This weeks word is:
fire-cured: cured over open fires in direct contact with the smoke
My first thought was to make a card using the soot technique. That ended up in a disaster on my desk. My husband was giving me really strange looks like he thought I had finally lost it, or that I was going to burn the office down. I'm not sure which. So I went with burning the edges of my vertical panel. I burned the edges and then brayered leaves onto the panel. I then added chalk around the leaves to make them pop. I made 2 more leaf prints for the small panels. I then did a faux burned technique around my big brown panel. I tore the edges and used black and brown chalk to rub on the exposed edges. I found it hard to see a difference between the real burned edges and the faux.
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 GMT Views: 575
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Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44975
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 @ 11:28 AM
this is a keeper!!! I love the torn edges!!! Perfect for your leaves! Wonderful colors!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105222
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 @ 1:48 PM
How beautiful, and I'm so glad you didn't burn anything down!!!
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Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 @ 3:11 PM
I love this!! It seems so REAL!! Like your leaves are real. It has such a life like feeling to it. It really makes me feel like I am walking through the woods. Great job!!
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 @ 4:16 PM
I thought of the soot technique too but was too tired to continue. I love how you improvised here by burning the edges. Glad you didn't burn the office down! Very pretty card! TFS :0)
------------------------------ Cathy B aka: Mutnik ....or is it Nutmeg?! I get so confused!
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