Monday 23 May 2016

Friends

I do wish that the weather would make up it's mind what it wants to be! Just when you start to dream that a sunny summer could be just around the corner, a few days of heavy rain bring you back to reality!

I've been telling hubby for a while now not to put bread on the patio for the birds as it's not the best thing for them to eat. Finally I found an article on the subject and that, plus the heavy rain causing the bread to make a soggy mess on the patio which I made him clear up, he decided to stop it.  In return I bought some special wild bird food balls that he could put out for them. Neither of us could believe how hungry our fine feathered friends are, they may be wee but they've gone through one ball every other day & I'm now down to the last one - something else for the weekly shopping list!

I thought I had my card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge sorted out - oh how wrong could I be when I realised, after I'd made it, that I had used the exact same stamps I'd used a few weeks ago! Ah well, it was back to the drawing board to come up with a new card to fit in with this week's sketch:



The original card I came up with used stamps from the Penny Black "You're Retro" set. I used some Spray Distress Inks to create the multi-coloured back layer:

























I Used

Cardstock

White 300gsm - Fabiano

Blue - Crelando

Stamps
You're Retro Stamp set - Penny Black

Inks
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Promarkers - Letraset / Winsor & Newton




Once I'd realised what I'd done I started looking through my crafty stash to see what I had and found a Darice embossing folder "Feathers on Side" and decided to try something with that.



I thought instead of using different layers I would try using different colours on the same piece of card and used a highlighted part of the design to form the area where the dark strip is in the sketch. Once the Distress Inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers & Seedless Preserves) were on I used some Starlight Gelly Roll pen over metallic Promarker to create the highlighted area. The sentiment was stamped using clear Versamark and set using silver embossing powder.

I had problems trying to get photos which showed the embossed stamp in the correct colour- some made them look black instead of silver, whilst not the best, these hopefully these show the detail.



I Used

Cardstock
White 300gsm - Fabiano

Stamps
True Friendship Stamp set - Kaisercraft

Inks
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Promarkers - Letraset/Winsor & Newton
Gelly Roll - Sakura

4 comments:

  1. Well I love both of your cards! Your cat is a hoot! And I love your feathers die.....so beautiful and elegant! So glad you joined us at FMS!

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  2. Beautiful cards! I love the peek of that fabulous background and the fun stamp on the first one. And the shades of blue are so pretty on the second. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  3. Such a pretty layering of inks on the feather card! And you captured two of my favorite things, kitties and shopping in such an adorable and well done card!

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  4. Oh I love your cards - especially that fabulous cat! It's such a cool image combined with that sentiment. Thanks for joining us at FMS this week1

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