Our November TeaPotter swap is hosted by Naturecoastcrafter (Jean). Jean challenged us with using feathers on our cards. A very interesting and beautiful topic. I must admit it took quite awhile for inspiration to strike! And I went down some dead end streets, but I have arrived.
I first began with a brusho bg. The feather (Too Much Fun) was stamped on a corner of the bg. I embossed it with Rangers Mixed Media 'Hammered' and fussy cut. I placed it in an Invoke Arts image of a hand with a feather quill. I cut that feather away and placed the big, bold feather into the hand. I bleached the hand, added the Vintage German Scrap in bronze for a tiny bracelet, and painted the
fingernails.
With the remainder of the Brusho background, I picked a favorite star stencil and used Lumaire 'Silks' acrylic glaze in two shades of Gold.
The da Vinci quote is mighty fine:
Feathers shall raise men towards heaven
even as they do birds; that is, by letters
written with their quills
I had cut the Brusho panel on the diagonal in order to save it for using as my main background. The Stampscapes 'Milky Way' was stamped about 5 times onto my gray base. It is faint, but perfect for an imagining of heaven. I closed the card with a tiny bit of Vintage seam binding.
I am excited to slip this in the mail tomorrow for our swap. I am happy to discover that art sometimes can not be rushed. This was one of those times.
Off to peruse the gallery. Thanks for your comments.
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 GMT Views: 1197
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Thu, Dec 05, 2019 @ 2:49 AM
Wonderful quote and card, Susan. Love your techniques, colors, and feather too. Fabulous card. So true too. Hugz
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Fri, Dec 06, 2019 @ 3:04 PM
What a gorgeous piece for this theme! Your patience with the process to achieve this beauty definitely paid off. You always amaze me with your creations, Susan!
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Sat, Dec 07, 2019 @ 6:33 AM
Oh my goodness, I love every inch of this interesting and beautiful card. Wonderful heavenly background to display your hand and feather. How delightful it must have been for the recipient to receive this card in the mail.
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