Button Peacock Thanks...VLVOCT02!!!

I interupt this blog post to show you my peacock legs!!!! Hee Hee!!! I Totally forgot those. When I was at the Verve release party when the Swan Song set was released, Julee mentioned that the swan could be a peacock, too. She had little leg stamps included in the set for this other look. I redid the focal piece to show you my peacock with legs.

Peacock Trivia:
All peacocks are males. Peahens are females, peachicks are babies, and they are all grouped as peafowls. Cool, huh? So, I am going to pretend that the top card is my strutting peacock and the legless one as a sitting peahen....lol!!! My moment!!! Thought I would share.

This card is for the Verve VLVOCT2 sketch challenge with a twist. We are NOT to use brown and orange. The idea I had works so beautifully with today's Inspiration Challenge(IC201) picture seen here. I know it is my second in this challenge today, but the stuff at the site is just so...well...inspirational I cannot help myself! Thanks, Amber and Stef!!!

Also, at Crazy 4 Challenges(C4C6), Vicki(summerthyme) has challenged us all to make a thank you or thanksgiving card. Thanks, Vicki!!! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you!!!

I am using all Verve stamps. I am using bermuda bay, enchanting evening, and ivory cardstocks. I love these hues together, but I did have to vintage them up a bit...which translates to me...as toning down the colors a bit. I stamped my background paper using the fleur de lis image from the bountiful backgrounds. I sponged the edges of the bermuda bay with some ranger antique linen and vintage photo inks. I used a sewing machine...not for sewing, though, I tried, but my thread was giving me a fit. So, I decided to just practice with the sewing holes...piercing, then just connected the dots with a navy permanent marker for the faux stitching. This went way faster than the piercing template and doing it by hand so I will probably do this more often.

I softly sponged all the ivory cardstock using ranger antique linen. However, I did not use any on the peacock inverted scallop focal image. I decided to just stencil some adirondack pool on that piece. I stamped my peacock three times using momento tuxedo black ink. I colored two sections with copics BG11, BG13, BG15. I colored the base with just the BG11 and outlined in the C1. I cut out the sections of the feathers and added the ranger waterfall stickles. Here is a close up shot, but this still does not do the irridescent shimmer justice. Just gorgeous IRL!!! I colored my swan and decided to use a button for his body, I used the waterfall stickles which just makes the peacock feathers look so irridescent and awesome IRL.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!!! Your comments are greatly appreciated!!!

Stamps
Bountiful Backgrounds, Swan Song, Thanks
Paper
ivory, bermuda bay, enchanted evening
Ink
Adirondack pool, enchanted evening, ranger antique linen, tea dyed
Accessories
Nestabilities, buttons, silver pearls, mini bowdabra, bowdabra silver cording, oval punch, stickles, sponges, foam circles, sponges, sewing maching