One friendly cockatoo sending birthday greetings to a friend!
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Showing posts with label For The Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label For The Birds. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 30
Sunday, May 28
Bright and Bold
Check out the awesome cards Anesha created with the new For The Birds set of digital stamps. Bright colours, fabulous patterned paper and fun die cuts resulted in three great cards that are sure to bring a smile to someone's face.
Tuesday, May 23
Tutorial - Diagonal Cut Cards
Quick, resizable, folds flat for postage AND it's a two-for-one!!
1. Start with a piece of cardstock - I'm using an A4 piece but the size doesn't really matter, so use whatever you have in your stash. Place it vertically on your scoreboard and score at the halfway point. Turn it 90 degrees so that it's horizontal and score again at the halfway point.
2. Cut the cardstock diagonally from one corner to the other. Your cut should pass through the intersection of the two scored lines. These two pieces will be individual cards (the two-for-one I mentioned earlier).
3. Fold along the score lines to form the card base.
4. Time to decorate! Cut a piece of patterned paper that is 1/4" shorter and 1/4" narrower than your card base. (For example, if your card base measures 6" x 4", cut your patterned paper to 53/4" x 33/4")
5. Cut the patterned paper diagonally from one corner to the other. These two pieces will fit on the front panels of your card base with a small border around the edges. Secure them in place with glue or double sided tape.
6. Decorate the front in whatever manner you wish. I found that an image panel fixed on one side of the opening provided enough weight to hold the card closed. Just remember to only apply adhesive to one side... you don't want to glue the card closed!
7. I added a white panel to the centre of my card for a personalised message, as well as a little image and some sentiments.
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Sunday, May 21
A Little Bird
Glittered edges and a big blue bow are the perfect embellishments for the cute card Deanne created with the new For The Birds set of digital stamps. Head over to her blog for more great projects!
Friday, May 19
Make Mine A Budgie
It's handy to have versatile images that can be coloured in various ways for different people or occasions, such as this little bird. In the digital set, he is a Peach-faced lovebird, but with a few colour tweaks and added markings, he becomes a cute budgerigar.
I've coloured the image with alcohol markers, but you can easily use your favourite colouring mediums to complete the project. Remember to use the appropriate paper for your medium, which will make the process much easier.
Colour the head, neck and wings with a bright yellow, then add shading around the eyes, under the beak, either side of the neck and under the wings. Blend the yellow shades using a variety of markers for a nice smooth transition.
Now colour the rest of the bird with a light green shade. Add your darkest green in the shadow areas - under the tail, at the bottom of the stomach, and under the loose feathers. You can even add some additional texture to the bird if you wish. Blend with the medium markers for a nice, smooth transition.
Beaks and feet are generally the same colour - a warm grey or earth tone.
Colour the stick however you wish, remembering to contrast the colour of the bird's feet with the colour of the stick so they are both discernible.
Time to add the markings that will make this bird recognisable as a budgerigar. Use a dark, warm grey to add little lines around his chin... a bit like a goatee beard.
Now use a blue-green pen to place markings on either side of the face, right next to the beak. These markings should resemble upside-down commas.
Finally, use a lighter shade of warm grey to add textured "stripes" on the sides of the face and shoulders. Make sure you keep them quite rough and textured like the tips of feathers, rather than having smooth sides like a triangle.
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Thursday, May 11
Feathered Festivities
Carla has demonstrated the versatility of our new For The Birds set of digital stamps by creating both a Christmas card and a birthday card with the images. To make them fit better into her designs, she used a fine point pen to lengthen the perches before colouring. Clever!
Saturday, May 6
Scarlet Macaw
Macaws come in a surprising variety of colours, from the beautiful scarlet macaw, which has a combination of red, yellow and blue plumage, to the gorgeous Hahn's macaw that sports a green body with flashy red shoulders.
Although it's nice to take inspiration from nature, it's also fun to use your artistic license to create new varieties of birds with whatever colour suits your mood, the occasion or the preferences of the recipient.
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Monday, May 1
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