Hero Arts Blog Challenge "Inchies"

The challenge on Hero Arts Blog this week is to make "inches" - a 1"x1" stamped square.

So here goes! My first inchies!

The recipe:

• I started with 2 new Hero Arts stamps (new to me anyway) - the long branch and the bird in a cage. The second little bird on the branch I drew by hand.
  
• I stamped those with Brillance Graphite Black on SU Whisper White CS.
  
• The yellow background is Lasting Impressions CS (very old - from my stash).
  
• The greeting "you're the best" is SU from "A little birdie told me" set.
  
• The blue CS is SU Blue Bayou - can't believe that my favorite colour will be retired!!!
  
• The pale blue (behind the bird cage and greeting) is Stampin'Up! Bashful blue.
  
• I drew the bird and the wire for the cage with a Copic Multi liner pen.
  
• The ribbon is Stampin'Up! Blue Bayou.
  
• Oh yes, the image was colored with SU Blue Bayou and Marigold Morning Inks and a waterbrush.
  
• I added a touch of iridiscent ink on the birds and on the sun (a product called Silk by Stampa Rosa which is long gone (out of business)).
  
• The leaves and branch were colored with SU markers (Choco chip and old olive).
  
• I also used SU pop dots to raise the greeting and the inchies.
  

Thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Edited July 3rd, 2008: Found out today that my entry was selected as honorable mention on Hero Arts Blog here