Fly Free Hummingbird ATC by Fliss Goodwin
11:00
Hello
everyone, I hope you’re managing to keep warm wherever you are as the big chill
seems to have arrived, certainly where I live anyway! I have another of my
samples to share from the last Hochanda shows and this will hopefully warm
things up as I’ve gone a bit tropical again with my favourite bird.
Ingredients:
That’s Crafty! Bits and Pieces Greyboard Sheets – Fairies and Hummingbirds, Small
Funky Flowers 1
That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints – Green, Christmas Red, Yellow, White, Metallic Gold,
Metallic Ice Blue
That’s Crafty! Shimmer Paints – Purple, Turquoise, Dark Blue
Palette
Knife – my favourite is the Ranger Black Palette Knife Set as it has several
shapes and sizes
Extra
– vintage book pages, small embossing ball tool (the sort used in Pergamano)
Recipe:
I
covered the ATC with torn pieces of vintage book page (in my case a very old
and faded book of Shakespeare’s plays which will last me ages as it has them
all!). To make them stick down well, I brushed a little matte medium over the
top to seal the edges.
I
next added some detail with the leaves stencil and texture paste, just
concentrating on the top right and bottom left corners. I left this to dry
completely.
I
put some green, yellow and white paint on a ceramic plate next to each other
and then picked some paint up with a palette knife, smearing it over the
surface to give a grungy look.
I
painted the flower with red, yellow, green and gold paints, adding detail with
coloured pencils when the paint was dry. I then scored some detail on to the
hummingbird using a small ball tool and painted him with a mix of shimmer
paints. The effect on the body is achieved by adding small dots of paint,
starting with the darkest colour and ending with the lightest.
I
glued the flower and bird to the background and finished off with part of the
first quote in Lynne’s set stamped on white card with black ink and cut out.
Do
keep an eye on the blog as we have some rather exciting happenings next week
that you really won’t want to miss. The Design Team have all been working behind
the scenes and I know we can’t wait to show you the results!
Have
a great weekend and see you next week.
Fliss x
10 comments
It certainly made me think of warmer climates Fliss. Love this little Hummingbird always looking for his nectar hee hee!! Beautiful ATC.. Warm hugs Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Tracey and hope you're warmer today.
DeleteFliss xx
Oh lucky you with such a book, did it take you long to tore out pages, lol- it would have done for me :-)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful ATC , Fliss , the background is amazing with the torn page, under the green and your hummingbird is so beautifully painted, as is the flower. Here we have plus grades , also today, and no wind, so not too cold .
Hugs from me- xx
Thanks so much Dorthe and the vintage book was my mother's but very tattered otherwise I couldn't have torn out any of the pages. Hope your weather is still warmer.
DeleteFliss xx
Oh spring just can’t come soon enough! What a beautiful ATC
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Amanda x
Many thanks Amanda and I'm with you on that as I'm also longing for Spring.
DeleteFliss xx
Thank you Melina, glad to hear that and stay warm in the snow.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
I always love seeing how you work with the hummingbird Fliss, that was definitely made for you, fab ATC :)
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Donna xx
Thanks so much Donna. So kind and I really do love that bird (need some more now too as my last one has just flown away :D)
DeleteFliss xx
Lovely tropical warmth and shimmer - this is delightful.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
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