Scratch

I am sharing one of the infamous Art Impressions 'Bird-Brains' today!  How can you not love Scratch (Sku #1833)??  His pose is hilarious, but it's the grin that really gets you...

I stamped Scratch using Staz-On ink on watercolor paper so that I could use my Tombow watercolour markers to colour him, along with a wet paintbrush to soften and blend the colours.

Here's a close-up of my colourful feathered friend.

And finally, I wanted to share my inspiration with you - I found this on Pinterest and immediately knew that I wanted to try something similar with the Bird-Brains!  This is a print of an original watercolour by artist Renee Chastant.  My version is a little tame next to Renee's, but I'm working up to it!  Happy stamping, everyone!



Birdie & Scratch

I am posting on the Art Impressions blog today...

I have a fun Bird Brains card to share with you, using Birdie & Scratch (Sku#U1831).  This has always been my favourite Bird Brain image... the grin on Scratch's face cracks me up!  I always like to use papers with a bit of a country/barnyard feel to them when I play with the Bird Brains, so that's what I've pulled out:

And for the inside, I used Strut your Stuff (Sku#F1861):

There is still time to play along with our "Let's Get Krafty" challenge, we want to see you use Kraft paper on your project, like I have with my card today.  You can find the current challenge here!

Happy stamping everyone!

 



Oh, my Chickens!

We are having a Bird Brains challenge over on the Art Impressions blog... so we would like to see your projects with chickens on them!  I'm sharing a card with a little country flavour, using Birdie & Eggnus (sku#U1836) and the October Afternoon Sasparilla papers:

Here's a close up of the gals:

There are some wonderful prizes up for grabs - so we hope you'll join us on the Ai Blog!

Patterned papers are Sasparilla, October Afternoon; Stamp set is Birdie & Eggnus (sku#U1836), Art Impressions; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Twine, American Crafts; Burlap ribbon, Wooden button & Pacifica cardstock all Close To My Heart.