The challenge to-day was a fun one..to use yellow.. not a colour I use regularly but this little chick is just the sweetest thing and I couldn't resist! This week my stamp group learned the barn board technique. We used Mr Holtz distress ink and after scoring the boards dragged each pad down the paper. The conversation finally turned to 'knot-holes'..as it does.. so that was our next experiment. I absolutely love this little birdie ..he has such an expressive face and he looks like the kind of bird who would forget someone's very important birthday! I watercoloured him with banana, summer sun and pumpkin pie and fussy cut around him then popped his little head on a foam dot. The sign is a scrap with lines drawn to represent wood-grain. Hope he remembers the birthday next time or he will never get out of that hole he is in!
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 GMT Views: 1106
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Thu, Mar 10, 2016 @ 12:57 PM
Oh Mrs. Noofy, this is so funny. Love the sentiment almost as much as I do the sweetly colored image. Oh hell, this is a damn sweet card, girl. This isn't, by chance, Mr. Noofy's card is it?
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Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7326
Thu, Mar 10, 2016 @ 1:00 PM
Just beautiful. Love your description of how you built your barn door. It looks so very good. No wonder that cute little bird is in hiding after forgetting a birthday - he does have the "oh no - I forgot" look to him. All is forgiven.
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31114
Fri, Mar 11, 2016 @ 9:43 AM
Sue, you crack me up! Blaming the bird for the forgotten birthday event? Lol! Beautiful wood grain bg for your peep, and that sign....well let's just say that's why I laughed out loud all by myself!
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Registered: June 14, 2006 Location: Penticton, B.C. Canada Posts: 859
Fri, Mar 11, 2016 @ 2:49 PM
Your abbreviated sentiment gave me a laugh, and then that adorable bird made me smile! Thanks!!
That looks like a great technique, thanks for explaining it in the description!
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