Today's Lesson From The Craft Room: Change Your View
We moved a birdbath in the backyard and, by chance, I can now see the birdbath out of my office window when I am sitting at my computer (I'm watching it right now, as I type!). It's not that I didn't look out my window before. But now I am finding a whole new world to look at! Yesterday the robins decided to have a celebration! It was an amazing site to see! How can you change your view today?
Today's color challenge was a lot of fun! I had no idea how I was going to mix in the turquoise! I stamped the Bella Toile in certainly celery craft ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I used a sponge and sponged soft suede all over the embossed image and on the areas that were not embossed. I ran the tempting turquoise through the crimper to make it look a bit like ribbon and then "gathered it" using glue dots to create the folds. I even sponged a bit of soft suede to give it an aged/vintage look. Finally, I used some gold alcohol ink to change the color of my silver rimmed tag. The greeting was stamped and a little linen thread added for the finishing touch! I hope you like it!
Feel free to change the view on your computer and stop by my blog www.myfigments.blogspot.com. I love it when you visit!
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 GMT Views: 1060
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Tue, Apr 06, 2010 @ 12:54 PM
Michelle this is delightful!!! So elegant. Beautifully done gf!! Watching birds in the birdbath is so much fun!! I need to put another one somewhere in the back so I can watch. Would have to put it out of the way of Molly though!! That would be a disaster!! Hope you are having a great day...I will be by your blog tonight to catch up. After my shows!! TFS your gorgeous creation today.