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Friday 5 June 2020

Pretty Polly

Hi everybody.  Another masculine card today and I thought this digital image would work well, bright and cheery and watercoloured on Bristol Smooth paper using my Distress Inks.


I used Barn Door, Mustard Seed,  Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Peacock Feathers, Black Soot, Ground Espresso and Brushed Corduroy applied using a waterbrush.  When I had coloured it I fussy cut it out and then moved on to the background.  This stencil with an all over large leaf design which is one of four in a packet I got from The Range looks a bit like tropical leaves.  I made a monoprint by brayering Mowed Lawn DI on to it, spritzed with water and laid it on to a piece of white card and pressed it down firmly to tranfer the ink.  I did this several time using some Pine Needles ink too.  I then stencilled through it to fill the leaves in with some more of the same colours to give it some light and shade.  I then inked around the edges with both inks.

I finished by adding a sentiment using Versafine Olympia Green and heat set it with Wow Clear Gloss Embossing Powder, and added the parrot using some Pinflair Glue Gel to give it dimension.






I am entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Masculine.
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Own Background.
Seize The Birthday - No. 192 Anything Goes Birthday.
Happy Little Stampers June Watercolour Challenge - Anything Goes (no optional twist).
My Time To Craft - No. 433 Use A Stencil.

15 comments:

Lindsey said...

Wow, a beautiful layered background for this gorgeously coloured bird! A stunning card. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers for the Watercolour Challenge!

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful Stencilled background Pat, it's perfect for your tropical parrot:)

Marjan said...

I enlarged your photo to take a closer look ak your colouring, wow! So well done, Pat! A beautiful card with a gorgeous parrot and background!

Ros Crawford said...

He's magnificent! Beautifully coloured and he is perfectly at home on your terrific stenciled background. Have a lovely day Pat!

Viv said...

What a wonderful card Pat! And your background uses one of my fave stencil techniques - I love the effect monoprinting gives and it makes a perfect background to that wonderful Polly (or Peter) Parrot! x

cuilliesocks said...

Hello Pat, what a beautiful card, your bird is absolutely fabulously coloured, lovely colours used and a super background of branches. A lovely change for a male card, Kate x

Liz said...

Fabulous card, Pat. Love the background you've created for the beautiful parrot. xx

Mac Mable said...

Pat I am loving this tropical card. Your colouring of the parrot looks faublous. The background monoprinting looks amazing and a real stand out card....I love it x.

Cathy said...

This is a real stunner Pat! Your parrot is beautifully watercoloured and the stencilled monoprint background is perfect, it looks so shady and lush. Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday too, Cathy x

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

What a super image and it works beautifully against that background x

MagsB said...

Wow, Pat, this is a gorgeous card! Thanks for joining in at My Time to Craft!

love Mags B x

Bonnie said...

A beautiful parrot, Pat! They are so colorful and you've captured that perfectly with your watercoloring!

Karen Dunbrook said...

so beautiful...love the bright colours.
xx Karen

Loll said...

Amazing watercolouring of your parrot, Pat! He is so beautiful! And I love the stencil monoprint leafy background ... just perfect backdrop! xx

JoAnn said...

Great watercoloring on the pretty parrot. Your leafy background is perfect for him. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.