This is for IC257 and an amazing site was provided for our inspiration today. Miyuki Sakai Sewing. Here is a link to the piece of sewn art that inspired my project today. http://miyukisakai.com/big_image/tree.jpg
I stamped only three of the Lovely as a Tree image as I wanted to frame them with an oval. I stamped the trees, sponged around the sky area with Old Paper ink and then painted white craft ink on the ground area and little snowflakes falling in the sky and embossed with white ep. When I first decided to use the dark hunter green paper I had not remembered (I rarely us this green) how overwhelming dark it is. When I assembled my frame for the snow scene it seemed to over power the card front. I have fallen in love with the little SU bird punch and can't seem to stop using it. It is so perfectly paired with the pine punch. I decided to lighten and brighten up the card with the red bird and branches and by adding Flower Soft Polar White to the pine sprigs.
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree
Paper: Hunter, Red, White
Ink: Black Versafine, Old Paper, White Craft
Accessories: Bird Punch, MS Pine Punch(retired), White Embossing Powder, Polar White Flower Soft, Glossy Accents for adhesive for Flower Soft
Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010 GMT Views: 2720
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Sat, Nov 06, 2010 @ 8:15 AM
Love what you've done! Your card is beautiful!! Great job with the inspiration piece!!~
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Sat, Nov 06, 2010 @ 8:48 AM
Wow, Kittie! Into my Faves it goes! Great way to be inspired by that lone tree. Ms. Sakai's work is amazing, isnt' it? I first saw it in the June 2010 Martha Stewart Living magazine and knew this would make a good challenge at SCS! Glad you could play along today.
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Sat, Nov 06, 2010 @ 12:12 PM
Kittie, I think the Hunter is perfect for this beauty. I love the oval of trees and the bird. Just beautiful.
This flew into my favs - I acutally think I could case this one!!
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