I guess what I'm trying to say with this card is that if things seem dark right now, you have to keep dreaming of a brighter tomorrow.
The main panel on the card is three strips of grunge paper embossed with Tim Holtz texture fades, coloured with distress inks (broken china, victorian velvet and dusty concord), and swiped over with black soot distress ink to cover the raised bits. The colour scheme was chosen to match the variegated thread I used to stitch the three pieces together. I then sprayed with some heirloom gold perfect pearls mist.
The book plate was cut from black card using the Tim Holtz tag die and painted with rock candy crackle paint which seems to have given it a bit of a leathery look. The white card in the centre was coloured lightly with the same three distress inks then stamped with 'Dream' in black archival. The finished book plate was fixed to the main panel with foam pads and some more of the pretty thread.
The butterfly and bird were cut using Tim Holtz movers and shapers dies and again painted with the rock candy crackle glaze. This time I added a little bit of colour with some metallic rub-ons.
Not sure if there is enough rock candy to really qualify this for this weeks Grungy Monday ('rock candy stickles or paint'), and it'snot come out very glossy, but I'll enter it in anyway. Would have been better for last weeks theme of grungepaper/board :-( but nevermind. Check out Tim Holtz's rock candy how to here.
That's enough for now, thanks for visiting.
Sarah
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Sarah, this is a wonderful card for both themes. I do like the leather look on the bookplate. My hats off to you for sewing - I'm needle and thread challenged myself.
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Perfect tribute to recent events, love the colour combo and textures, the staples are a neat touch too.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is great, I love the way you stitched the grunge paper together. A very fitting tribute to a wonderful singer.
ReplyDeletelovely tag and well done for the sentiment, I'm sure Amy would have loved it too
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
janet
Oooh, this is gorgeous hun, loving the textured grunge... fabbydabbydoodles! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful! Love the black with just a hint of color. So sad about Amy Winehouse...she was incredibly talented and one of my all-time favorite singers.
ReplyDeleteTruly a stunning piece and I would say just the right amount of RC! Very sad when a young person is lost and makes you wonder about how many you don't ever hear about.
ReplyDeleteLovely card - even though it is dark there is just a hint of colour to liven it up. Keep blogging!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really lovely even though it is still dark!
ReplyDeleteLove your card and it's a perfect tribute to Amy Winehouse, one of my favourite artists. Also perfect for the sadness in Norway, the message is just right and I love how you added just a little colour. Chris :)
ReplyDeleteLove the stitching and the colors along with the message and your tribute.
ReplyDeleteJe découvre ton blog, vraiment sympa !
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