Birds of a Feather Thinking of You

The theme for our challenge at Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges this fortnight is Birds of a Feather, RRC#116.  Do stop by and check out the wonderful creations of the Design Team.

My current stamp stash had little in the way of bird stamps, but I did have several feather stamps to work with that I’ve had around since 1998!  The first thing that popped into my head was to use metallic embossing powders on the stamped images, and this is what was so fun to create.

The feathers are all from Where the Rubber Meets the Road purchased at a stamp convention in Portland.  That is a story for another time!  The images are stamped in Tsukineko Briallance Galaxy Gold on cream card stock and are heat embossed with bronze and gold opaque embossing powders.  The feathers were fussy cut, then colored with Decorator Chalks using a Tsukineko Fantastic Brush Tip tool. 

The card base is Kraft card stock trimmed to 5 ¾” x 9 “ and folded in half.  I used one sheet of Coordinations Black Magic and trimmed the backing layer to 4 ¼ “ x 5 ½”.  It was pressure embossed with Sizzix Damask #3 so the image is “debossed”.  Using a brayer and Memento Tuxedo Black the raised portion is distressed.  Spellbinders Medallion Two is die cut and pressure embossed and then sanded to allow the color to show through.  A die cut of the same in Kraft backs the medallion.  These small sets offer great versatility in layering.  The center circle is die cut and pressure embossed before inking the edges with Tsukineko Versa Magic in Midnight Black.  The sentiment by Inkadinkado is from the Just Saying set. The various layers are adhered together with dimensional foam adhesive between the top layers.

Come join the fun and show us your creations that feature a bird or feathers.  Stop by Ruby’sRainbow Challenges and link up your creation.

I am pleased to enter the following challenges with this card:
Shopping Our Stash #225 No Patterned Paper
Everybody Art Challenge #342 Stamp
Our Daily Bread #260 Double Embossing (heat & dry)

Crafting When We Can #106 Distress It

Create and Inspire #32 Anything Goes

Scrappy Land #28 Embossing (I did both heat and dry)

Crafting From the Heart #83 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #285 Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff Challenge #197 Die Cuts and/or Punches

Ooh La La Creations #192 Embossing

Vintage Stamping Challenge #37 Use a Die or Dies

Stamp & Create Oct Challenge Brown or Craft