Monday 3 August 2009

Play day today - experimenting with ink



I purposely stamped the birds and the quotation in grey as I wanted the tree to be the prominent feature.

I was trying to capture the heat at the end of the day in Africa - I wish I had bought that TH plate of rubber stamps which had the elephant on it!

16 comments:

Momiji said...

fantastic card..love the way you have blended the colours here and the sort of crackle effect...

flutterbycrafter said...

Fabulous, you certainly conveyed the heat of Africa to me. Love it.

Dragon said...

OOOO I LOVE this piece!!! Just been looking round and you have some nice work here!!! You like tags??? You should do my challenge over on DragonsDream. Thanks SO much for your generous comment about my garden.. did you see the slide show on my sidebar too???
Frankie
xx

Claireabelle said...

Wow Lottie, this is stunning
x

Anonymous said...

beautiful colouring!

Cath Wilson said...

Lottie, that's absolutely stunning. My type of artwork - clever you!

lisa said...

Stunning Lottie. I love those colours and the trees are gorgeous. It certainly shouts Africa to me.

Lisax

sam21ski said...

Great colours xxx

Carol Q said...

gorgeous Lottie. you certainly portrayed the heat of the African day there!

Flippinpest said...

Now this is stunning Lottie. I lov the colours and it was a great idea stamping the birds in grey

Lisa Lectura Creations said...

Hi Lottie! Your experiment turned out wonderful! Love the birdies! Have a lovely day!

Hugs,
Lisa :)

Moira said...

Lovely

Kim Costello said...

This is stunning Lottie love the colours and the rich warmth. The tree and birds are beautifully done, Fabulous!!! HuGs Kim :)

Angelnorth said...

Absolutely gorgeous Lottie! The blended colours are spectacular and I love the suggestion of texture you've introduced - fabulous job!

Anke said...

WOW Lottie what a stunning work, I love it.

Anke

Sally H said...

This is stunning, Lottie! I love the hot colours. you captured it beautifully.