For my friend...

I've had this made for a couple weeks-- poor thing got buried in the shack by other unfinished projects...

Check out the difference that lighting makes.  Honestly, IRL, it's somewhere between the two... dreamy but vivid.

After I saw this birdie during one of the last free-playtimes I had and knew right away what I would work on for that session.

Supplies and notes:

• Library card base remaining from another project-- I sopped up some remianing ink andwater from the craft mat during a wrinkle-free distress, it looks like.
• I pasted the Carolina Chickadee onto the card with Distress Collage Medium, Crackle, then I kind of glazed the whole thing with Distress Collage Medium, Matte
• After that, I used an old xmas card as a stencil-- it was greenery and berries.  I pasted some Distress Crackle in Clear Rock Candy through it... oooh, so awesome.
• After all of this was dry, I scribbled some Distress Crayons around the bird for shading and added some DI over the greenery to show it more.  It's still very subtle, but I happen to like the soft look of this card.
• I used a think line of Stickles at the edges which totally yielded the magical effect I was hoping for!
• Vintage cream seam binding

I didn't have any challenges in mind when I made this, but I think I'll just share over at Simon Says Anything Goes on Wednesday... Oh, man: it's like the lottery!  Ooh, and it also qualifies for Simon Says Add Texture on Monday... the crackly texture.  Mmmmm.