Peace Dove

Hello friends,

Sharing a card I made for the IG Hop, 'An Encouraging Word'. I procrastinated a lot, but after coming across Lydia's card in the 'CASE Me a Christmas Card' hop hosted by Michelle Lupton, I got my mojo back. The main element from Lydia's card that inspired me was the bold blue. A color I never used for ink blending before.  

Products used:

Die cut dove (company unknown), #rangerdistress & #catherinepooler inks (for background),  #gansaitambi pearl watercolors (for spatters & dove), #stamplorations (star die), holographic paper, #tsukinekoink (for glow behind star), #averyelle (sentiment) & #wow embossing powder 

A panel of watercolor paper was inkblended with Broken China ink within a circle, masked then inked with Prize Ribbon. This was followed by spritzing water to lift the ink. As there was a stark color contrast, the circular area was painted with Prize Ribbon and spritzed with water again. The edges were ink blended with Juniper Mist (CP Ink). Next, the panel was generously spattered with silver pearl watercolor to depict a starry sky. The sentiment was heat embossed. A solid oval stamp was used to depict the glow around the star, softened around the edges and the holographic die cut star was adhered in place. The die cut bird sent as RAK was with one wing, so I adhered the wing from another die cut to it. The embossing tool was used to give dimension to the wings and tail. The olive branch was drawn, fussy cut, ink blended and finished off by adhering the dove with the olive branch in the circular area.

Challenges entered:

#wordartwednesday - anything goes

#diecutdivas - anything goes

#peaceonearth - Christmas

#wordpower - word in focus

Have a great day.

Leanne