#TGIFC386 — Inspiration Challenge/Perched In A Tree

Happy Friday! For today’s TGIF Challenge, we have the inspiration below. It was the perfect opportunity to try out the Perched In A Tree Bundle. I particularly love the Aspen Tree Die background and have been dying to use it.

I had a lot of fun with this card, because the Perched In A Tree stamps include both a large splatter and a small dot splatter that are great for creating fun effects with watercoloring. For my leaves, I started out by randomly stamping a sheet of wet Shimmery White Cardstock with the large splatter using Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, and Pumpkin Pie ink. As it dried, I added the small dot splatters. Then, I used the finished sheet to die-cut the leaves. I love, love, love how they turned out!

Behind the large background die-cut, I created a watercolor wash on Shimmery White using the same three colors and Balmy Blue. Then, while it was still wet, I stamped some of the splatters. I also flicked the sheet with water drops and used a paper towel to remove some color.

I cut the Aspen Tree background die-cut from Shimmery White Cardstock and used a Blending Brush to add Gray Granite ink to the outside edges and sides of the trees. Then, I added some small splatter dot stamps with the same color.

The hardest part of this card for me was painting the bird! I looked at images of Winter birds and found some that looked like the stamp so I could mimic the colors. It took me a couple tries. The first time, it turned out way too dark. But I’m fairly happy with the end result.

Be sure to click over to the TGIF Challenges Blog and check out all the designers’ projects this week. Then, create one of your own and use the Linky Tool at the bottom of that post to enter our challenge. I’d love to see what you come up with.

Have a wonderful and creative day!

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