This is my submission for IC132, in which we were to take our inspiration from the Acacia Catalog. There were so many wonderful possibilities I could hardly choose... but in the end, this is what I came up with. My inspiration piece can be seen here:
I was working today with my dh on a deck so had to fit this in when a precious few rand drops came. So I'm glad it was a simple card and went together very easily. I am pleased with it though, and I think this would be fitting for a guy card when I need one.
I ran the left half of my base of Not Quite Navy thru the Cuttlebug with the birds and swirls folder. Then I put Close to Cocoa ink pad direct to paper, followed by Ink it Up Copper Pigment Ink.
I stamped the image on creamy caramel with close to cocoa ink. I sponged the edges with close to cocoa and colored the image with Prisma Pencils and Gamsol. The very tiny centers of the flowers are done with a copper glitter gel pen.
The image is layered on a plain piece of Not Quite Navy, then a Shimmery Copper Piece.
The leaves are tan plastic do-dads that I dipped in VersaMark and heat embossed in Copper EP. Very quick... and done!
As always, thanks so much for looking!
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008 GMT Views: 578
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Sat, Jun 14, 2008 @ 7:20 PM
it's hard to imagine this card didn't take you very long to create. it looks like you spent HOURS on it!! Absolutely fantabulous in every way! Love those do-dads!!
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Registered: November 17, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1412
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 @ 9:22 PM
Oh my goodness! This is such a beautiful card! I love what you did for the background, and the coloring is great, and the doodads are awesome! Heck, it's all awesome! Marvelous job! TFS!
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Sat, Jun 14, 2008 @ 9:57 PM
So so pretty! Your coloring of the bird is just awesome. Love what you did with the cb'd bkgrd and those leaves, what a clever idea that looks so cool. You have made a great card here! TFS :0)
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OMGosh! This is gorgeous!!!!! Wow, the CB, the copper ink, the sponging, the glitter pen.......the do-dad inking, EB...and you call this a simple card that went together easily! again, I'll say wow! So glad you shared this simple card with us {grin}..........you inspire me! Thank you! Blessings, Maria