Friday 19 September 2014

Week 18 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

Firstly thank you to everybody who visits this blog and to those who have left much appreciated comments on my entries to the Craft Barn Q & L challenge. I have managed over the past month or so to get around and view all the participants lovely projects. Sadly, there are a few where, because I'm not a subscriber to Facebook and don't have a google G+ profile I have not been able to leave a few words.

The words given for the eighteenth  challenge are "childhood" and "easier".

My chosen quote for this week's postcard is attributed to the Victorian author Samuel Butler. I felt these two ducks were having a good gossip putting the world to rights and could well be quacking the quote in their conversation. The background is sprayed with Dylusions inks and then stamped. The ducks were stamped, cut out and glued on.


Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 300gsm & 200gsm
Colortec+
Inks
Dylusions - London Blue, Vibrant Turquoise
Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, 
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Copic marker
Stamps
Ducks - CI- 373  Favourite Ducks
Diamonds - Kaisercraft
PaperArtsy script - MN75
Chicken Wire - Creative Expressions
Other 
Computer generated words - Typewriter font

I found quite a few song lyrics containing the word "friendship" and in the end chose Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses. For this postcard I went for a clean and rather cute look so I could do some soothing colouring and cutting out. The boys t-shirt, shorts and kite are paper pieced and the rest of the image coloured with alcohol pens and then a touch of Distress Ink around the edges.


Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 300gsm & 200gsm
Scrapbook papers
Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
Distress Ink - Broken China 
Copic & Promarker pens
Stamp
Docrafts PMA 9061300 Nostalgia by John Byars
Other
Computer generated words - Kidprint font
Spellbinders dies


9 comments:

massofhair said...

In love with your ducks... Beautiful faces and great placement on your CAS card, has to be one of my favourite entries so far! Wonderful quote...

Love Bon Jovi, such a fantastic choice of lyric and so beautifully coloured, reminds you of more innocent times:-) xxx

Unknown said...

I love those ducks. Two lovely cards.

kaybee said...

Love both cards, but think the duck one is my favourite! What is it about ducks?

Craftyfield said...

Oh yes, those ducks are wonderful and the background is full of stamping, love this one. The second one is a very sweet image, both very good pages!

Lesley said...

Two fab cards and quotes, I love the ducks! xx

ionabunny said...

Had to pop over and check out your ducks. They are gorgeous. Great colours and quote. Then it's two for one. How nice. I like that little boy stamp. It looks familiar so I wonder if it's gathering dust in my stash somewhere??!! Will have to dig it out. Love how you paper pieced him. Hugz

TwinkleToes2day said...

Two wonderful postcards :D

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I'm going to be singing that GnR song for DAYS. The way you illustrated it was beautiful. Of course, your ducks were a pleasant surprise!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Both creations are wonderful. I love the ducks :o)