I used my hand/ fingers to apply 2 things to the bg. First I used my fingers to add acrylic paint to the gelli plate for the bg. Once the paint dried I sponged areas with distress ink. I then used my fingers to flick water onto the bg to get water spots in the distress ink. The flowers were colored with prisma pencils and gamisol, fussy cut, and glued only in some places so they would stick up and look more 3D. I used colors close to this weeks CC colors, and there is a lot of greenery for the WT551 challenge.
Date: Friday, October 2, 2015 GMT Views: 1679
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Registered: December 8, 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 72952
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 @ 9:01 AM
Beautiful! The colors are so vibrant! Great sentiment placement, too!
------------------------------ Paula "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things, or make them unimportant. - The Eleventh Doctor
Registered: April 5, 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1223
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 @ 9:02 AM
This is beautiful, love the background and your flowers are gorgeous :O)
------------------------------ Patricia "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
~ Dr. Seuss
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131384
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 @ 1:26 AM
Hmmph, something is not working with my gallery notifications, or I would have seen this glorious, sunny, happy-making beauty before now. Since it's a dismal grey morning here, I'm more than happy to be seeing it now, though!
Wow, Francie! This is amazing! I have never achieved such rich color with pencils and gamsol. Love your background. Love everything about this actually! It's in my faves!
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Registered: October 19, 2004 Location: Warsaw, MO Posts: 16987
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 @ 7:23 AM
Such vibrant color, and so much dimension! I love this - it is sure to brighten someone's day! Thank you so much for playing along with my challenge and for supporting Hope You Can Cling To!