Sunday, March 8, 2015

A bright and cheery bird for spring!

WELCOME BACK!

While many of us are still looking at piles of snow 
any single hint of spring is appreciated!  And so to get a jump start on spring I started thinking about putting together a collage card of happy spring tidbits. After enjoying a review of my stamps I finally decided on including 15 stamps and 2 stencils.  Then the real fun began!



I created several backgrounds to determine which would work best. Lots of bright happy springtime colors are a must for this project. I love birds so I was delighted to give the most important seat to my chick stamp (Best Stamps).  For an added treat I covered the image with 2 colors of flocking one with glitter. Doesn't everyone love the soft feel of a peep? The grasshopper is from Stampendous and the numbers stamp is by Tim Holtz as well as the dotted fade stencil behind the chick.

To create the collage I used: distress stains and inks, Wendy Veccchi archival inks, Wink of Stella, embossing powder, Viva's Pearl Pen-ice white to paint the feathers and of course the flocking.



I am entering the Mixed Media Monthly challenge. This month's challenge is Birds of a Feather. This piece with it's playful chick brings me a smile that is needed to get me through the rest of our winter's extreme temperatures and I hope it does the same for others. To me art is about lifting people's spirits.





This is also a reminder that the Mixed Media Card Challenge with a spring theme and an optional bird element is open through March 25. 


Hope spring is around the corner for you!

11 comments:

  1. This is so cheerful, Jan! A real burst of spring!

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  2. Wow ... this is truly amazing. Love the bright and fun colours. And love the collage of stamps and stencil that all come together to scream "SPRING!". xx

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  3. Pretty project. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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

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  5. A wonderful background for your cute chickie perched on the paint brush Jan!

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  6. Wow, 15 stamps. This is a favourite of mine. I love all that you have going on, and yes, a fuzzy chick is nice.

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  7. This brings a smile to my face! So colorful and Spring like! Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  8. such a lovely spring feeling going on in here!!! and I hear you on using stamps and creating several backgrounds at once - I do that too and love my stamps too :)
    greetings, Sanna

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  9. this is so cute and pretty. i love that little chickie! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  10. sooo pretty! thanks for playing with us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!

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