http://someplaceinthemiddle.blogspot.com wrote, "I'm a few posts late with this but I've been wondering what the "Feather Lite - technique" is. Could you describe it or show a sample? I surfed in here with the random "next blog" button. Being a long time paper artist myself, I was interested enough to read through some of the past posts."
First, Thank you for visiting and for your kind words. I'll try to explain... "Feather Lite" is the name of a card submitted by Ali Dufty to the Stampers Sampler Apr/May 2006 isuue. Ali used a watermark ink {VersaMark} to stamp a feather on a navy panel, then rubbed the image of the feature with Pearl Ex, brushed away the excess Pearl Ex, and sealed. This was embellished with silver wire attached to top part of the feather image and curled at the ends prior to adding to a white piece of cardstock. She set that aside and then randomly stamped using the same image using the VersaMark ink on a piece of glossy cardstock and used the Wildflowers Adirondack ink brayered over the randomly stamped feathers. This image was attached to a sheet of navy cardstock then adhered to a white card and the first image stamped was attached over a center section of it and further embellished with silver stickers.
Several things about this caught my eye. First the colors brayered on over the feathers. Soft pink, blue and aqua- the combination is gorgeous together. Next, the technique itself. It is created and reminds me of a resist technqiue - which it is - with a combination of the "spotlight" technique only with the variation of being colored using Pearl Ex vs. colored inks or pencils. I really liked the style of the card and the combination of techniques used to create it.
2 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing this. You are very right about it being eye catching. :) It's old techniques given a bit of new life and it really works well together.
I don't get many magazines anymore. I was starting to feel like it was a lot of repetition and I could do just as well spending my money on new products. Like you, I never used the mags for solid ides but for inspiration and I can find that almost anyplace.
i write in my magazines too. and books. i think it's a habit from school, highlighting important text. but now nothing is sacred. i scribble on everything.
Post a Comment