Hi! This card was made for three Challenges today. It was made for today's Color Combo: Dark Red, Pink and Dark Brown; yesterday's Technique Lovers Challenge-Silhouette Plaid, and Speedy's Friends Challenge Thank you Card.
This bird is a silhouette with the flowers as "spaces." I inked the bird in Toile Pink Palette Ink and then used the EDGE of the Adirondack Espresso and Distress Ink's Barn Door to create the cross hatches of the plaid.
The flowers were colored in with Memento Markers. I cut out the bird and then went around the edge with a Memento Marker (brown) to "finish" it. I added dots to the edge and the edges of the panels.
The background was run through a Tim Holtz Embossing Folder. I rubbed an Espresso pad over the embossed areas.
Now for the Tea Pot Story:
I know that the bloomers on this little bird are small, but the flowers pack a punch! And just think, we could add that punch to the tea! What a wonderful party that would be! And, did you notice? Speedy the Cat is creeping in for a sip!
Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Total time to complete: 41 minutes. (Speedy the Cat ran off with the ribbon 3 different times and I had to hunt him down...)
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 @ 2:07 PM
Love you deep rich colors!! Please check out the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge by clicking on the link below my signature. We would be so very honored to have one of your lovely creations in our weekly challenge!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79630
Thu, Aug 05, 2010 @ 9:33 PM
Into my favorites with this gorgeous work. I just love it and that technique is just so fun.
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004