Hello, crafting friends!
I really do seem to have the blues at the moment... no, not feeling depressed at all but definitely attracted to shades of blue!
Here, the beautiful sentiment, from the Colorado Co's Big and Bold Get Well, was stamped directly onto a thick card base using Stampin' Up's Smoky Slate ink. I stamped the feather from the new-to-me stamp Strength by Altenew, using the same ink and varying the position of the feather each time.
The feathers were painted with Stampin' Up's Balmy Blue using the loose watercolour technique - that is deliberately painting over the lines. I tried to swirl the watered down ink off the images to emphasise the feathery shape. Once the ink had dried, I added depth and detail with coloured pencils and a white Posca acrylic paint pen.
The card was finished with a simple cord and tassel made with coordinating bakers twine.
CHALLENGES
I'm linking up with CAS Mix Up where Jenny has chosen the inspiring theme of Loose Watercolour this month; also CAS on Friday where the theme is Feel Better - and it's always great to have some of these cards in your stash! I'm also joining in with The Sisterhood of Crafters where the theme is The Color Blue and with Darnell's NBUS Challenge where we go to share our Never Before Used Schtuff - that feather is new and I love it!
AND IN OTHER NEWS
My daughter has sent me info about an online word game called Wordle in which you have to guess a five letter word in six guesses. It's brilliant! Each day a new game is posted and it only takes 5 to 10 minutes so is a great thing to do in a short break. I love that it was created by a guy called Josh Wardle for his girlfriend who loves word puzzles, and it is absolutely free! Do check it out and let me know how you get on!
