Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Prairie

The prairie scenes from the Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony struck me as very beautiful...even though I live in the mountains, we are also right next to the prairie of the nation's midsection.

Winter Olympics on the Prairie

This card is supposed to give the feel of that beautiful section of the opening ceremony in the prairie.  The swirling prairie grass and boy flying over the plains was stunning!

• First I sponged a Tempting Turquoise card base with Brilliant Blue Classic Ink for added dimension by shading..
• I tried to capture the rich coloring of the prairie grass by first stamping over Crushed Curry card stock with clear VersaMark ink, then heat embossing the image with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• Next, I sponged Dusty Durango Classic Ink over the cardstock and cleaned off the embossing with a dry paper towel.  Then I treated the card stock with my Embossing Buddy.
• I repeated the stamping and heat embossing in clear ink and powder, then sponged in Chocolate Chip to give a multi-colored look.
• Then I punched six 1-1/4" squares from that piece and layered them on 1-3/8" punched squares of Brilliant Blue card stock.
• The shattered square was created by cutting a triangular piece off one square and adhering teeny hearts punched from the remainder using the new Pinking Hearts Border Punch with my 2-Way Glue Pen.

I love the blue and yellow color combination!  Did you LOVE the Opening Ceremony as much as I did?  Click to view my Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Forest card I posted the other day!

Stamp away today!
Michelle

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STAMPS: Autumn Days #115452
CARDSTOCK: Tempting Turquoise #102067, Brilliant Blue #100721, Crushed Curry #115319
INK: Brilliant Blue #100691, VersaMark #102283, Dusty Durango #115654, Chocolate Chip #100908
ADHESIVES: SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen
ACCESSORIES: Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder #109130, Heat Tool #100005, Embossing Buddy #103083, Stamping Sponges #101610, 1-1/4" Square #104400 and 1-3/8" Square #103375 and Pinking Hearts Border #117649 Punches





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