I started by stamping three images of the Hipster Bird and one of the Hipster Ostrich as well as a fish skeleton from the Crazy Cat set. I die-cut the images with the coordinating Sizzix dies and watercolored with Distress Markers:
I took the eyeglasses, colored them in with Black Soot Distress Marker , added some Versamark ink and black embossing powder and heat embossed them for some shine:
Now for assembly. I attached the bird with foam dots, added a string and the Crazy Cat fish wot the pole and attached it to the bird and the background, stamped the word "CRAY" in Archival Ink and finally arranged my fish, a clippings sticker and some rub-ons for a finished card:
Products used in the making of this card were:
- Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Hipster” (CMS288) and “Crazy Cats” (CMS280)
- Dies: Sizzix Thinlits “Hipster Bird” (662246), “Hipster Ostrich” (662250) and “Crazy Cats” (661209)
- Stencils: Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencils “Feather” (THS079) and “Splash” (THS080)
- Inks: Archival “Jet Black”; Versamark; Distress Markers “Fossilized Amber”, “Broken China”, “Spicecd Marmalade”, “Back Soot”, “Mustard Seed”, “Squeezed Lemonade”, “Pumice Stone” and “Wild Honey”; Distress Oxide Inks “Broken China”, “Faded Jeans”, “Salty Ocean” and “Cracked Pistachio”; Intense Pencils “Antique White” (2300) and “Sun Yellow” (0200); Pigma Micron 05 “black”; Signo Uniball “white”; MArvy Uchida “Liquid Silver”
- Embossing powder: Hero Arts “black” (PW 119)
- Embelishments: Idea-ology “Clippings” (TH93583) and Remnant rubs “Life Quotes” (TH93120)
- Papers: Paper Reflections “Create Your Own” cards “Kraft”; Neena “white”; scraps of pale blue, light green and glimmer green card
- Adhesives: ScorTape; Ranger Collage Glue Stick; and EK Tools 3D Foam Dots