Thursday, November 13, 2008

Theme Thursday - Birds


My stamp club is thinking about doing a Skinny swap, so I used the Theme Thursday challenge to make a sample to show everyone. I did a back to it, thinking I could submit it to the new Simply Skinnies challenge, but the theme there is AIR travel, not just travel, duh. Guess I need to read things better! Oh well, I got to play around and it was fun.

Both pages use the peeled paper technique, but each goes a different direction after that. For the birds I added Shabby Shutters and Worn Lipstick Distress ink and gessoed over that. For the Venezia piece I did a lot of sanding, a bit of gesso, and inked it with Brushed Corduroy, Spiced Marmalade, and Fired Brick Distress ink.

Both the Bird stamps and Venezia stamps are from Oxford Impressions. Don't forget, you still have time to enter your artwork for the Design Team search!


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21 comments:

  1. KNovember 13, 2008 at 1:57 PM

    both of these are beautiful!!!

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  2. SandyNovember 13, 2008 at 2:04 PM

    Wow these are really wonderful.
    Gorgeous work.

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  3. joanne wardleNovember 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM

    gorgeous!
    (and birds travel by air don't they??)

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  4. KATNovember 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM

    Shelly - love both of your skinnies.... I think you can submit the bird - you took a vacation Bird Watching and don't you think birds go on vacation??? They fly south right????

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  5. CharNovember 13, 2008 at 2:54 PM

    I love both of these skinnies. Birds are light and suttle and the travel is dark and royal. Fabulous.

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  6. FayeNovember 13, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    Beautiful skinnies! Both are so gorgeous. I love the colors in the top one because they are such soft and wonderful colors. I like the color depth of the lower one because it looks mysterious and some travel is an adventure and somewhat mysterious.

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  7. Art By WandaNovember 13, 2008 at 3:06 PM

    These are both fabulous, Shelly. Hmmm... the bird one could fit air travel :-))

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  8. Heather RobinsonNovember 13, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    Oh, I started with the soft and lovely bird related piece then made my way downwards to find a rich and beautiful piece. Love the juxtaposition of the two.

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  9. ~*~Patty SNovember 13, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    Both of your skinnies are really lovely! Great background technique, Love that one. The colors in your first skinny really speak to me

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  10. SarahNovember 13, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    Both are wonderful but I love the colors and elements of the second one the best.

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  11. AnnekeNovember 13, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    this card is magnificient.
    i love the combination of the dark colors.
    and also a beautiful image

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  12. vintage wilNovember 13, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    Both are wonderful,love the colors and elements !!!

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  13. Michelle MurphyNovember 13, 2008 at 5:10 PM

    okay i give what size is skinnies? love both of your pieces..please bring on saturday would love to see them

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  14. StempelfroschNovember 14, 2008 at 6:53 AM

    Lovely bird skinny !
    LG Anke

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  15. Kris DickinsonNovember 14, 2008 at 11:20 AM

    Your art is amazing! I love both pieces!

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  16. CherylNovember 14, 2008 at 11:29 AM

    Beautiful work... :-)

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  17. the authorNovember 15, 2008 at 4:39 AM

    Wow, they're both beautiful!

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  18. JuneNovember 15, 2008 at 8:00 AM

    Love your art work. Its beautiful
    Hugs June xxx

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  19. CaroleNovember 15, 2008 at 8:08 PM

    Great skinnies....and the bird works for me as 'air travel'. lol

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  20. RosieNovember 16, 2008 at 8:29 AM

    Beautiful art work

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  21. OzstuffNovember 16, 2008 at 11:46 PM

    Scrumptious artwork!

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Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts. I appreciate your comments so much!