The Eagle - The Paper Players #252

The theme of this week's challenge with The Paper Players is the Great Outdoors.  After all it is summer and what a better time to connect with nature.
I bought this Eagle stamp when I was in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago, and thought the image would be perfect for this challenge.

• The base card is Basic Black cardstock, layered with Crumb Cake carstock embossed with the Boho Chic embossing folder.  Before embossing I stamped the image of the single tree from "Lovely as a Tree" multiple times near the bottom, using Old Olive ink.  The images didn't turn out as well as I hoped.  The idea was for the Eagle to appear to be flying over the forest.
• On the left hand side I adhered a piece of Go Wild DSP pack, sponging the edges with Crumb Cake Ink.
• Near the bottom, horizontally, I embossed a piece of Basic Gray cardstock with the Woodgrain folder and sponged the edges with Basic Gray ink.
• The Eagle was coloured with ink pads and an Aquapainter, using multiple shades of browns and rusts.  The head was highlighted with a white gel pen.
• The image panel was sponged with Crumb Cake ink and then matted with Basic black cardstock.  It was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.
• The embellishment is an Eagle feather.  I stamped a feather "Four Feathers" stamp set, using Versa Mark  and Crumb Cake ink and embossed it with Clear embossing powder.  It was die cut using the Feathers framelits.  I attached it to the upper left corner using a glue dot and tying some linen thread in a bow around the top.  Another glue dot near the bottom kept it from sliding out of place. 

The sentiment on the inside says:  "Even a little bird can FLY like an Eagle"

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Watercolor Wings - How to and a card

I had a lot of fun today making sample colours for the new stamp set "Watercolor Wings".  Going through this exercise reminded me of the SAB Lotus Blossom stamp set where 3 colours were used to stamp the flower.

First of all, I'm going to start with a card I made using this stamp set,

•  The basic cardstock is Tip Top Taupe layered with Whisper white cardstock.  Before adhering the Whisper white cardstock to the card base, a piece of 1" Tip Top Taupe dotted lace ribbon was attached.  A second piece of ribbon was ruffled using a needle and linen thread and attached on top of the first ribbon with glue dots.
• The image panel is Go Wild DSP  matted with Tip Top Taupe.
• The butterfly was stamped first with Tip Top Taupe (stamped off), then Tip Top Taupe (full strength), and finally Black Memento.  The body is Tip Top Taupe, as are the antennae.  Some white dots, using a white gel pen were applied to the black dots at the bottom.
• The butterfly was die cut using the new coordinating "Bold Butterfly Framelits.  A second butterfly in Tip Top Taupe was die cut and the two were adhered in the middle, so the wings can flap.

•  A piece of Whisper White cardstock was die cut using the new "Lots of Labels Framelits".  Before matting it with a Basic Black framelit, it was embossing using the Boho Chic embossing folder.  This unit was then adhered to the DSP panel near the top.
• Tip Top Taupe ink was used to stamp the sentiment from "Another Thank You".  It was punched using the small oval punch, layered with a 1 1/4" Tip Top Taupe circle and finally a Basic Black modern word label punchie.  It was adhered at the bottom of the image panel.
• I will put my supply list at the bottom of this post.

Now, for the "how to"  Watch Patty Bennett's video.

I learned a lot watching it.  She has some neat ideas, so rather than reinvent the wheel, I am going to embed the video in this post:



I have made my own colour samplers, some of which are the same as Patty's, but some are different.

Any colour combination can be used.  I actually went to Pinterest where I have a folder on butterflies, and they were useful in stimulating some of my colour choices.


Have fun!


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