I'm just back from a stamping retreat, and I had a blast of creativity there! Among many other techniques, I experimented with Gesso there, and I LOVE this medium.
The background is created with Gesso on dark green cardstock, then I wiped some green acrylic shades over the gesso. The image is stamped with Adirondack white pigment ink and then a little beside the original image again with Memento green ink. Then I masked the image roughly and overstamped it with the SU Linen background.
The sentiment is a bit difficult to read on the photo. It says: all the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today (Indian proverb).
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009 GMT Views: 244
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Sun, Mar 08, 2009 @ 6:47 PM
what a great card. i really like the weathered back ground effect. makes me think of an old door or something that has just been beaten up by the weather over many years.
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Sun, Mar 08, 2009 @ 9:17 PM
What a great technique for you, Christiane! I just read a gesso tutorial and thought, oh what the hey is this all about. After seeing your card, it's confirmed: I have no idea how to create a card like this! That bg paper is superb. Beautifully artistic design! I'm curious, Christiane, I rarely see sentiments in German!
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