Shana Gaff
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Four Feathers

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! and for once I am not getting my card finished at the last minute!  I really needed this weekend to do some crafting and since it is deer season, I am a hunting widow and have plenty of free time. :)  Our challenge at ATSM this week is Make Your Mark, so you can use markers, colored pencils, watercolor crayons...whatever coloring medium you want!  I used a few other challenges on my card for inspiration: Fab Friday, retro sketches and The Paper Players.

I made my card to thank all of you that have created and organize these wonderful challenge blogs.  I know it is a huge undertaking and I am so grateful to each of you for all of your hard work and dedication to help inspire those of us who are occasionally in a creative stump. :)  Here is what I came up with using these amazing challenges:


I started my background by coloring a large, clear block with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze markers, then stamping Blackberry Bliss splatters from Gorgeous Grunge over the coloring. I then spritzed it with some water and pressed my cardstock onto the block. I use this technique a lot, I know, but I just love it!  I also used markers to ink up the Crushed Curry feathers, so I could get Cajun Craze on the edges. After I had my background finished, I traced the inside of a circle framelit with a pencil and cut it out with Paper Snips, cutting out the feathers that overlapped the circle.  I used a LOT of Dimensionals underneath it so it looked raised, and you can barely even tell in my photo. lol Oh well, in person it looks exactly like I had planned it and that rarely happens, so I am happy with it! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure to stop by the ATSM blog to check out the rest of the design team's lovely creations!

15 comments:

  1. Gorgeous mix of colours and perfect for this technique Shana. Love the softness of the watercoloured background ... adding the splatters stamp before spritzing is a great idea! TFS Definitely can tell that you took lots of time to fussy-cut around your feathers. Loll xx

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  2. Wow - this is wonderful. Love the colours you've used, the layout is just fab. Great work.

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  3. Your background is amazing, Shana! I love the pattern and colors and your feathers are just beautiful! Really stunning water colored card!

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  4. This is stunning Shana, the backgroind is a mix of wonderful colours and the design with the circle die is just so creative. So pleased you are getting some crafty time x

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  5. Wonderful background Shana and the fussy cutting of the feathers was well worth it. :)

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  6. Absolutely stunning, Shana! Love the color combo! Love the dimension from the fussy cutting of the leaves...simply gorgeous!

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  7. Gorgeous! Your colour combination/techniques paired with the lovely feathers...oh my! So beautiful!
    ~c

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  8. Beautiful card, Shana! I love the colours you used and the watercolour background is lovely.

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  9. I love your background technique!

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  10. You've created such a beautiful effect with this background and used gorgeous colours too. Such a lovely work of art x

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  11. Gorgeous! Love your stamping and watercoloring style background! and great take on the sketch and color challenge!

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  12. I can totally tell it's raised! Looks wonderful! I especially love your background...the soft watercolor look with out bold colors is a great combo! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!

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  13. Hi Shana. Beautiful splatters! Your soft watercolouring is just so perfect to go with the feathers. Have a lovely day! hugs Monika xxx

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  14. Shana, this is a gorgeous background! I love your choice of colors! Your fussy cutting looks fabulous! Thank you for joining us at The Paper Players this week! XX

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  15. Such a beautiful background, Shana! I LOVE how you snipped out the circle to include the feathers...clever! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players this week!

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