Good afternoon! This weekend I've had a bit of time to get inky and one of the things I wanted to do was playing along with this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World. How cool is this image?
I wanted to kind of replicate the solid stripes with darker lines inside so I used the two sides of a Hero Arts/Studio Calico border stamp. I first stamped all the solid lines using the back of the stamp (that is, the side that should be clinging to my acrylic block). Then, I used the "real" side of the stamp to add the darker wide stripes. The sentiment is also Hero Arts and the wood veneer birdie is Studio Calico. I painted it with Mr. Huey yellow mist and adhered a bit of patterned paper at the back.
Isn't he cute?
And as I used a graphic stamp, I'm also linking this to the gallery of the Stretch Your Stamps class I'm taking from Online Card Classes.
Thanks for visiting!
Supplies: Cardstock: Canson, Bazzill; Stamps: All Hero Arts; Ink: assorted from PTI, Memento and Fresh by Impress; Wood veneer bird: Studio Calico; Patterned paper: Lawn fawn; Twine: May Arts; Banner die: PTI.
what a neat way to use your stamp - love the card you created!
Posted by: Jacquie | 07/15/2012 at 08:43 PM
Wow, sounds like a lot of work went into this card ~ it certainly shows! Great job, Lorena. And, yes, the little birdie is adorable :)
Posted by: Helen F. | 07/16/2012 at 06:23 PM
Love your pretty stripy card! Your little birdie with all the news is adorable.
And what a great technique. I have some stamps here on the desk beside me and it just occurred to me as I looked at them that this shadow idea could work for other stamps to give them a cool shadow effect.
Thanks for the inspiration! :)
Posted by: auntie em (emily) | 07/17/2012 at 11:41 PM
What a great take on the inspiration piece! The process you used sounds very labor intensive, but what a fantastic result! It was SO worth it!
Posted by: Carol L | 07/18/2012 at 06:16 PM
Hey Lorena! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)
Posted by: Cath | 07/19/2012 at 03:37 PM
Oh wow. Great idea! Love your card.
Posted by: Angie | 07/21/2012 at 07:49 PM
So clever! And great colors.
Posted by: BeverlyBL | 07/21/2012 at 08:07 PM