Cardmaking - all occasion card featuring a decorative background paper embossed with cattails and a duck with fussy cutting

The minute I found this duck in my stash I knew exactly which paper it needed for a background!  I love how it worked out!!  I embossed a blackbird with cattails (CB) to create interest and texture in the paper and highlighted the raised areas with a green stamp pad.  I watercoloured the bird to give it more definition.  I fussy cut around the duck and left a bit of "ground" to give him a place to stand and tore away the extra to create an organic line.  I watercoloured the ground and stamped on a bit of texture.  I adhered it over the background with double sided tape on the bottom and 3D foam behind the duck.  I added some dashes and lines around the background and the ground using a fine tip black marker.   Totally  fun!!!!  Therese