Well, I struggled with this challenge more than I should have. I had several
song ideas in my head but I couldn't decide on one, so overthinking took over
until I finally settled on "Blackbird" by the Beatles.
And here is my card:
I used a stamp set from Aall and Create with the same name (Blackbird). It has
been retired but may still be available from a few retailers such as Frantic
Stamper in the US. I started by first stamping the large bird using Versafine Onyx ink. Then I used a Lavinia stencil on the background with Twisted Citron
Distress Oxide ink. I wanted to stick with just green and black so I used
Mowed Lawn Distress ink with the star stamp. Wording and small blackbirds were
stamped with the same black ink. As you may have guessed I messed up stamping
the birds on the top left and in order to save the card I had to come up with
a way to do that so I stamped them again on a snippet of cardstock which I
then tore along the edges. This step led me to distress the cardfront as well.
Before adhering to the card base I inked the edges with Mowed Lawn ink.
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I plan to share with these challenges:
- Ally's Angels - AG
- Alphabet Challenge - A for Any letter from teh Alphabet (I chose B for Bird, Black, letter B)
- Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
- Just Us Girls - Stencils
- Make My Monday - Things with Wings
- Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/or Scissors (I used both - scissors for distressing and all layers are paper)
- Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Monochrome
- Stamping Sensations - Nature/Animals/Birds
- Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Things with Wings
- The Paper Funday - AG with twist of "B"
- Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies
Thanks so much for visiting and hope you're having a good weekend. I will be working a bit more in my garden. I started weeding and clearing out my small vegetable garden patch but I am not even sure if I will plant any veggies this year. I've not had much luck in the recent years so I may just throw some Zinnia seeds in that spot and hope for lots of butterflies instead. And I need to figure out what is wrong with my raspberry bushes. Most of the canes that are supposed to carry fruit this year seem to have split at the bottom and are dead. So frustrating! I definitely don't have a green thumb :(
18 comments:
Super card Ellie, I love the stamps. Great save on your little mishap, it looks like you always intended this to be part of your design.
Liz xx
Fabulous card Ellie, I love the wonderful balance between the intricate stamping and stencilling, and the monochrome colour palette. The distressed bit of card with the little birdies was a great save - would never have realised that was to hide a mishap! I clearly don’t have your imagination as sadly I tend to launch my mishaps into the bin and then regret it later!
Hope you have a good weekend in the garden - we are supposed to be getting a mini heatwave in the UK this next week! xx
I was admiring that torn strip before I read what you had done! I think it really adds to the great design.
Great card and song choice, mistakes are only an opportunity to embellish and that is a great embellishment, nice stenciling and background Ellie!
Your snippet is a great addition!
Colors are fabulous!
Perfect stamps for the Beatles song Ellie and the Blackbirds equally perfect for our theme at Stamping Sensations, many thanks for joining us.
B x
The mishap was a happy accident - it looks great!
This is a really lovely card and a great song! xxx
This stamp set and the way you've used it illustrates the song perfectly
Great use of the letter B for our challenge, (and great song choice too!) Love the torn paper/distressing, gives such a different feel to your card, turned out wonderful! Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge!
Me again, also wanted to thank you for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge too!
Good save! Love the blackbird, your color choices & stenciled background! Thank you for sharing with us @ Make My Monday.
A great design (even with your little mishap) and love the green and black combo.
What a stunning composition here! I love all of the layers in your background stenciling as well as the different birds I see inside your design! So many ways you've used the "B" letter too! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at the Alphabet Challenge!
Deine Karte schaut wundervoll aus, liebe Ellie. Eine schöne Kombination verschiedenerer Elemente bzw. Motive.
Herzliche Grüße
von Anke
Ps.: Irgendwie habe ich das Gefühl, dass meine Kommentare in letzter Zeit bei Dir nicht ankommen, sie sind immer verschwunden ?
cool mix media card, thank you for sharing your wing card with us at MMM
Great card, love the design. Thanks for joining Stamping Sensations challenge. Anesha
Great card. I like the colors, I like the images and you'd never know there is a mistake. Love this card. Thanks for sharing over at Make my Monday, Alphabet.
Fun collage-y stencilled card! I like your colors and the silhouettes. Thanks for playing at Just Us Girls!
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