OK, this is my big challenge every year, to make a card for my friend and SU! Demo. This is a shadowbox card with the Humming bird from the Spring Song set. The back of the shadowbox is WW Card stock stamped first with Going Gray watercolor crayon, on the CHF Lattice background. That background is over stamped with Pretty Petals also using watercolor crayons. I used a Stamp positioner, for this step so I could then go over it with versamark and clear EP. the top layer of the Shadowbox is Regal Rose, stamped with Regal rose first in Aida Cloth and then in CHF Climbing Floral BG. This is my first project that I used my Nestabilities dies to cut the oval opening. The Humming Bird and flowers are stamped in Stazon and colored with watercolor crayons on Velum cardstock, dry emobssed, and then all the velum above the flowers and the hummer are cut away. The hummer is only attached by his little beak (re-enforced with clear packing tape before cutting) so he does look like he is just hovering.
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 GMT Views: 1923
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Registered: June 30, 2005 Location: Rescuing one dog may not change the world, but for that one dog, the world will be changed forever Posts: 2970
Tue, Mar 18, 2008 @ 9:09 PM
WOW!
I am so overwhelmed.
This is incredible.
I just got this set.
There is awe in my eyes for you tonight.
Major drooling right now as well.
You friend will be one happy life time owner of this beauty!
I am favoriting and will try to color like you. WOW! TFS>
Kim
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Registered: November 26, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 3273
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 6:53 AM
This is absolutely gorgeous!!! Love the Pretty Petals background with this and the different angle you arranged the hummingbird and flowers...very inspiring!
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Registered: July 11, 2004 Location: Troy, Michigan Posts: 10374
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 1:01 PM
I'm the lucky recipient of this beauty, and I must say it's difficult to find words that do justice to this incredible piece of artwork! Shadow box cards are a favorite technique of mine, and this is so over-the-top in how you stamped the front and back layers, and created that amazing middle diorama layer. The floating effect of these images stamped and colored on vellum is amazing! Karen, I bow to your prowess of detail cutting. What is creating the iridescent shimmer on them? I feel like I have a lovely piece of Spring sitting right here next to my computer monitor. Thank you!!! :o) Linda
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Registered: October 25, 2004 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 17641
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 2:09 PM
Oh, my gosh, Karen! Linda sent me this link...I'm totally WOWED! The 3-D effect of your garden scene is so beautiful and creative. I love the lattice background, too--perfect! Your coloring of the hummingbird is so delicate and sweet. Flawlessly blended. An absolute work of art!
Registered: August 9, 2004 Location: My little neck of the woods Posts: 713
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 4:12 PM
Karen, Karen, Karen, what beautiful justice you have done to this stamp. You have created a master piece here that is way over the top. I love the depth you have given this scene. Your coloring is perfection. After spending a day on the road experiencing mile after mile of mud and gloomy skies, this card certainly lifted my spirits in the hope of spring. Thank you for sharing Linda's birthday card with all of us. I can't wait to see this in real life. Oh, and here in Michigan, I put the hummingbird feeders out on May 15th. Sometimes they almost land on our hands when we hang them out the windows. But, now I can look at this little right now!
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