Shimmery Blue Birds

Today's color challenge on Splitcoast was a stretch because it included Pacific Point.  This is not a color I would ever chose, but that's what challenges are all about, right?  The three colors are:

Pacific Point, Baja Breeze and Garden Green.

I used a sketch by Vicki Chrisman for the layout of the card and a lovely Artistic Outpost image from a sheet called BlueBird.  The main panel was created in the following steps:

1. The vanilla base was brayered with Cloudy Blue ink (Adirondack).
2. The botton of panel was sponged with Lettuce (Adirondack), Peeled Paint (Ranger Distress Ink), Garden Green (Stampin' Up!).
3. The top of panel was sponged with Baja Breeze, Brilliant Blue and Night of Navy inks (all SU).
4. Blue Bird image (Artistic Outpost) was stamped with Night of Navy craft ink (SU) and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
5. Celery Shimmerz was painted over the entire panel.  (I'm still loving my Shimmerz!)

It sounds like a lot of steps, but it didn't take long at all.

The rest is pretty straightforward - the baja breeze panel was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and sponged with garden green ink.  A couple of strips of c/stock, ribbon and some vintage buttons.

Here's a close-up so you can see the shimmer!

 

Recipe:

• Stamps: BlueBird (Artistic Outpost), En Francais (Stampin' Up!)
• Paper: Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, strip of patterned paper (Memory Box)
• Ink: Cloudy Blue & Lettuce (Adirondack), Peeled Paint (Ranger), Baja Breeze, Garden Green, Brilliant Blue, Night of Navy classic inks, Night of Navy craft ink
• Accessories: Celery Shimmerz, velvet rickrack (Making Memories), clear embossing powder (SU), vintage buttons, linen thread (SU)
• Tools: paint brush, heat gun, embossing folder, brayer, sponges

Thanks for stopping by!

Comments

[Anita]

Beautiful card! I love the colors. The birds are awesome.

[Shar]

Lovely! I love the way you used the ribbon on this card, layering it so that it reverses the colors in your background.

P.S. Love the new pic!

[Nancy]

This is such a pretty card. Love the bird image.

[Deena]

This is beautiful!! Love the shimmer!!
smiles,Deena