The Retro Owl

This is another image from Sideshow Stamps. They have some great funky and retro images. I have several owl images from them and this is the first one I have used so far. A lot went into making this...lets see if I can remember everything!

The background panel is Basic Grey from the Infuse line. I stamps swirls on it from the sets Swirls V1 and Swirls V2 from Autumn Leaves in Versa Magic chalk inks, browns and yellows. I stamped the owl on to the pp I created in Palette Noir. I colored some areas in with Copics. I stamped the image again on PTI white and colored with Copics. I pieced several areas from the white onto the pp with foam adhesive for dimension. I added sparkle with a Sakura stardust pen. I also used Liquid Pearls in Lemon Yellow on his feet and flower on his head. I also added a tiny yellow gem in the center of the flower on his head. The larger flowers are Primas fixed with a Jumbo Brad from Making Memories which was Stickled with yellow. The "branch" is a chipboard swirl from Lil Davis Designs which I painted with Ranger Distress crackle paint in Vintage Photo and then antiqued with Black Soot distress ink to bring out the cracks. The sentiment is from a $1 set from Michaels and I used circle punches to mat and pop up on the main card.

Here is a closer photo from another angle so you can see the dimension and the gem.

I'm really sorry for the cruddy photos. My Canon digital SLR's flash went out...I didn't know they did that! It just popped and poof...no more flash. I have to see how to remedy that. In the meantime I am using a point and shoot, also Canon. It's a great little camera but I really need the stronger flash. What I really need is better studio lights, but that would actually require me to clean my craft area so that I could fit them in. You would cringe if you see how I work. No wonder I can never find what I am looking for! In my defense...it's the basement which my dh has been really working hard to remodel, so until my craft space is done I have no shelves or any permanent structures for storage. I kinda have boxes and buckets and bins everywhere with stuff in them just waiting for their new home. And, well, I'm a little messy too. But I can't create any other way! Happy Tuesday!

It's "fra-gee-lay" that's Italian

That is one of my favorite lines from "A Christmas Story"...when dad gets the crate marked "fragile" and pronounces it with an italian accent...fra gee lay....LOL! I flipped when I saw this image on Michelle's blog here. It's from a great company called Sideshow Stamps. I also got some really great owl images too. They have lots of funky and retro images, check them out.

Ok, short today, I promise! I used all Papertrey patterned paper and cardstock. I stamped the image in Palette Noir once on white and then again on the moss paper and once again on the blue background paper. I only colored the leg and base of the lamp on the white paper cut out the entire image and placed onto the background image with foam dots. Then I cut out just the lampshade from the moss pp and popped it up again with foam dots. Before I added the lampshade I found some fringy like stuff but it was green and sparse. I colored it with a black Copic, trimmed it shorter to resemble fringe a bit more and folded it over so it was bit fuller. It's not perfect, but neither is a leg lamp! The base I colored with a Sakura stardust pen and then went over with Copper Copic and then finished with Diamond Glaze to make it look metallic. I added some brads, ribbon, and a little flower charm from Nunn Design.

Here's a little closer view of the lampshade. I love this image and I think a lot of people will really get a "kick" out of getting one! Oh yeah, one more thing...I just did not have a fitting sentiment for this. I was trying to think of something clever but couldn't come up with anything at the time of creation. But I am open to suggestions for the next one!

Happy Friday and have a great weekend everyone!