Welcome back to to my background series! I had a fun surprise when making this card.
Stamps: Bird and Saying - Stampendous
The background was made by dabbing glue with a cottonball on a piece of white card stock, leaving some open areas. When the glue dried I sponged on green, blue and gray inks. This is the surprise I got. I used a tree stencil that came with the bird set and started sponging a darker green ink throught the stencil. Because of the glue acting as a resist it made the tree look like birch bark! I then outlined the stencil with a fine point pen so that it would stand out better. The bird was colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and fussy cut.
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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #454 - #455
How adorable is that little bird! Love your card!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! I love your super cute birdie and the background is fun and different. That is a cool tree stencil and I like your technique!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing background April! The birch looks great .... as does your little bird!
ReplyDeleteOh wow that is fantastic, love the effect and great stencil, love the colors and coloring of the sweet bird!
ReplyDeletegorgeous card April
ReplyDeleteGr Karin
What a darling card. The tree looks awesome, and that's one cute bird.
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ReplyDeleteThis is SO sweet. I just LOVE the yellow bow tied around your card. It looks like the bow is on the bird's back, which I just adore. The yellow is a great pop of color for this sweet card. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us. I hope you'll play along with us again soon.
Blessings to you,
Karen
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April, this card is so pretty. Love the sweet little bird.
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Sue
Wow, April! Never heard of this technique. I knew the vaseline resist technique, but glue technique? I am speechless! Thank you so much for the inspiration, my friend. You made a gorgeous card! Kisses!
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