Happy May! I worked up one of my favorite subjects for this month's tag swap--the majestic peacock! The theme was embossing folders and/or die cuts, so I used both. I had this peacock die from Cuttlebug for a long time and never used it (sound familiar?!) so I decided it was time for him to go to work. I first applied Evergreen Bough, Broken China, and Peeled Paint distress inks to the tag, spritzed it with Green Patina Perfect Pearl Mist. After it was dry I ran the tag through a Tim Holtz damask embossing folder. I cut the peacock from turquoise cardstock, the leaves from green, and the damask element at the top from gold. It was work getting the little tiny pieces pulled from that peacock die! I traced around the inner body of the peacock to make a template of white card and painted Radiant Pearls in shades of blue, green, and purple. While that was drying I assembled the tag. The leaves have InkaGold applied to them, in a shade called Lava Green. I don't know what happened to my gold InkaGold--it completely dried up. What's up with that? I haven't even had it but about nine months. Anyway, the lava green looks gold. The bottom border is cut from that wonderful Royal Garden paper pack from DCWV I got from JoAnn's a few months ago. I love this paper, and use it sparingly. After putting the peacock together I added a few touches of Stickles, Smooch, and a few rhinestones. The stamp is from Renaissance Art Stamp. I used Stazon Jet Black because of the slick nature of the cardstock. He sparkles!
Wow, you did it again. I have a tip I recently read about. When you use dies that have a lot of cut outs, place a piece of waxed paper between the cardstock and the die. It will come right out.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you buy the Cuttlebug peacock die? I can't find it anywhere. Maybe they don't make it anymore.
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