TSOT #144 Fine Feather Marker

Welcome back.  Try Stampin on Tuesday has a challenge for you today that makes you think. For this card you must incorporate a removable tag.

I have a card for you that will incorporate a bookmark instead of a tag, which will go perfect for a gift of a book for any reader.  Using the feather as a bookmark it will add an additional gift to the book that you may give or even a gift card to a favourite book store.

I started by creating my card base and stamped it with three of the feathers.  I started with the largest feather and then created a mask and stamped the additional feathers on top, but actually they appear as if they are underneath the largest feather.  Then with French Script I masked all three feathers and stamped the base.  I distressed the edges to give the effect of a well read book.

Using the Spellbinders Labels 13 I cut out the next layer.  The longest feather from the set was used to create a buckle or belt for the bookmark to be attached to.  Then folding a piece of lavender CS the final feather was stamped out and then fussy cut.  A magnet was placed at the tip of the feather on both sides and then this was put through the long feather and held in place.  

Now all we need is a great book to go with this card.  What do you think you could come up with. Stop by Try Stampin on Tuesday and see what the other great Designers have for you.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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TST #115 For a Fellow Artist

It's definitely Birthday month around here.  Today I have made a Birthday Card for a fellow employee who is a fabulous watercolour and acrylic painter.  At Christmas time he blessed each of us with one of his watercolours for our Christmas card.  To show just how special he is  I decided to use the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday, to create his card.

As soon as I saw the sketch I immediately saw a painters pallet, brush and piece of art work.  

I used markers to colour the feather and then once I stamped the image I blended in a few more of the colours that I have put onto the painters pallet in the background.  I then spritzed the "canvas" using the spritzer tool.

 

So from one fellow artist to another...Happy Birthday Jon!  

Hope you like what I have done with the sketch.  Now it's your turn.  Need a little more inspiration?  Hop on over to the Try Stampin site and see what the other Great Designers have in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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TST #87

First off I would like to wish all my Canadian Friends out there a Happy Thanksgiving. I know my household had a lot to be thankful for this year and it was great to have everyone around the dinner table to celebrate it together.  Now onto business....

It's Tuesday, so once again we are back with another great Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch.

With the Canadian Thanksgiving just happening I thought I would give the feather another try.  I really love this stamp set and the way you can use your markers to colour the feathers rather than just the stamp pad itself.  Here I used Concord Crush and Lucky Limeaid to create the colours in the feathers.

Then using my punches I created a backdrop for the smaller feather and adhered them to a strip of CS with dimensionals.

I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving, for those that celebrated it, and will give this sketch a try.  Don't forget to post your card for all of us to admire.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Celebrate 35!

This past week our store manager celebrated 35 years with the company.  As I was going through different sketch and colour challenges I decided to make a different card and put this one off.  After a little bit of time I went through all my stamps and went with my Fine Feathers seeing as she is the chief at the helm.

Once I finished the card front it still looked a little slight, so I took one of the smaller feathers and stamped it out three times.  Cut and feathered the edges of it to make it further look like and feather and adhered it with TomBow and added a slight touch of bling, a simple stone, just to keep it a little earthy.

Once I finished the card I went over the challenges available on that day (not what you would usually do) and discovered that I could add it to Cute Card Thursday for their letters and numbers challenge and Dutch Date for their clean and simple challenge.

Congrats Terri!

Hope you like what I have come up with.

Nancy

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