Wednesday 27 May 2015

Celebrate

Hello Everyone,

I needed a birthday card for a boy last Monday, and didn't have one in my stash, that I thought fitting. So I decided to re-create the card I made the other day, because these birds are so hilarious. 

I picked four birds and stamped them on my watercolour panel, masking off the ones in front. Then I coloured them with my Pelikan water colour set. I deliberately picked it over my Inktense pencils for the last few projects, because I wanted to finally get used to it. I got it before our last summer holiday for travelling, but it turned out it wasn't quite as handy as I thought. Or maybe I just don't have the mojo when I travel...

Anyhow, it worked, I've come to quite like it, especially for larger areas.


I picked nice and bright colours, as it's for a child and made sure that the colours would set the birds apart. Then I added a tiny bit of light blue to the eyes with an alcohol marker, to make them seem more dimensional.

When it had dried, I die cut the Paper Smooches word die from the image and some fun foam and puzzled all the pieces back in. After rounding the corners I adhered it to a black card base and as the very last step I added glossy accents to the eyes.


While I look at the picture now, I think I might have liked it even better with black fun foam. I think I'll try that next. 

Have a great day
Ela



Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: Anything goes Birthday
Addicted to CAS: #64 Animal



11 comments:

  1. Oh this is just fabulous! I just love these birds and seeing them all on one card just makes me smile. Wonderful coloring, too!

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  2. Oh this is just fabulous! I just love these birds and seeing them all on one card just makes me smile. Wonderful coloring, too!

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  3. Love your card Ela!! Thanks for sharing with us over at ATCAS!

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  4. DieseVoegel sind einfach total super und dann gleich 4 auf einmal!!!

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  5. Such a lovely card with the Crazy Birds and the bright colours!
    Greetings, Alie :-)

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  6. Super card and love the way you did the sentiment!!! We really appreciate you joining us at Seize the Birthday and hope you will join us again soon!

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  7. Cute card and nice colors. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

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  8. Oh how fun - the whole gang on one card. Love your design.

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  9. Love the card, the coloring looks great!

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  10. Your masked focal image is fabulous! Great job. Perfectly CAS! So glad you joined us at Addicted to CAS this week
    Jaydee

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  11. I like the arrangement of the birds and your colors--wonderful card.

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