Sunday 16 December 2007

Best friends

The Theme Thursday challenge is on friends, and the 4x4 Friday theme is blue & silver.

This image is from Flickr. Don't you just love the expression of the smallest girl!?

I have tried another Tim Holtz technique on this - mix together 1 pipette full of broken china ink refill with a small scoop of Perfect Pearls 'pearl' in a mini mister, and fill it 3/4 full with water. Shake thoroughly, and spray. The colours are my choice, but the variations are endless. Before this I sponged on Faded Jeans and sprayed with the Sticky Fingers inks. This is the same work; above it was scanned, and below it was photographed. As you can see on the 2nd image, the pearl comes out quite silvery. These colours are closer to the original.
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Stamps : AudDesign swirl; MSE Friends Always

Inks : Perfect Pearls 'pearl'; Sticky Fingers sprays Bluebell and Delphinium; DI Faded Jeans, and Broken China refill; StazOn Ultramarine

Extras : Peeloff borders; Paper Cellar Crystal Gems

14 comments:

Rika said...

Beautiful, lovely image!

Jacqueline said...

Hi Ros, yes the image is exceptional, especially the little one - pity we can't see the shimmer but it's a beauty!

Paula J Atkinson said...

These are both gorgeous. Love that image, very sweet endearing faces.

Sandy said...

This is a wonderful card. So cute image. Great background. A wonderful compesition.

Anonymous said...

Lovely lovely art - thanks for sharing with us.

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Claudette said...

lovely image...I'm sure the scan isn't doing this work justice, however it sure is a great piece

Andrea, said...

Beautiful, stunning image

Unknown said...

Ros, Just gorgeous! Both the scan and photo are lovely but look so very different.
Michelle Brown
Melbourne Australia
http://aztecmichelle.bigblog.com.au/index.do

Myriame said...

Great work, lovely image

Penny said...

The spray background is so pretty! The second photo really shows the colours off.

Tania said...

This is soooo goreous! Love those little ones! Thanks for the explenation.

Anonymous said...

They're both gorgeous. I love the image.:)
Vanessa.

nea said...

These are really beautiful.

Paula said...

Oh my, georgous! These ones really caught my attention!
Merry Christmas.
Paula :)