Birds in a row

I dropped into a newspaper and magazines store a few weeks ago to look for a papercraft magazine.  I don’t have a subscription anymore so I thought I would treat myself during the summer.  There were no papercraft or card magazines at all so I started browsing through some of the painting magazines.  I ended up buying a magazine from Quebec which contained mainly articles written in French.  Even though I don’t speak French the magazine was full of inspiration both for painting (I teach an art class to 10-15 year olds) and stamping.  I saw ideas for colour combinations, layouts and content.

This card was inspired by a couple of paintings by Noriko Imaï .  I used the brayer to create the background, inking it up with more than one ink at a time.  As  you can see I wasn’t aiming for complete or even coverage,  I wanted texture and colour.  I stamped the birds in versamark, then embossed in white before adding colour with markers.  I dragged the markers across the three images randomly applying mustard, turquoise and green.

The bird strip is popped up a little and the “just for you” tab had to be distressed so it would blend in.  The look is a little different to my usual creations but I think it works.

Supplies:

Stamps: Of the Earth, Teensy Tiny Wishes
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard,  Garden Green, Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, More Mustard
Also:  White e.p.