Branching Out Thanksgiving

Remember that the Holiday Extravaganza is still going on!

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I was invited to a friend's house for Thanksgiving and wanted to bring a couple of "gifts".  I made 2 samples of this card, one to keep and one to give.

This Branching Out card uses brayer techniques made popular by Michelle Zindorf.  I love impressionistic art, so that was the look that I was going for.

 

  I looked up a group of colors on my color wheel and began by brayering several Brocade Blue mountains in the background.  I sponged Bordering Blue from the mountain tops to the edge of the paper to complete the sky.  I then brayered in Old Olive grass and sponged over it a bit.   The Branching Out tree image was inked with Chocolate Chip craft ink, which was "smudged" with a sponge after stamping, to give it a more wispy appearance.  Using craft ink gave me time to mess with the images a bit.  After stamping and smudging the 3 trees, I added More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive leaves.  Lastly, I stamped the "Grateful" sentiment from the Falling Leaves set.

One other step I might have added would have been to highlight the  trees or mountains with a

gel pen or marker.  Admittedly, I was reluctant to mess with the cards further, after getting them to this point!

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Jackie

Branching Out

Ok, enough of Pattered Pines. This is the wonderful set, Branching Out, which is not pictured in the current catty, but is available on the dormant list (meaning that you CAN order it). 

I stamped the tree in Mellow Moss and then used a  torn piece of paper to provide a line for sponging.  I then stamped some of the leaves in the "lawn", to give it more dimension.  I also stamped a Bravo Burgundy bird in a branch.  the Hodge Podge ribbon holder was inked in Real Red Craft ink and then coated with clear Embossing Powder.  Because the Hodge Podge piece had a dark finish, it turned the color of Bravo Burgundy.   Again, the concept here is that you can emboss your Hodge Podge pieces, to make them whatever color you wish!!   Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon was threaded thru the Hodge Podge piece and attached to the card.  The Bravo Burgundy card base was run through the Big Shot in the  Petals-A-Plenty Embossing folder.

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Jackie