It's a colorway challenge this week. YAY!!! I love it when we do color challenges. This week, dream team member Kim Parkinson, chose the colors blue, brown and cream. I love these colors...I used them in my "California Country" living room in the early 80s. Hmmm...dating myself here. I digress though, so here is how I rendered my card: I found a piece of medium brown metallic cardstock and paste embossed the jungle leaves background stencil (LJ825) onto it using glossy black embossing paste (DGKP). Immediately after removing the stencil, I sprinkled the wet paste with a medium brown color of Fun Flock sold by Stampendous. About 30 minutes into the drying time (that's about halfway dry if you are not forcing it dry in an electric skillet), I gently (very very gently) pressed the flocking into the paste using a piece of cardboard over the top of the flocking material. I have found if you don't do this, then the flocking sits on the surface and tends to be somewhat sparse on a detailed design like this one. This light pressure will push more of the flocking particles into the nearly dry paste. When this flocked cardstock had dried for at least an hour, I tapped off the excess flocking and cut the flocked cardstock into four 7/8" x 5" pieces. I mounted these strips on a cream colored cardstock called Tsumugi Ivory sold by Hanko designs and mitered each strip to come together at a 45 degree angle on each corner. This forms a square frame for my centerpiece design.
I have always referred to this stencil as "the cardinal" (LM110), but when you are in charge of the brushes and inks you can make this crested bird be whatever you want, and I am creating a bluish jay that is often seen here on the West coast. It is called a Stellar Jay, and yes, we do have dogwood trees here as well. Stellar Jays are a vivid turquoise blue on their backs and a very dark blue/brown on their heads. When I was finished stenciling I glued crystals in the centers of the flowers and the jay's eye. And violá! ...a cardinal when you have a red color challenge and a Stellar jay when you have blue in your color challenge.
So join us this week and play along with Kim's blue, brown and cream colorway challenge. Just sign up with Mr. Linky below and others will have the opportunity to view your creation.
7 comments:
Great card Lynell! I love how you did the frame, I am going to try it today!
Great challenge from Kim and this card is a beauty! The embossed background looks amazing and that background stencil is going on my "wish list."
Wow, Lynell. That background frame is gorgeous! Would love to see and feel it in person. The outlines of the leaves almost look copper. Love that blue jay. Reminds me of my MIL. She used to feed one peanuts on her porch everyday when Bryan was small. He loved that.
I love it! I really like the leaves as a frame. Very nice.
What a neat little tid bit on the card board!! I will have to give that one a try!!! I'm with Pam...the edges of the leaves look copper!! Very cool. I hope you are well and have a safe trip to see you parents. If you venture east out of Oregon, you know who to call!!!
So beautiful and such a great description of the flocking technique with paste! Thank you.
What a pretty card! All of the Dream Team members are so amazingly talented and it is an inspiration to see what they have done every week. Thank you everybody for all the great ideas and tips! Keep 'em coming!
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