Post 278: Mother's Day Card (bird nest)

Hi peeps :)

I'd like to share a card today. This was made for a Guest Design Post using Stencils, all the details are here. For this Mother's Day Card, I started by blending some peacock feathers and broken china distress oxide inks onto the card panel. Then I sprayed on lots of water and dabbed it off with tissues. This left me with a beautiful and soft background. Then I sponged on distress inks and distress oxide inks through the stencil to create the bird nest and the bird. I wanted the bird to have a softer look so I went over the stenciled pattern with an aqua brush so it looked like I had painted her in. Then the eggs were added by applying some heavy white gesso with a palette knife. In the end, added a few details with white acrylic paint and embellished the card with sequins.

Supplies Used:
Neat & Tangled Stamp- Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card
Cutplorations - Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Die
CrafTreat Layered Stencil- Bird Nest
Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad
Distress Oxide Inkpad- Peacock Feathers, Broken China
Distress Inkpad- Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio
Aqua Brush
Sequins
White Acrylic Paint
Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Black Cardstock 250 gsm
Canson Watercolor Paper

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

TIME OUT Challenge #92 (was inspired by the word "bird")

Allsorts Challenge Week 434- things with wings

Thanks for your time!

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Stay Blessed.