Sunday 8 March 2015

Vintage feathered friends

I had a wisdom tooth extracted a few days ago and ooh it's not pleasant, and I am hoping to be pain free soon and no longer resembling a hamster but until then to take my mind off it I've had some time at my craft desk.
Birds are not normally a theme I go with but  I think I had fallen into a bit of a rut with my crafting last year and as a result was struggling for inspiration and motivation. I have been trying to learn about mixed media and develop my crafting. The card background is distress inks, I've used a Craft Individuals mask in the corner and also added some Ranger African gold embossing powder in two of the corners. I have also gone back to my books and today I dug out Tim Holtz's compendium of curiosities 2 and I've used a few techniques on this card - inking texture fades, faux patina, whitewash stamping.  
The focal panel is a Crafty Individuals stamp which I've stamped twice and fussy cut the birds from one to give some depth. The background of the second panel is coloured with distress inks and I've spritzed some dye ink and added distress stickles to a couple of edges. The panel is mounted on a panel of burlap with some extra bits and pieces from my stash.  You can just see underneath the burlap I spread some crackle paste onto the base and when dry rubbed distress ink over.   
The Happy Birthday message is mounted into a book plate that I've had for ever - I altered it with alcohol inks similar to the faux patina technique - I couldn't get the light right so you can't really see it properly in the photo.  I had a lot of fun creating my card and it distracted me from my jaw pain !! 

My card was inspired by these challenges - 

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Crafting...Esther xx

20 comments:

  1. Ouch - bet that was unpleasant! Lovely card with a lovely patina, very pretty, and glad you had fun! Thanks for joining in the CI Challenge for March. Jean x

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  2. Esther this is a lovely card. Gorgeous background and a beautifully colour on the image.
    Avril xx

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  3. A lovely and delicate card!
    Thanks for joining in the CI Challenge for March.
    Bises,
    Sylvie

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  4. I love your mixed media card, it is beautiful. You have used some great Tim techniques and I really like the raised birds, they look so effective like that! I really hope the pain goes soon, it is not nice having wisdom teeth out for sure!

    Thanks so much for sharing this in our birthday challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne x

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  5. Beautiful mixed media card. I love the line of birds. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  6. très belle carte avec de superbes oiseaux
    mamypassion

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  7. Lovely card ..... Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper TIMI challenge .... good luck! Linda xx

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  8. Stunning make, love the muted vintage colours and how you put it all together! Thanks so much for joining us at Mixed Media Monthly!

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  9. Very beautiful and delicate! I love all the elements, you have made them work together so well! I hope you feel better soon.

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  10. Loving your mixed media style Esther. Super looking card. Hope your mouth heals quickly. Thanks for joining in the challenge at A Vintage Journey and good luck.
    Julie x

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  11. Gorgeous vintage card - love the soft pastel version of my favourite colour combination, and the layers are lovely. Horrid about your tooth - do hope it's settling down now. Thanks so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
    Alison xx

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  12. Beautiful card! Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  13. A really beautiful card Esther, love all the techniques you have combined to go for a subtle and gorgeous background!... :D A great vintage composition!! Hope you are not more looking like a hamster LOL (I looked similar to you last month!). Thank you for joining in the CI challenge this month. Crafty hugs, Coco x

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  14. Beautiful! Love the texture - amazing background! I always love the burlap on a project! Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  15. Wonderful layers on this beautiful creation! The soft coloring is so pretty on the layered birds! Thanks for joining us in the AVJ All Things Tim challenge Esther!

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  16. Loving your card Esther ! I have also become your latest blog follower !

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  17. Beautiful! Love the texture in the burlap. Hope you are feeling better. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  18. this is lovely! that bird image is so great. hope you've healed from the yucky wisdom tooth extraction! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  19. You did a great job with this Esther and how lovely you could join the birthday celebrations at AVJ with this fab card..
    Thanks for hopping aboard and sharing the celebrations.
    hugs Brenda xxx

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