Sunday 10 March 2019

Bluetit and blossom

I recently won a trio of really beautiful bird stamps from the Crafty Individuals blog. Naturally they provided lots of inspiration in the form of the beautifully arty designs they are well known for,  but I decided for their first airing I should use each one in a very CAS way to get a feel for the beauty of the image. And I used the RSPB Handbook of British Birds to get my colouring as accurate as possible.


Here is the first, a blue tit on a sprig of blossom, coloured with pencils. I pencilled a very faint background around the image and softened it with a blending stump.

I am sharing this with

Make my Monday - something new (a brand new stamp)
Little Red Wagon - Lions and lambs (wild creatures) 
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a creature 
AAA Cards - a second entry to the One + Three challenge, hopefully correct this time!
This time I've used one stamped image, pencils, one matted layer and a sentiment but not the friends optional extra twist

13 comments:

Barbara Godden said...

Beautiful colouring job on the image, your card is gorgeous.

meg said...

Beautifully coloured image, definitely suits the CAS lay out, thank you for joining in at MMM

Dawn Phillips said...

Wow, lucky you. You've made a lovely job of it. Love Dawn x

Margarets designer cards said...

Lovely card, beautiful image

JanR said...

Lovely card! The colours are fantastic. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely stunning card, beautifully coloured image, Kate x

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Congrats on your win Jane, also on this beautiful card too. Such a lovely stamp, can't wait to see the next two cards.

Sue xx

Jane said...

Beautiful! Great use of the 1+3 too. Thanks for playing again at AAA Cards.

Debbie Mageed said...

Lovely card, as always! You had me with that stunning bird! Your coloring is wonderful. Thank you for playing with us at the Make My Monday Challenge and hope you join us again soon.

crafty-stamper said...

Brilliant CAS card and brilliant pencil colouring on the stamp-congrats on your win
Carol x

Cheryl said...

Beautiful CAS card, Jane! I love your coloring on this bird. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards challenges.

Sue - said...

That is beautiful Jane!

Quillish said...

Oh so wonderful! Love your coloring and the placement of the stamped image. Thank you for playing with us at AAA challenge, hugs ~ Ishani.