I smooshed the background of my main panel with liquid concentrate watercolour (Dick Blick house brand). I then stenciled dots over top with gold ink. I layered another stencil on top of tulips and used gold embossing paste to colour. I found the gold tulips got lost in all the colour, so once dry, placed the stencil back over top and stippled with white acrylic paint. So much better!
Also adding this to the SCS CAS418 gallery - Think Spring. Tulips are definitely spring.