Flying High for Penny Black

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm trying to work through my NBUS box that has become boxes!

I hit a triple with this card and used stamps from three different stamp

sets in my stamp box.  One I bought at least a year ago and the other two were

gifts from a sweet friend.

I've stamped the birdhouse in VersaFine Smokey Gray ink and heat embossed 

with clear powder. Then I used Distress ink smooshed on my palette to

paint it up.

The foliage was inked with markers, spritzed and stamped.  I used non-NBUS

Nature's Silhouettes leaves for the upper leaves and NBUS Woodland Beauty for 

the bottom foliage.

After I had done the wash, I stamped the birch tree with Archival Shadow Gray ink.

I should have done that BEFORE the wash.  I had to go over the white bark

with white gouache paint!  Oops.

I'm sliding into home plate at the last minute to enter the 

September Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

So many awesome cards over there!

Card Recipe (Note: This card is a little larger than the normal A2)

Stamps:  Fly High, Nature's Silhouettes, Woodland Beauty, Birches (PB), Take Care (ret. SU)

Ink:   VersaFine Smokey Gray, Iced Spruce, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Peeled Paint, Barn Door, Frayed Burlap, Faded Jeans, Tattered Rose, Brushed Corduroy (DI & DM), Archival Shadow Gray.

Paper:   Mixed Media, Watercolor (Strathmore), Basic Gray (SU)

Other:  Clear EP

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