This is for Lydia's fun mixed media challenge "Say what you want"...loose handwriting that is illegible - so I will tell you what this says.
Dear Melanie, we think your last make-over was a bit extreme, in fact we hardly recognise you. We loved you just the way you were. Big squishy hugs from you BFF's Meg and Goldie.
ROTFL...I didn't really say that, I wrote "You are my sunshine" song. This was heaps of fun to make, with the usual smack & squirt technique. Smack distress ink onto aluminium foil, squirt on a lot of water and because I was too lazy to mask Melanie, Meg and Goldie, I added a bit more water than usual so I could control the sponging around them. I started with the blue first.....unfortunately I was so distracted by the Olympics on the TV, that I started colouring from the bottom....blue grass was not the look I was going for.
I did the sky next...the ink was already ready to use LOL. Once the grass had completely dried, I used green distress inks, green Distress Crayons and Prismacolour pencils. The few flicks of white were made with a Sharpie paint pen. Elizabeth did a fabulous tutorial last month "Outdoor backgrounds" Outdoor Backgrounds Tutorials at Splitcoaststampers whilst my grass is not exactly the same, I used Elizabeths method over the top of the distress ink. Trees were stamped, doodled the border and added a fence.
Doing the writing was the last thing I did. With very little pressure I wrote on the exposed sky with a Staedtler HB pencil. I figured I could rub it out and start again if it didn't look right. I love this technique!!
Thanks for looking ladies and have a happy weekend.
Date: Friday, August 19, 2016 GMT Views: 3015
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Registered: October 19, 2004 Location: SE North Carolina Posts: 11591
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 @ 3:23 PM
Very clever to just write song lyrics in the background (or a poem)...stupid me was trying to write something that somewhat made sense even though it's illegible. Duh! Your card is a hoot (just like you). I can't help but giggle...I think the bird on the right is a little intimidated (scared even) of the black and white bird. His face says it all!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82395
Mon, Aug 22, 2016 @ 2:46 AM
I don't know if I laughed harder at your card, your story, or your listing of a wet finger as an accessory! So much fun in all of this and so creative! Love it. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: October 23, 2011 Location: Western, NY Posts: 7471
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:59 PM
Thank you so much for stopping by with a comment on my work.....so I decided to look at yours....This is outstanding! My work is so basic...yours on the hand is amazing! Going to go check out some more of your work!
Betty