Sunday 25 May 2014

Nuthatches

Well it's a typical British Bank Holiday weekend - grey and wet. At least it's given me the chance to do some crafting though and my Clarity samples should be ready to post on Tuesday.

I thought I'd blog my Nuthatch card today as I was speaking to my Dad yesterday and he said he'd just photographed one. I got him to email me them so I'll put a couple at the end of this post.


Like so many of the DT, I thought that the Lone Tree stencil made the perfect setting for the Nuthatches. Unlike when I first used it, I now have some Grunge Paste and I thought it would give the trees great texture. That gave me a bit of a dilemma - how to stamp the birds on the trees whilst not getting ink from the background on the trees.

First I had to make the trees though. I did them on a separate piece of card to make things easier. I applied the GP fairly thickly and dragged the knife up and down quite a few times to give them lots of texture. When they were dry I cut them out and inked them up with a brush and several shades of brown Distress Ink. As a finishing tough I added a few areas of green to look like lichen.

Then came the fun bit.


I stuck the trees on with Repositionable Herma and then stamped the birds into place. That enabled me to position them properly and get their feet on the trees.


I then removed the trees and masked off the birds so that I was able to work on the background (a typical Clarity scene with trees and hills) without worrying about getting stray ink on the trees.


I made a Post-it mask to add colour to the birds with a make-up sponge. As the background was quite busy I made them quite vibrant so that they stood out. To emphasise them even more I added a mat in the same colour.

That's my vibrant take on a nuthatch...............


now here's a couple of Dad's photos of the real thing. Such a beautiful bird.


Thanks Dad. x

Stamps and Stencils Used

Lynne
x



4 comments:

  1. What a wonderful card Lynne. I love what you have done with it. I like the landscape in the background and the colour of the birds. Those photos of the nuthatch are brilliant too. xx

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  2. A stunning card and so much detail. I always love to see your work Lynne and this one is certainly one of the best. Thanks to your Dad for the brilliant photos too...x

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  3. Gorgeous card Lynne, and very clever use of the stencil, those tress are great . Xx

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