A Blue Peacock

Pufff where has the week gone it is Sunday night again and it feels like I have blinked and missed the weekend :o)  Such a feeling makes it hard to drag myself out of bed for work on the Monday morning hahaha.

I haven't really had too much time to craft as I would like and I saw the challenge over at LIM and wasn't sure if this one was for me.  The theme is Birds and I know that in my small collection of stamps I only have two very small ones that are not that special.  Sure there are some great Digistamps and probably stamps in my local shop that I could purchase, but I have decided that I am going to use what I have, which includes my own imagination and a pen and paper if necessary to create my own images :o)  Two weeks in a row I have managed to draw my own images, OK they are not as good as a stamp or Digistamps, but I have stuck to my promise hahaha.

I have been inspired and made three cards, the one that I will submit to 'Week 50 one layer card, Bird'  challenge is the Blue Peacock, I think if I have time this week I may revisit it as I would like to do more of a cute card.

I have also submitted this card to the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog challenge, which is 'Anything goes with blue' and The Craft Garden 'monochrome' challenge.

Hand drawn Peacock in Turquoise ink.  The head and upper body has been coloured in water colour pencils. Simple ink half border with three sparkles added in the top left, and one in the bottom right hand corner.

 Close up of the Peacock.

                                  

The Peacock is such a lovely bird, really beautiful feathers, the strange thing is that one of my Grandmothers used to have Peacock feathers in a vase on a windowsill as you walked up her spiral staircase and as a child they would freak me out a little.  Now I see them for what they are, works of art.  I am always amazed by the beautiful colours, lines and shapes of nature.