When I started this card, I was attempting the forged metal technique. It never seems to work well for me - I either don't use enough black paint or I wait too long to wipe it off. It always ends up looking terrible! But here's the process I went through:
Embossed heavy cs with the reptile ef, cut the pine sprig and pinecone from heavy cs and adhered to the embossed cs with Aleene's Tacky Spray, then sprayed the piece heavily with the adhesive and adhered it to the foil. Next the foil was burnished to reveal the underlying elements using a large stylus and a small round eraser.
I applied a heavy coat of gesso and let it dry before applying paints. The paints were dabbed on with a sponge and then brushed over with a large flat brush, changing the direction of the strokes and then sanding it back. I colored the sprig and pinecone by running Distress ink pads over the raised areas and misting lightly with water, using a paper towel to absorb the excess and keep the ink from running where I didn't want it. When it dried I used a versaMark pen to paint the sprig and pinecone and heat embossed with Ranger Frosted Antiquities ep. That's some strange ep and I didn't really like the way it looked, so I overheated it and got a nice texture around the raised image.
Then I made the mistake of stamping the sentiment with VersaMark and embossing with a pearl ep. It really looked awful, so I sponged over it with Frayed Burlap Distress paint, applying several coats before it stuck well to the embossing. The piece is attached to the matting layer with foam tape and placed on a cream card base.
I know this won't appeal to everyone, but I really like how it turned out. Sorry for writing a book!
As always, thanks for looking!
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 GMT Views: 461
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Wed, Nov 19, 2014 @ 2:37 PM
What fantastic color! I love the neutrals with that splash of color on the branch and pine cone! WOW on this one! It would be so hard to duplicate your process and come up with this result! Awesome card, Jody!