Wow...I feel like I haven't been able to have a play date in months! Luckily, not only did I have time this week, I also so loved the colors! My muse was all but doing the happy dance! Ideas were jumping out at me since Thursday. Ahh, but the actual assembliage...now that was a bit tricky!
Since the goldfinch are back on the hill, I went with the yellow bird idea. The bird and cage are from Tim Holt'z Caged Bird die. Bird 1: tried embossing with a music texture plate. Image too big for little bird...didn't make any sense. Bird 2: Used the retro circles texture fade from Tim Holtz. Embossed too deeply, bird decapitated. Bird 3: Less embossing (no tabs, no bottom plate, folded paper instead) looked good, then got carried away with Frayed Burlap, now looks like a house sparrow. Bird 4...finally made it to the cage (meanwhile surrounded by kitties, thinking they were eventually going to get lucky with real thing).
The Background was made using the Wrinkless Distress technique from Tim's book, with Antique Linen, Frayed burlap and Walnut Stain. I wrote the maker of the stamp down, and then left it home...ask if you need it! Same with the saying...where is my memory!!! And there you have it! Now hop over to the Play Date Cafe and see what everyone else is brewing! Have a crafty week everyone!
A great piece Kim, I love the sentiment. yvonne x
ReplyDeleteYou certainly nailed the bird wonderfully. Fourth time lucky and lovely. I think it is fantastic that the bird is part way out the cage. I have this die and usually leave him/her inside, but it always looks so lonely. Needless to say I am loving the freebird vibe of yours. The sentiment and the sheet music background are just icing on the cake. Fantastic card!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card, really elegant. I haven't played with that die for a while, must get it out and dust it off! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe this week!
ReplyDeleteThe textured bird looks beautiful fleeing from his cage! THanks for sharing this with us at The Cafe, and we're so glad you had time to play.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with so many cool textures and elements to adore!! Thanks so much for joining us at The Play Date Cafe :)
ReplyDeleteI just love that Tim Holtz die. This is beautiful and a great use of this week's colors. Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe this week.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful vintage creation, Kim, the cage, bird and background papers are all beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!
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