The Blue Bird

Hi all,

well I am back again, after the excitment of actually winning Makeesha Byl's first challenge of the year (see my last post). I was doubly pleased in retrospect when I realised it had been a colour challenge, and those are usually the ones I struggle with the most. This week however Makeesha set an inspiration challenge. Here's her pic.

What I found immediately striking was both the clean, whiteness of the image and the branches. It also made me think blue, I think because that clear bright light streaming in - to me meant there just had to be a blue sky outside. Ok here's what I ended up with.

I really wanted to stick to basic palette of Chocolate Chip, White and the blue I settled on was Brocade Blue. I admit I have rarely used it which is a pity as I do like it very much. The perfect stamp set arrived the day of the challenge - so I got to play with new "rubber" too - always fun! First I inked up the stamp in Versamark, then in Chocolate Chip, after stamping I very quickly added clear embossing powder so I could emboss it. Which you can't see in the photos unfortunately. I trimmed out the image then mounted it (on dimensionals) on a layer of Whisper White, then layered that on Chocolate Chip. That panel was again raised up on dimensionals. This was mounted on the base which was Chocolate Chip, with a dry embossed branch pattern. The cuttlebug folder was too small to do the whole panel, so I did one half then the other and covered the meeting point with some Brocade Blue ribbon. I added a little Brocade Blue bird to the trees and a sentiment tag embellished with a lovely big blue button, threaded with some linen twine. The inside was finished off with another tree and some more birds. It makes I think a nice birthday card, most likely for a man.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU unless noted otherwise

Stamps: Through the Trees (PaperTrey Inc)

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Brocade Blue

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue, Veramark

Accessories: Brocade Blue wide grosgrain ribbon, Linen twine, Enchanted Evening button Papertrey Inc), Cuttlebug folder Forest Branches, dimensionals, double sided tape, SNAIL adhesive