half of the card. Adding boots solved the problem.
Thank you for looking.
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 GMT Views: 1660
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Registered: June 29, 2010 Location: Recently moved to the seaside, with views over to the Isle of Wight Posts: 13689
Tue, Dec 01, 2015 @ 3:46 AM
Wow! What a work of art Susie - I love how you combined so many elements, ending with a fabulous and fun card. Also adore your 'how-to' especially the 'stippling' brushes .. lol ...
Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71906
Tue, Dec 01, 2015 @ 5:57 AM
I love how you give each and everyone of your characters a personality. Not too many snowwomen have hair and shoes. This is the cutest. Love the deets. TFS
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Registered: January 27, 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 51686
Tue, Dec 01, 2015 @ 6:00 AM
You have made my day Susie - this is fabulous, just fabulous. I love that hair style - no wonder that little chickie is starring at "Big Bird", something went astray! Wonderful!
I always look forward to seeing the different ways you can use your TH bird stamp...love your creativity! From birds, to scary halloween creatures; to a giraffe and a snowman...whodathunk??? Very fun.
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Tue, Dec 01, 2015 @ 6:34 AM
I so LOVE your imagination and creativity. This is one decked out miss frosty. So cool...literally...pun wasn't meant at first but works well...lol..don't mind me its early and not totally awake yet....so fun a Christmas card it is...TFS...HUGS
------------------------------ 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.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Tue, Dec 01, 2015 @ 7:37 AM
Another HUGE smile here! Who but you would think of a Cleopatra snowman and I love it. Those berries look so real too! Love that the arms extend beyond the card too!
Such a creative card, Susie! The bird head and hairdo are very clever and the *stippled* snow looks so real! You must have had so much fun making this!