Dusting off my
blog to share a fun card made for a colleague’s retirement featuring the cool Cockatoo Rules from The Paper Shelter.
I’ve used the
current sketch, well OK it’s a retro one from a while back but still awesome
second time round, at CAS(E) this Sketch for the layout of my card. I did add in a number of layers for added
interest and I’ve offset my cockatoo, in lieu of the plane, to make it look
like he’s driving off the page. Love the
Make it Crafty chippies and I’ve used a word one for part of my sentiment and
some flourishes for the jetstream behind the cockie.
The other part of
my sentiment is from an ancient rub on set, so ancient the letters were
cracking up as I rubbed them on but I think it suits the card. It gives the impression of well worn leather,
like the cockie’s jacket perhaps, or maybe cracks in the road. And why a cockie on a retirement card? Well my colleague keeps them and this one just
looked perfect for someone riding off into the sunset ready for retirement!
Over at Moving Along With the Times they are looking for male themed projects. This card is heading out to a male colleague,
hence the CAS style and going with the biker cockie rather than a more realistic
one. Although I’ve realised I’ve made
him look way more biker angry than he should be, as I did this no lines I covered
the beak lines in my black watercolour and didn’t cross-reference the digi
until it was too late to realise I’d placed the mouth line in the wrong
place. He looks more determined than happy
like you’d expect of someone retiring!
Now while this
cockie has chosen to fly over the road on a pretty fancy bit of kit he has a
pair of wings and would normally be seen up in the sky. So I figure he still counts for the What’s
that up in the sky??? theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters where I’m also
linking up my card, just under the wire for their challenge too.
Haven’t had a
chance to do much crafting of late so had a bit of fun getting inky with
this card. Hoping to do a bit more this
month than last, shhh, there’s still Christmas 2017 sitting on my craft desk
that needs finishing and posting!
Ingredients:
Chalks &
Powders etc
Ranger Embossing
Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear
Embellishments
Make it Crafty
Flourishes Chipboards ~ Twinkling Swoosh
Make it Crafty
Single Layered Word Chipboard ~ 2'' Hello
Inks & Paints
etc
Derwent Watercolour
Pencils ~ 6 Deep Carmine, 35 Prussian Blue & 67 Ivory Black
Kuretake Gansai
Tambi Water Colours ~ No. 10 White, No. 20 Black, No. 47 Dark Brown, No. 56
Marine Green, No. 67 Deep Blue, No. 90 Gold & No. 95 Silver
Tim Holtz
Distress Ink ~ Embossing, Ground Espresso & Squeezed Lemonade
Tim Holtz
Distress Markers ~ Black Soot & Squeezed Lemonade
Papers
Bazzill Card
Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bazzill Fourz Cardstock
~ Pollen & Stonehenge
Bazzill
Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven
Stamps
Challenges
Thanks for
stopping by!
