I looked for inspiration on putting these two images together on a card and came up with this platter that had a nice arrangement and I just flipped corners.
The hummingbird was colored first with Copic markers: R46, G05, G99, C35, 100 for the beak. Then Sticky Powder was applied to each piece using VersaMark pad or pen for ink and colored with Pearl Ex and I really like the way it came out. The pieces are assemble together with AleeneÂ’s tacky glue and single sided tape and popped up with foam tape.
The orchid is colored with Prismacolor pencils: cream, jasmine, goldenrod, lilac and once assembled (using the glue) it was also popped up with foam tape.
The flower center is a piece of wire dipped in AleeneÂ’s tacky glue and rolled in Lemon - Flower Soft.
The Sizzix Little Leaves die was shaded with the Prisma pencil kelp green then I flipped it over and embossed it with a metal ball stylus and glue them in place and worked in the Martha Stewart branch punch and just played with it until I liked it. These two tools have saved the day many times for me!
I used the Scor-Pal to emboss the grid. Tip: rubbing the cardstock with wax paper will help the stylus glide and seems to give me more control in any type of embossing by hand.
These two links will show what the layout of the red rubber pattern which leave as one piece: Hummingbird Pattern
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Sat, Jun 18, 2011 @ 3:26 PM
Wow! Such a beautiful card! I just love your bird and your orchid looks absolutley gorgeous!
------------------------------ Lynn
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