Guest Designer for Try it on Tuesday
Sharing my guest designer card for Try it on Tuesday's current challenge 'Sing a Song' theme - a favourite song or a song that inspires you. I chose the last verse of Bette Midler's song Wind Beneath My Wings: 'Fly, fly, fly high against the sky - So high I almost touch the sky - Thank you, thank you - Thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings'.
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Something else that inspired this card was a photograph I came across on Instagram of a Black Jacobin hummingbird's rainbow wings. When the sun strikes its open wings it causes a beautiful prism effect, a diffraction of light. If you get a chance do look this up, nature is amazing. No hummingbird's in my stash sadly so chose this bird in flight instead.
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Started by creating a cloud background by brushing two blue inks pads over a stencil created from an edges die that has a scalloped design. Next came a rooftop stencil at the bottom inked with hickory smoke distress oxide. Drew my own tangles on top with a black fine liner pen and gold gel pen highlights. Panel edged with dark blue ink.
I had on my desk Wings of Beauty II stamp set by Mo's Ark UK for Funky Fossil so chose this bird in flight which has lovely doodled details and stamped onto vellum then fussy cut. The wings were coloured with polychromo pencils and the body with Perga Color pens, then on the reverse with a ball tool some areas were whitened. Die cut circle of vellum for the sun coloured with a promarker.. Vellum pieces attached with micro dots. Sentiment added from the stamp set. Finished card 6"x 5¼".
I've used - Craft UK white card
Funky Fossil stamp set - Wings of Beauty II
Funky Fossil stencil - Rooftops
Funky Fossil die - Edges
Inks - tumbled glass DI, stonewashed Adirondack, hickory smoke DO
Colouring pens & pencils
Linking up with -
August Challenge SSC315 Summer Vibes August Stencils/ATG
Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x
A stunning card Ginny
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This is a great bit of art for a wonderful song. That cloud background is perfect and I love that bird. Thanks for being our guest designer for this challenge Ginny. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThis is a very inspiring song and you have illustrated it so well. The clouds and the building are a superb design to show how high this bird can go. Great card and I am so glad that you joined us at Double D Challenge.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautifully created, what a great stamp the bird is!!
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Congrats on your GDT spot and love the beautiful bird against the cloudy sky -and great song for inspiration.
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A fabulous card Steph, the bird image is stunning and I love the cloud background. Perfect inspiration for the theme. Lovely to have you as our Guest Designer at Try it on Tuesday. Avril x
ReplyDeleteWow, Steph, this card is a stunner, Steph! Fabulous background for that amazing bird - really fascinating images! Your coloring is glorious! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!
ReplyDeleteWOW! This is just awesome! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D & Stencil Fun challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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You have created a fantastic page and scene to illustrate your song choice. Its good to have you as our Guest Designer at TioT's for this theme and thankyou for this inspiring piece of art.
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Fabulous take on our color combo!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our "Summer Vibes" color challenge over at Sunday Stamps!! I love the geometric look of your stamps...classy!! -Deb Horst, DT #SSC315
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bird and fabulous scene! Thanks so much for sharing this month at my Crafty Wednesday challenge!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant card Steph - a fab scene and a lovely make for your guest Designer spot with us at TIOT!
ReplyDeleteLove the mechanical, steampunk look of the bird and how he appears high up in the sky with the small houses and buildings at the bottom of the card front. Nicely done! Thanks for being our Guest designer at Try it on Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteWhy such a stunning card! So much detail and effort for a beautiful creation. Thanks so much for playing along with this weeks challenge at Sunday Stamps!
ReplyDeleteLIke previous comments its a WOW from me toox
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