Bird in Flight
I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It is very hot here in New England and I'm wishing for Fall. That's what inspired the colors for my card today.
I began by sponging Orange, Yellow and Green distress inks onto watercolor paper. I misted the paper with water to blend the inks. Once they are blended, dry the paper with a heat tool. Because distress inks are always reactive with water, even when dried, I spattered the paper with water droplets. Let the water sit on the paper for a minute, then blot with a dry paper towel.
Die cut the bird from Licorice cardstock using the Birds of a Feather die set. Sponge over the bird die cut with Versa Ink and sprinkle Gold embossing powder over the inked die cut. Use a head tool to set the embossing powder.
The branches were die cut from Kraft cardstock using the Woodland Branch die. The branches were inked slightly with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Stamp the Not Knowing sentiment in the bottom left hand corner of the watercolor panel. Add a twine bow and flower to the bird and assemble the card as shown. Spatter the card with Gold acrylic paint.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Have a great weekend!
Donna... I love your card making style. This one is no exception - it's beautiful :)
If you have a blog or Facebook or Flickr account I would happily sign up, but I've not found you online when I've looked :(
Posted by: Donna | 08/16/2015 at 04:22 AM
Very pretty....love bird dies....great for those masculine cards that are so difficult for me. LOL
Posted by: Jan D. Florida, USA | 08/16/2015 at 05:29 AM
This is so gorgeous! Love it!
Posted by: Chris Dring | 08/16/2015 at 07:41 AM
Love how the heat embossed image looks on top of watercolors! Gorgeous!
Posted by: Olga Direktorenko | 08/16/2015 at 08:25 AM
Donna, this is beautiful! Love these terrific autumn colors!
Posted by: Michele H. | 08/16/2015 at 04:39 PM
Awesome, love that background the detailing you did with the bird and love the pop of color with the flower and twine combo!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | 08/17/2015 at 05:43 AM
Oh, this is SO pretty, Donna!
Posted by: Dave Brethauer | 08/25/2015 at 05:33 AM