This is basically a CASE of notimetostamp's gorgeous Noble Deer card where she CASED the layout from Chantel: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers And I loved how Bridgette shaded around the deer on her recent cards. Thanks, ladies! I've also been wanting to do a card with the colors from Color Challenge 73, and this is the first time I've used the twill tape - the twill tab idea is from 11Valerie11.
I love making faux suede paper with liquid applique. This was done using a piece of lightweight brown paper bag, crumpling it up a couple of times, loading up the brayer with brown liquid applique on wax paper first, and then brayering the brown paper until it's thinly covered. (NOTE - wash your brayer off immediately!) It's kind of a dark brown at this point, but when you hit it with your heat gun it turns a nice creamy caramel color and has a wonderful soft suede texture. It can be stamped with permanent ink. I used Creamy Caramel craft to stamp the Pine Needles & Cones background, but it's very subtle and hard to see in the scan. Perhaps Stazon Saddle Brown would produce a crisper image. The deer layer is on dimensionals.
This is for my brother's birthday, who is an avid hunter. The card is 5.25 inches square.
Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 GMT Views: 8469
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Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, aqua painter, sponge, Brown Liquid Applique, brayer, mat pack, piercing tool, white Signo gel pen, twill tape (wide and medium), vintage brads, dimensionals
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Creative Crew SU Design Team Alumni
Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Tue, Sep 12, 2006 @ 4:39 PM
OMG Linda, what a regal looking deer beautifully colored. Your houndstooth and faux leather are the perfect BG's. Your brother will treasure his card. TFS