This is a combo of the sketch challenge and the Divine Divas Inspiration Challenge
I stamped the birds with the chocolate ink and colored them with Prismacolor pencils. I used the Out of the Box Nestie technique (tutorial HEREl) to cut them out, but I used a nesting rectangle set from Quickutz. Masking the birds, I sponged on a little of the Neptune ink.
After matting on a chocolate brown layer, I tried something a little different on the white layer. I embossed the white using a piece of fine mesh vinyl. I love how it turned out! It looks and feels just like artist canvas. I left the small piece white but on another, I brayered over it with the Neptune ink, stamped my feathers background (Anita's/Sugarloaf) w/ the chocolate ink and colored them in w/ markers.
The green bg was done w/ the forest branches Cuttlebug folder. I added some punched out circles as faux brads.
Thanks so much for looking and we would love it if y'all would play in our challenge. For all the info and more details on this card, please visit my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 GMT Views: 2379
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Wed, May 20, 2009 @ 9:53 PM
Love the dp and this gorgeous card. So natural and beautiful.
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Wed, May 20, 2009 @ 10:16 PM
OMgosh! this is fantastic! I love the out of the box or nestie look! thanks for the instructions.. I will be trying this for sure!
Stunning creation.. perfect coloring!.
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Thu, May 21, 2009 @ 12:08 AM
Clever idea with the embossed mesh - makes me think of cheesecloth more than canvas, but I like the look. And the feathered background and embossed branches - way cool. TFS this lovely card.