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!
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16 comments:

  1. Momiji3 August 2009 at 14:29

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

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  2. flutterbycrafter3 August 2009 at 22:53

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

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  3. Dragon3 August 2009 at 22:55

    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

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  4. Claireabelle4 August 2009 at 00:09

    Wow Lottie, this is stunning
    x

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  5. Anonymous4 August 2009 at 01:07

    beautiful colouring!

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  6. Cath Wilson4 August 2009 at 02:44

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

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  7. lisa4 August 2009 at 09:34

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

    Lisax

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  8. sam21ski4 August 2009 at 10:45

    Great colours xxx

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  9. Carol Q4 August 2009 at 11:30

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

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  10. Flippinpest4 August 2009 at 12:25

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

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  11. Lisa Lectura Creations5 August 2009 at 00:23

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

    Hugs,
    Lisa :)

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  12. Moira5 August 2009 at 03:04

    Lovely

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  13. Kim Costello5 August 2009 at 14:05

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

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  14. Angelnorth6 August 2009 at 02:59

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

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  15. Anke6 August 2009 at 22:12

    WOW Lottie what a stunning work, I love it.

    Anke

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  16. Sally H8 August 2009 at 09:32

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

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I really appreciate your comments and critiques - thank you so much for taking the time to do so.