Sunday, February 19, 2017

Red-shouldered Hawk

This is the most common roadside hawk in the Pacific Northwest:


Supplies:
  • Color Bursts through a Heidi Swapp stencil on Strathmore watercolor paper.  I added a few water droplets of my own with a waterbrush and LOVE this background... made it my phone's screensaver after a year of poppies! (I added a shot of this below... feel free to grab it!)
  • Black paper mat by Colorbok
  • The hawk is from an old children's guide
Oops... there's an edge on here... 
I will share this at the current Simon Says Stamp on Monday... Your Fave Tool: Well, I really don't use fancy tools.  I made a list because I was really wondering, "What's my favorite tool?"  My list included a heat tool, scissors, Crop-o-dial (seldom use, but it's so valueable when needed), Cuttlebug (from Autumn), paper cutter, paintbrushes, stapler, typewriter, ruler.  I ended up thinking about what I use most and what I could not craft without: scissors.  I read earlier in the week that Marzena said the same thing.  Now, don't compare my cutting to hers!

I'd like to also share this with the current TGIF Challenge

7 comments:

  1. Fabulous card, Mimi! The watercolour background is so fun and colourful. Love it! Thanks for playing along at TGIF Challenges. Rochelle xo

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  2. This is flippin' fantastic, Mimi! I am drooling (hopefully my hubs doesn't see me drooling as it is not particularly attractive) over this card! How could I not? This is gorgeousness and color blending at its finest. Love, love, love and want to stand up and cheer for your geniusness on this!

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  3. Have mercy, I can never get enough of your amazing stencil work! Love this hawk image paired with. This weekend on my road trip I saw a hawk swoop down and pick up his prey. I was completely in shock, awe, and disgust all at the same time! Lol! After the grossness wore off I was so thrilled about what I had seen, so neat!

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  4. This is such a beautiful card! Your coloring is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

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  5. Eyecatching! I can see this also be a great screensaver for your phone. I've decided I want to be an organ donor if anything should happen to me, so that's info which is on my screensaver, but otherwise I wouldn't mind borrowing (stealing) your photo for this:)

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  6. Oh! I absolutely love this stenciled watercolor background! Your colors meld perfectly! Thanks for joining in the fun over at TGIF this week! <3

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  7. Wow, your background is totally amazing!!! The added water drops create such depth and coolness/awesomeness. I am glad you joined our inspiration challenge at TGIF. Smiles, Elizabeth

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