This is the card I made for the MMTPT340 challenge "Oh My, This Just Isn't Right; The Forest Shouldn't be This Quiet" - Bring birds, bees, rabbits, turtles and squirrels. Bring dragonflies, and butterflies too. We need some of natures harmony. Our cards this week are going to a spiritual young man who loves the outdoors, animals and music. He suffered a "Neurological Event" of unknown cause (so far) and was left having to relearn how to walk, write, etcall over again.
It is also for Sabrina's WT517 challenge "From the Kitchen with Love" - making cards which use something from the kitchen, and for Sketch Challenge 526.
Although deer weren't specifically mentioned, that's what I always think of when someone mentions forest creatures, so that's the direction I went.
My background was watercolored with neon food colors, and I will tell you that they are definitely bright! They don't get lighter as they dry like watercolor does. This was almost too bright, so after stamping and adding a touch of green to the trees, I wrapped the piece in vellum. I really like the dreamy quality it imparts.
The dark blue panel was embossed with a music ef and backed with a matching piece cut from craft foam. When I wrapped the twine around it, it created a bump I didn't like, so I attached it to the base with black foam tape, leaving a channel where the twine is.
Because of all the texture on the front from the embossing and the twine, I attached the focal with Scrap Dots, a dimensional adhesive. The deer were cut from a piece of cork that had been embossed with a woodgrain folder and sponged with Distress Tea Dye. I also cut craft foam bases for the deer and attached cork to foam with Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue. They are also adhered to the card front with Scrap Dots.
I'm really quite pleased with the way this turned out, and hope Noah will enjoy it.
As always, thanks for looking!
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Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 4:41 PM
Jody this is fabulous. I was relieved to read that the "kitchen" element was food colouring...I thought you were going to teach us how to cook Bambi....seriously though, everything about this is wonderful. Brilliant idea to use vellum. Great combination of challenges my friend.
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40469
Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 5:10 PM
This really caught my eye, Jody, it is an absolutely wonderful card for Noah - I really love the dreamy look the vellum gives and the embossed bg, twine and die cut deers all look fantastic!!!
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Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 5:15 PM
Watercolor with food coloring, wow, I NEVER would of thought of that!!! Very clever indeed! Love how you wrapped it with vellum to tone it down afterward. I probably would have left it blinding bright!! heehee!!
Very lovely scene you have created and loud with the noises of nature...birds are chirping, I can hear them from here.
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Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 7:33 PM
No doubt, this dreamlike scene will bring Noah back many pleasing memories of time spent out in nature!! I love how you did the deer with cork - the colors from the food dye were "muted" just right with the added vellum - you really put a lot of thought into the kitchen process for your card - -it is really going to be appreciated!
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Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 11:03 PM
Beautiful colours, Jody! I don't know what it looked like before the vellum, but it certainly looks wonderful with it - and the dark embossed background is so rich looking. Cork - I was wondering what you'd used for the deer, the twine is such a perfect match to it. Neat idea to deal with the bump from the twine, I'll remember that next time I use Mizuhiki cord. Twine I can live with the bump, but that cord is just too bulky even for me ;-).