Denise is our guest hostess this month for Tickle a Teapotter - you can find her challenge HERE.
I knew I had a blackberry stamp, but even after two goes of colouring it, I wasn't too happy with it. Luckily I remembered that I used have some strawberry images in my RAK box, and this seems to be the only one left. I added Liquid Pearl dots to the strawberries, and coloured my bird in strawberry-ish colours. If I had Susie's imagination (and hadn't just had to go and collect DH, because a lightning strike on the track means there are no trains running) I'd tell you all about the strawberry bird .
The base is Galeria modelling paste over a stencil, sprinkle with Brushos, spritz with water and blot lightly before removing and washing the stencil. For economies sake I cut the square out of the centre and inserted my strawberry image, and then the popped-up frame - so I still have a nice piece left to use.
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105288
Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 11:00 AM
Oh Sabrina, I love your card. The framing of the berries is wonderful, and the coloring of the little bird is exquisite!! What a fab card. Favd.
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Registered: October 18, 2015 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 19903
Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 12:34 PM
Your Card is precious, Sabrina! Haven’t even begun looking for a berry stamp yet. (Spent all morning with a financial advisor getting John’s 401k out of IBM.)
Love all your colors making it so summery!
Registered: March 12, 2008 Location: stamping or writing Posts: 9974
Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 1:46 PM
That stencil-paste frame around the image is just gorgeous. I'm inspired to try something like it, although I'm afraid my embossing paste has probably dried out and I don't have any Brushos.
When I first opened the gallery, I thought for a minute we'd use the same image. But on closer examination, they're close but not identical. Nice addition of the bird.
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79904
Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 6:26 PM
The strawberries remind me of an old Flourish set I have. Love the way this bird fits with it so well.
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 8:06 PM
Your berry inspired bird looks good enough to eat...that doesn't sound right but you know what I mean. I love the bright and happy colours and the stencilled background is magic. The little pearl drops on the strawberries and corners are fabulous......and those strawberries...yum they look real. I hope you can tell how much I love this super creation Sabrina.
------------------------------ Susie
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40445
Wed, Jul 31, 2019 @ 6:14 AM
A delightful card with these cheerful colours, Sabrina! Your framed strawberries look terrific with the stencilled bg and I just love the cute little bird!
------------------------------ Sue
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