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Wednesday 29 January 2020

Steampunk Birds

Hi there everyone.  This is my last Guest Design Team post over on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team Blog and I have chosen images from the Steampunk Birds set of stamps, and also the little flower from Punky Flowers.


I started by stamping the little chick three times on to white card using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then watercoloured the three images with Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo Distress Ink and cut them out using the whole image, then minus the egg to the right, then just the wing, followed lastly by just the shell over the chick and decoupaged using the glue gel which gives it a nice 3D look.   I then stamped the little birds and sentiments on to a 4" square piece of white card using more Nocturne ink and coloured them using Peacock Feathers DI applied with a waterbrush.  I then blended more Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade around the edges and added the decoupaged image to the centre.

Next I cut a piece of white card a little smaller than the square card and stamped the larger double bird image on a spring and also the corkscrew birds image which I thought nicely fitted in with the theme of the card, again with Nocturne ink.  I then infilled with a small cog image from Steampunk Birds and the smallest flower image from Steampunk Flowers using Mustard Seed and finished with more Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade and also a small amount of the Vintage Photo blended around the edges.

Thank you for joining me today and I'll be back again soon and please visit the Design Team Blog for lots of great inspiration as there are new posts most days.  






10 comments:

Stamps and Paper said...

I never seen Steampunk birds before Pat but I just love your card..love the background

Anne

Mrs A. said...

Fabulous card. Just love that boinging bird image. Hugs Mrs A.

Marjan said...

Love the stamps too, you made a great card, very symmetric! You also created the perfect background for the stamped image.

Christine Alexander said...

great steampunk birds Pat and love those little steampunk birds in the egg shells :)

cuilliesocks said...

Hello Pat, a brilliantly designed card, fabulous images and colouring. Super background stamping too, Kate x

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

This is absolutely lovely - those birds are so cool and that little chick is too cute!

*Vicki* said...

Really stunning design! Love the bird images and the way you've incorporated them into your design! The colors are lovely too! :) Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and hope to see you again! Crafty hugs

Ros Crawford said...

Oh this is so lovely!! I really admire you colouring skills Pat! Have a lovely day!

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

A fabulous card and just perfect for Spring x

Loll said...

Beautiful card Pat! Love the signs of spring with the bird breaking out of it's shell. Great colours ... great design! xx