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Thursday 2 June 2022
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Hello crafters! It's time to have these cute little woodpeckers make an appearance! I started by creating a crackle background. I painted the Crackle Glaze on to a piece of black card and allowed it to dry overnight. Next I painted over the top with soft white matte chalk paint and a dollup of chocolate gold lustre paint for colour. The crackle happens immediately. I allowed it to dry for an hour r so then cut it into strips to look like wood planks. I attached the strips to a piece of black card to complete the background. I cut two woodpeckers out of white card and used distress markers to colour them. I also cut the wood trunk from the set and added grren leaves to it. I used the tree branch from the Moonlit owl die set and added two of them to the background. I used a Forest Moss distress marker to colour the leaves. I added one of the woodpecker coming out of the knot hole in the trunk and the other one flying. I cut the Home Tweet Home sentiment in black and glued it on a vellum flag. The card was completed with milk card mats and layers. The finished dimensions ar 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" in size. All for now, Sue x
Hi Sue, how your crackle stands out, its so realistic, those happy little woodpeckers showing craftyJo just what they are made of lol. This is a fantastic piece of inspiration, worthy of a wall mounted frame. What a fabulous week of samples, it starts my day here in the UK with a smile thank you. Hope everyone is feeling well and that the world and his wife managed a celebratory 84th birthday tipple with you yesterday June xx (I wonder if that's why you were named June, born on the first day of June)
Morning Sue, I feel like a broken record as everyday I seem to be saying the same thing, "Oh, I love this card". A woodpecker visits our garden most days. They are such lovely birds. Crafty Hugs, Pauline x
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, oh how I love the woodpeckers, the colouring on them is amazing, that is something I am not good at. Fantastic sample today.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Beautiful card. The background is very lifelike. What a brilliant job you have made of the wood effect. The woodpeckers are gorgeous and the colours lovely. Fantastic.
Morning Sue and all. Now this was my favourite card from the launch - absolutely stunning. And a design I will be “borrowing” for my dad as a Father’s Day card - he loves woodpeckers as much as I do! Thank you Sue for yet another amazing design! Colleen xx
Morning Sue, a really lovely card, great for any bird lover. Take care and stay safe everyone. Hope you can enjoy the long weekend and celebrations. Bx
Morning Sue, beautiful card, love the Woodpeckers. I never realised that there were some living in the tree next to my garden until I found one on the path in my garden that a cat must have caught. It was awful to have to pick it up and bury it, such beautiful birds, love Jean xxx
Hi Sue. How nice to see all the wildlife coming to life on your cards. We do get a variety in our gardens as we back onto Beckenham Place Park and it is quite exciting to see them in real life. Love the crackle background which I am quite good at now after a very nice lady told me how to do it!
Good Morning Sue. Ohhh how appropriate you made your background look like wood for the cheeky little woodpecker . Lovely card Sue. Short post today .... Not feeling too good at the moment.🤒 Sending hugs 🤗 and best wishes to everyone who needs them today. Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds Stay safe and well 🙏.
Hi sue these birds are so pretty the woodpecker makes a lovely card thanks to your beautiful dies Yes steph my dad wanted me called june as I was born on his birthday we had lovey days in the past I had a lovely day thank you dear Steph stay safe my friends June horrocks xxxxxxx
Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x Wonderful card Sue x the crackle background looks fantastic with the woodpeckers x I'm so grateful you showed me this technique at ally pally as sometimes I don't have much confidence in myself but went straight home and successfully achieved the look so thankyou Sue x Theresa w in Berks xxx
Beautiful card Sue, apt for the time of year, all the birds nesting at the moment, we have blue tits nesting in our garden, which they do every year.....luv Ursula xx
Love this set. We have woodpeckers around our yard at times and my dog is always intrigued by them. I had to add this set to my SW collection and this card is a favorite. Have a great day, Stephanie K
Morning Sue.
ReplyDeleteA brilliant card thank you.
Take care and have fun Kitty.
Hi Sue, how your crackle stands out, its so realistic, those happy little woodpeckers showing craftyJo just what they are made of lol.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic piece of inspiration, worthy of a wall mounted frame. What a fabulous week of samples, it starts my day here in the UK with a smile thank you.
Hope everyone is feeling well and that the world and his wife managed a celebratory 84th birthday tipple with you yesterday June xx (I wonder if that's why you were named June, born on the first day of June)
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteA lovely card.
