This is my second installment for the Winter Holiday Cards in July Challenge. Do you remember the Inkadinkado Cardinal cards I CASED from Nora? Well I also fell in love with this Inkadinkado Christmas Chickadee, but I didn't want to give him the same layout. I went looking online for ideas, and I found a card that had him stamped in brown, die-cut in a circle, and matted with a piece stamped with a woodgrain background image. I wanted to link that card here, but I can't find it. I'll keep looking.
CARD: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Bazzill cardstock Stampin' Up! Black cardstock Swarovski flatback rhinestones, SS16, Jet Black Inkssentials Matte Accents (I thought I would need something really strong to hold the crystals onto the background treated with Dimensional Pearls. I decided to try this since everyone says it's a great adhesive, and I wanted something matte that wouldn't show if some seeped out around the crystals. I love this stuff!)
FOCAL IMAGE: Inkadinkado Christmas Chickadee Canson 96-lb. Bristol Versafine Onyx Black inkpad Prismacolor Pencils (colors below) Zest It (to blend the colors on the bird, not used on leaves or berries) Spellbinders Nestabilities, Labels 3 (to die-cut, emboss, and mask) Distress Ink, Antique Linen (applied to image using the Nestabilities die as a mask) Signo Uniball gel pen (bird's eye)
FAUX WOODGRAIN MAT: I used a technique that Jennifer McGuire taught us in her Thinking Inking Class, Week 6, Part 3. She called the technique Kissed Watercolor Background. My woodgrain now has a lovely sheen to it–perfect for a Christmas card.
140-lb. hot-press watercolor paper Dimensional Pearls, Mushroom and Espresso Water spray All Night Media Stamp, uninked
I used the gray side of Ranger's Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam to apply the Dimensional Pearls, spritzed it with water, spread it around some more, and applied more paint. While still wet, I used the uninked woodgrain stamp to make an impression in the acrylic paint and to remove some of it.
PRISMACOLOR PENCIL COLORS: Bird -- Cool Grey, 10% and 20%; French Grey, 20% and 30%; 1082, Chocolate; 942, Yellow Ochre Leaves -- 1005, Limepeel; 911, Olive; 109, Prussian Green Pine Needles -- 908, Dark Green Berries -- 924, Crimson Red
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