I just couldnÂ’t see leaving this beautiful old church in a drawer until next Christmas so here it is for spring complete with flowering crabs, concolor firs and I even planted some flowers on each side of the door.
I used an aqua painter and pad ink for color. The grass is brush strokes, the sky is a pouncing motion and I also did this with the green in the flowering trees. The pink blossoms are from the Watercolor Minis. If you look close (it does show better in real life) the windows are colored to look like stained glass. The flowers by the door are added with markers; just barely touch the cardstock with a dot. I put some black lines on the steeple to fill in where the snow mound was. The dimensional flowers also have some detail added with the aqua painter and ink. I was having way to much fun heat curling that ribbon. The steeple is done with a metallic ink so it looks like copper. The trees in the far distance are the top only from the Stampendous image.
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 GMT Views: 4271
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Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Fri, Apr 07, 2006 @ 11:34 AM
OMG......stunning landscape, church and steeple. Then you topped it all off with your dimensional flowers and heated ribbon. Wow!!!!!! Thank you too Roxie for your detailed instructions. Into my fav's. Nancy
Registered: June 13, 2005 Location: newly relocated to beautiful Kamloops, BC Posts: 2001
Fri, Apr 07, 2006 @ 1:36 PM
This is beautiful...great job.
I am in the process of a big move, so no time to stamp. Thought I would take a quick peak while I should be working.
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Registered: March 18, 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 7021
Sun, Apr 09, 2006 @ 6:42 AM
Very creative!
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Registered: March 25, 2005 Location: Canal Winchester, OH Posts: 462
Tue, Apr 11, 2006 @ 10:59 AM
wow! beautiful...this looks just like my childhood church
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