B xx
Morning Sue,
ReplyDeleteI feel like a broken record as everyday I seem to be saying the same thing, "Oh, I love this card".
A woodpecker visits our garden most days. They are such lovely birds.
Crafty Hugs,
Pauline x
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, oh how I love the woodpeckers, the colouring on them is amazing, that is something I am not good at. Fantastic sample today.
ReplyDeleteStay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Hello Sue
ReplyDeleteI love anything about this card from the background to the colourful woodpeckers. Enjoy your day. Take care everyone x
Love woodpeckers!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. The background is very lifelike. What a brilliant job you have made of the wood effect. The woodpeckers are gorgeous and the colours lovely. Fantastic.
Barbara V
Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
ReplyDeleteWow what a stunning card today
Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx
Hope you all have a good day
Love
NannaShaz54
xxx
ReplyDeleteThose planks of wood are so realistic, a lovely
card.
Stay safe,
Doreen x
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteFantastic woodpecker card today one of my favourite birds to watch.
Owlish Xx
Morning Sue and all. Now this was my favourite card from the launch - absolutely stunning. And a design I will be “borrowing” for my dad as a Father’s Day card - he loves woodpeckers as much as I do! Thank you Sue for yet another amazing design! Colleen xx
ReplyDeleteMorning Sue, a really lovely card, great for any bird lover. Take care and stay safe everyone. Hope you can enjoy the long weekend and celebrations. Bx
ReplyDeleteLovely card; only ever seen 1 woodpecker where I live. WakeyL
ReplyDeleteMorning Sue, beautiful card, love the Woodpeckers. I never realised that there were some living in the tree next to my garden until I found one on the path in my garden that a cat must have caught. It was awful to have to pick it up and bury it, such beautiful birds, love Jean xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue. How nice to see all the wildlife coming to life on your cards. We do get a variety in our gardens as we back onto Beckenham Place Park and it is quite exciting to see them in real life. Love the crackle background which I am quite good at now after a very nice lady told me how to do it!
ReplyDeleteLisbeth
Hi Sue, this is a gorgeous card perfect for this special day. Your woodpeckers are so sweet and the colouring is great as usual.
ReplyDeleteLisbeth - lucky you backing onto Beckenham Place Park, my mum used to live round the corner and we often walked there and bird-watched.
Frances
Good Morning Sue. Ohhh how appropriate you made your background look like wood for the cheeky little woodpecker . Lovely card Sue. Short post today .... Not feeling too good at the moment.🤒
ReplyDeleteSending hugs 🤗 and best wishes to everyone who needs them today.
Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds
Stay safe and well 🙏.
A great crackle background that sets this off perfectly - love it.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon Sue,
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card with your lovely woodpeckers, I love how your wooden planks look. Yvonne xx
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteA brilliant card. Just perfect.
Ann - I hope you feel better soon. x
Love Helen xxx
Hi sue these birds are so pretty the woodpecker makes a lovely card thanks to your beautiful dies Yes steph my dad wanted me called june as I was born on his birthday we had lovey days in the past I had a lovely day thank you dear Steph stay safe my friends June horrocks xxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteCould enyone tell me what is wrong with my comment keeps coming up anonymous please x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing card Sue!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
ReplyDeleteWonderful card Sue x the crackle background looks fantastic with the woodpeckers x I'm so grateful you showed me this technique at ally pally as sometimes I don't have much confidence in myself but went straight home and successfully achieved the look so thankyou Sue x
Theresa w in Berks xxx
Beautiful card Sue, apt for the time of year, all the birds nesting at the moment, we have blue tits nesting in our garden, which they do every year.....luv Ursula xx
ReplyDeleteA great card and the background looks fantastic. X
ReplyDeleteHi Sue Fantastic card I love your crackle paste background it's very realistic The woodpeckers are lovely they ard such pretty birds
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteI love this card and dies… was one of my true favourites from your recent die launch!!
Hugs
Sam
xxxx
Stunning card Sue xx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteFabulous background to show off the woodpeckers
Love and hugs to everyone
Pat
Love this set. We have woodpeckers around our yard at times and my dog is always intrigued by them. I had to add this set to my SW collection and this card is a favorite.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day,
Stephanie K
I love this card!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteLovely card!
Thank you for sharing.
Véronique L
Beautiful! The background looks amazing and the woodpeckers are so sweet. This scene looks so real.
ReplyDeleteHugs from Toronto to you all.
Stay safe and healthy.
Carmen-Dorothy
Such a charming card. My husband would love it
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