This card is for this months Fan Club October theme - Creepy Crawly.
At first glance this image looks quite normal...take a closer look and you will see a near-dead bird in her hair...how creepy is that!
The image is just printed on normal copy paper. I couloured her with Prismacolour pencils and Zest-It pencil blend. Highlights were added using Copic markers. I am not precious about my Copics, but if you are it's probably best to clean off your marker on a scrap of paper before putting it away.
On an image like this, I colour the most difficult things first - eyes, then face, then lips. If all that works I continue on my merry way.
After I finished colouring, I carefully tore around the edges and then adhered her to a rejected mixed media background using a glue stick.
When I was applying double sided tape to the completed panel, I somehow stained her face. This is where my card got seriously creepy. The only thing to do was to amputate her face. I ever so carefully used a scalpel to cut around her face and then scrapped it off.
I've attached a little insert so you can see where I cut into her. Because this is just copy paper, and it was stuck on a gesso base, it was easy to cut out and peel off. I quickly printed a new face, coloured it then stuck it in place.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83925
Thu, Oct 19, 2017 @ 3:04 AM
Some gorgeous coloring, Susie. Love your surgery and save! Great card and great post. Hugz
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Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Sun, Oct 22, 2017 @ 2:40 AM
Your technique to achieve this beautiful finished image, even with her dead bird is what is STUNNINGLY CREEPY! "Oh, I don't like that...let's just cut off her face and start again...like building a Frankensteen...lol. Susie...your card turned out perfectly lovely even with all that went on behind the scenes! :-)
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91162
Sun, Oct 22, 2017 @ 4:10 AM
Oh my you paper pieces her face - I am stunned! I never would have imagined her face was paper pieced and the coloring is over the top brilliant. Amazing work Miss Susie. Every card and image I see in your gallery is so jaw dropping.
Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7394
Wed, Oct 25, 2017 @ 4:35 PM
Stunning image - so pretty an delicate and beautifully coloured. Pity about the dead bird ornament - but I guess it takes all types and things for fashion accessories. I think she is getting ready for the Melbourne Cup - she will fit right in - he he.
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