Are you in your PJ's and ready to party? I'm not a PJ girl but I do like a Pajama party - especially if we get ice-cream for a midnight feast ;-) http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/wms-pajama-party.html
I played with a couple of the "get ahead" challenges last week - Firstly "Tickle Me Silly" - to make a card with one of the new feather sets. I went with Fine Feathers and tried a layered vellum technique I learnt in the online card class I just took. I stamped two large feathers in wet cement shadow ink onto white cardstock and then added a layer of vellum. I stamped the smaller feathers from the set but the inks I chose were too pale so I embossed them - one with "cricket" and one with teal opaque and teal glitter powders. I added a matching sentiment with pewter powder and hid the glue line where I attached the vellum with some strands of Waltzingmouse twine.
I hadn't had enough of feathers though, so decided to use Funky Feathers to enter the "In the Background" challenge. I stamped two rows of the solid feather using the new pistachio ink from SU to create a chevron pattern. I stamped over the bottom row with the matching open feather stamp with versafine deep lagoon and repeated it on top row with versafine olive. I stamped a couple of elements from Country Labels 14 onto a corresponding green scrap and die cut before adding a deep teal border.
Right the party must have started now - time to see who's in their PJs!
Love the blue and green you've got going here on both of these beauties! love those feathers!!
ReplyDeleteOOOh I love that vellum technique Tara, that's very neat!! AND i love that you used teh solid feather as a background colour on your feather borders on the second card!! I wondered if anyone would pick up on that!!! Thank you for joining us!
ReplyDeleteTara these are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteLove the vellum...
so cool!
And what an awesome background...
love it! :)
So happy you could make our first Pajama Party and hope you're coming for the Bedtime Story! :)
Gorgeous!! I love your vellum technique - your choice to use it with the feathers is so elegant. I will definitely have to try that technique myself. And I adore your two-tone colors on your second card.
ReplyDeleteBoth these cards make me very happy - love the shades of teal and green! I think the vellum layer is fab and I adore the bold feathers on it! Love the layered feathers on the background of your second card - may have to CASE that!
ReplyDeleteOk not quite in my PJ’s here in Ca but I will be soon. Love your first card with the vellum and stamping a true beauty! Your second card is very trendy!!! Love the colors too.
ReplyDeleteWow, I am so impressed with the vellum shadow idea which I have not seen before. It's truly beautiful!
ReplyDeletePenny
Beautiful cards! I love how you did the layered vellum technique-- it's perfect with the feathers!
ReplyDeleteTara...both of your cards are just fabulous :) Lovley colours ...yumm :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, both! Can't stop starring at the bottom card with the double stamp. Love how that came out!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the home sweet home card, those colours are great and I love the cute background you stamped!
ReplyDeleteYour just rockin those feathers! The rows of them stamped perfectly has me mesmerized!
ReplyDeleteLoving' these feathers....the teal and sparkly on the first one and the second card....those feathers in a row with the other images/sets....would never have thought of that!!
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