Monday, August 12, 2013

Be extraordinary!


That's Birdy Shoes by Stampotique. Isn't he just way too cute?  I think he's extraordinary, especially when he's sporting some colorful plumage so he can stand out from the crowd.

He was stamped onto Neenah cardstock and onto a double layer of Eclipse Tape by Judikins, which were fussy cut to be used as masks. I stamped the birdy on the right, masked him, stamped the birdy in the middle, masked him, then stamped the last birdy on the left. The masks were kept in place while I colored in a floor for them. Then the masks were removed and all three birdies were colored in Toner Grey Copic markers. 

An additional Birdy Shoes image was stamped, colored in orange, yellow, and violet to comply with the current challenge over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog. He was fussy cut, edged with a black pen, and put aside.

I found some seriously old black/grey patterned paper with a tiny triple dot pattern in my stash that worked really well matchy-matchywise (new word) with my greyscale birdies. This paper is by Keeping Memories Alive, which has been gone forever and a day. I hoard their papers because I find them useful. 

The birdy trio was matted with grey cardstock, then layred onto the KMA paper using almost-as-old photo corner stickers by Scrapbook Adhesives. I hoard those too because they're useful. Sense a theme here?

I die-cut a piece of grey cardstock using an old 4x4 QuicKutz die and stamped the sentiment, from the Wise Words set by Rubber Soul/Wordsworth, using Onyx Black VersaMark ink onto it. I also die-cut an extra grey arrow and a black arrow and stacked all three of them, offsetting their arrowheads a bit. This gave the colorful Birdy Shoes birdy a nice raised perch. Colorful Birdy Shoes was adhered onto the stacked arrows using my beloved-and-hoarded black dimensional foam stickers by Scrapbook Adhesives.

Thanks for visiting today!

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18 comments:

  1. Such a cute card! very well arranged birds on project!
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  2. All I can say is BRILLIANT! lol I LOVE this card! Glad u joined us at the Stampotque challenge blog :)

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  3. Gorgeous card, there's a whole lot of work gone into this and it works beautifully. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique this week.

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  4. Glad you are using your hoarded stash. Every once in a while I manage to do the same, even though it pains me.
    This card is utterly fabulous! I absolutely love all the birdies, all your coloring, your design, and your fab embellies! The DP is perfect, isn't it! Great card, Kathi! :^)
    Hugs, Penny

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  5. Really lovely Kathi and so perfect for our theme.

    Thanks so much for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge this month.

    B x

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  6. stunning card, I love the grey scale birds with just the one colored. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge this week.

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  7. Just an adorable card, Kathi, and so full of encouragement! Love the contrast of the challenge colors against that gray/black background! Just perfect!

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  8. Eye Candy for sure... COnGrats on being #1. Thank you for sharing you wonderful talents with us at Stampotique.
    xoxo
    sarinda

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  9. Haha! I love that bird and his colorful shoes, makes me think of a "Far Side" cartoon! I gotta be me,,,I gotta be me!!!!!

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  10. Kathi this is fantastic, I love the colourful bird alongside the black and grey. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Stampotique. Sue xx

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  11. LOVE this!! Completely fabulous design idea and it looks so great - just love the brightly coloured guy standing out from the rest :)

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  12. Fantastic use of Colors.. Great idea..and I love the Trippel arrow.. Great Effect! :o)
    Thank you for joining us at ATSC! :o) Hugs Sol :o)

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  13. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations this month.

    Lynne

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  14. What a fun card, thank you for joining in with the Stampotique challenge this week. x

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  15. I fell in love with this as soon as I saw it on Facebook! I love how you've used the colours for the challenge, thanks for joining us at Stampotique this week.

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  16. A very Pretty card , thanks for joining us at Stamping sensations

    Francesca x

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  17. What a fabulous creation, Kathi! Thanks for joining us at Stamping sensations for our Wings and Things and a Touch of Vintage theme. Good Luck!

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