Every once in a while I like to experiment with different styles and techniques. I realize that today's project isn't a typical card that you would see me create, but now that Stampin' Up! has our own line of alcohol markers called Blendabilities (available soon), it opens up a whole new world of stamping possibilities.
For this card I started by pulling the owl image from Baby We've Grown Digital Stamp set, enlarging it, editing out the momma owl, adding the sentiment, and then printing it out on Whisper White cardstock on my home printer. Stampin' Up! recommends that you use a laser printer to print your digital images for coloring them with Blendabilities, but I tried it with my ink jet printer and it worked fine. I suggest that you do a trial run to see if your ink is colorfast. (I have a HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One ink jet printer.)
Until now, I used three colors from the same set and blended them to color my flowers. However, there are only two darker browns in the Skin Tone Assortment, so I used those to color the owl bodies. Since I was working with two browns, I decided to work with the lightest and darkest markers from the Old Olive Assortment as well.
Also, the Smoky Slate Assortment hasn't been released to demos yet, so I had to get creative and find a way to do some shading. I opted to sponge Early Espresso ink around the images and then I added the Linen Thread to give the illusion that they were standing on the ground. Besides, you know I can't hardly resist adding it to just about everything I make, LOL!
For the heart, I blended two colors of the Cherry Cobbler Assortment on a scrap piece of paper and then punched it out with the tiny heart on the Owl Builder Punch. I also added some hand-stitching around the edge of the card to give things a little more interest, but you can definitely leave that step off if you want.
I feel like the supplies for my projects this month are all over the place...some from the new catalog and some retiring product from the old. I apologize for that, but I am fairly limited right now. Thankfully, the only thing on this card that is retiring is the Old Olive Polka Dot Parade dsp. You can try to order some before it is gone or you can easily substitute something else.
Now, be sure to hop on over to see what Erica Cerwin and the rest of the design team have created.
