Thursday, July 29, 2010

Birds and the Window


There aren't many birds that weather out the Cold Wisconsin Winters. Perhaps their petite little bodies just don't have enough insulation to handle the negative wind chills and piles of snow. Sometimes it does get lonely out there, when all you see is vast areas of white. My heart fills with hope of spring when I happen to notice that first little brave birdie perching upon the bare branches on the tree out my living room window.



I created this window card by first changing the digital bird file to a monotone color, printing him on colored cardstock and then highlighting him with white colored pencils, a white gel pen and then some distress ink. The bird was purposefully printed on the inside of the card so I could create a window, complete with an acetate panel for the TiffanyDoodles Challenge. I used the colors from Color Throwdown, which reminded me a bit of Christmas. I think my grandma will enjoy this as one of her cards this year...Christmas In July, perfect for the new challenge over at Anjillic Creations! Also, the current Wee Memories Challenge is a Stamp Anything, I really love the look of watermark ink and do not do it often enough. Thank you for everyone who puts on a challenge because it really gives me inspiration and makes me think!




Supplies Used: Cardstock: (River Rock) Stampin Up Digital Image: (Warbler) TiffanyDoodles Stamps: (Woodgrain Silhouettes Additions) Wplus9 Ink: (Antique Linen Distress) Ranger (Versamark) Other: (White Gel Pen) Signo (Labels 8 Nestabilities) Spellbinders, (Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon) Stampin Up, (Rustic Twine) PTI, (Green Rhinestone Brad) Oriental Trading Company, Acetate, Handmade Decorative Pin, Silk Flower, Thread

42 comments:

  1. wow, that's just stunning! you're, like, an artist ;)

    also, window cards totally intimidate me, i have never ever put a hole in a card like that, never

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  2. I absolutely LOVE this card! What a beautiful effect you created! I'm so impressed!

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  3. Gorgeous, Karen! Love that sweet bird image and the terrific color combination! A fabulous creation!

    PS: It qualifies for the current Res-Q Challenge!

    Talk soon ... sending hugs!

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  4. beautiful. stunning. brilliant. gorgeous. striking...and every other adjective that means spectacular!!

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  5. Oh my goodness, fabulous! amazing! outstanding! This is truly a piece of art :-)

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  6. Oooh, this is absolutely lovely, Karen! Wow oh wow!

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  7. This is beautiful! I love the monotone colors of the bird and the white highlighting! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Throwdown!

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  8. Wow! I think this turned out great, you're so great with the acetate, I think it photographs fine.

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  9. this is so beautiful.. your window card is so stunning... amazing work Karen!

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  10. Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL window card! I love EVERYTHING about it!

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  11. Girl this is simply beautiful and I love the story you shared about the bird! Too cute.

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  12. This is beautiful enough to be framed Karen, absolutely gorgeous!!!

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  13. wow! beautiful coloring/highlight on the bird!! gorgeous card!! love it!

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  14. Wow love the die cut window!! so pretty:-) great colouring too, the bird looks so realistic!

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  15. Karen,

    This is STUNNING! The bird image is just beautiful - amazing actually! The window is so pretty and that little bright spot of red - reminds me of the first flowers of spring! Excellent!!

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  16. OMG!! I was stunned for a minute when I saw this card!! It's gorgeous and you rock the challenge! Thanks for playing with us at Tiffany Doodles!

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  17. Oh my goodness, your little birdie is absolutely stunning! What an incredible talent you have! Great use of these challenge colors, too.

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  18. This is so lovely! I love the way you combined the colors- and all the details are just right! And topped off with a sweet handmade pin- perfect! :D

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  19. Absolutely gorgeous, love every little detail about it.

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  20. Wow! Talk about amazing! I love the highlights and the window too!

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  21. This is Divine Karen! I love how you highlighted the printed bird. What a wonderful idea and love the use of the die to create the window. Beautiful!

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  22. What a stunner! Really love how you re-created the effect of looking out a window to see a bird perched on a branch! Simply beautiful!

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  23. So classy and elegant! I love that it's a window card! :)

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  24. Wow! I love how you've done the bird - so artistic and effective. It really looks great with the white highlighting. I love the window too. x

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  25. Excellent! Those colors, the bird and the window, everything on your card is beautiful!

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  26. Oh wow! This is beautiful! I love the way you muted the colours of the bird, I can just picture him perched outside my very own window :)
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  27. So soft and lovely! Fantastic card!

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  28. This is beautiful Karen! I love birds. When I lived in Iowa most of my birds stayed. I did feed them well though. If you feed the regularly and they know they have a food supply they will stay. Even a lot of my Robins stayed. :)

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  29. Your card is just gorgeous, Karen. I love the way you used the colors. Just a beautiful design!

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  30. Love the framed effect! I agree the watermarked ink does not get used enough, gonna have to blow the dust off mine and start using it too :) Great job working those colors, the little bit of red is just fabby!!

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  31. Oh my gosh this is so lovely!

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  32. Wow. Stunning card, Karen! I'm so glad you entered it in my Christmas in July challenge! It is a welcome entry. I'm honored to have you playing along! Your coloring is amazing to me, just amazing. I love the window idea, and your ribbon treatment too! You are certainly an artist. :-)

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  33. Such an elegant card! Your colouring is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Tiffany Doodles!

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  34. Sweet card! I love birds! Glad your package got there safely! Have fun with it.

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  35. How beautiful! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown!

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  36. my God this is amazing, u did a fabulous job.Thanks for ur comment on my card.THis is grt work.

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  37. Congrats! I saw you won over at Tiffany's Doodles. It is well deserved. This card is gorgeous.

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  38. Absolutely stunning!!! Congrats, Karen, on your BIG 1st place win at Tiffany Doodles! So happy to see your name on the list!

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  39. I was SO inspired by this, dear girl: you ARE amazing! Yeahooooo!

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