Majestic Bird

Hello!  This is a good time to check on your friends and I thought this card would be nice to send someone to let them know we care.  I was inspired by the Tic Tac Toe Challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  I was a bit stumped for an idea at first but decided to start with Heron and sentiment stamps from Repeat Impressions and build from there.  I stamped and heat embossed the image and words with Black Ink and Clear EP on white card stock which gave a great definition to the feathers. I added some brown flocking to the cattails and glossy accents to the beak and legs which added texture but I needed to add dimension which I did by adding white foam to the back of the cut out image before attaching to the Glittery Patterned Paper background.  Now to use piercing which is the other element in Row 1, I added piercing to the water area which gave it some definition. Like the choice of patterned paper that I used....goes well with the colors in the image and it has a lot of glitter  stripes- hard to see in photo.
Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper
Artsystampers Digitals Challenge: #13 Things with Wings
The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge A820 - used top row Piercing-Birds-Dimension

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Bird on the Shore

Hello!  I never get bored with coloring this Repeat Impression stamp of a Great Blue Heron-one of the most beautiful birds.  He was perfect to use for the Inspiration Palette Challenge J1818 at The House That Stamps Built-I colored the image using all the colors in the palette (shown below).  After stamping the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white CS, I colored with Copics G40, G82, BG000, BG10, B24, B26, E07, YR14. Sponged the sky with Memento Summer Sky ink.   I used a Caramel colored CS for the base and a mat of Blue to frame the bird.  Just for fun, I added some bits of Sea Glass for accents, inspired by the photo.  Will use sentiment inside card when I determine the occasion to send.  Decided to keep the front free of sentiments. 

Other Challenge to enter:

The Male Room: Challenge #90 Include an unexpected item.  Used Sea Glass as an accent. 

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa