This week's MIX challenge is to add a POP of color from across the color wheel. I also challenge myself to pull out a couple stamps I had not used before.
I used distress inks to stamp and color the feather and then clear embossed. The moth is stamped with Nick Bantock's dye ink. Highlights were colored with Inktense pencils. Then used a wet paintbrush to create a watercolor effect. Wow that yellow Inktense did give a pretty pop of color. Highlighted the feather's spine with a signo white pen.
Covered moth and feather with gel medium and dried. Created the background with blue and green distress inks. Swipped inks on craft mat and moistened. Card stock was placed face down in ink and repositioned a few times. Dried with heat gun.
I tested several other methods of creating the floating skies and could not achieve any as effective as the distress inks. I was pleased with how the gel medium protected the images from the background ink.
These stamps are large! I had to create a 4x7 base to achieve the floating effect I desired. But it will be well worth making a special envelope.
Thanks for looking!...Jan
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 GMT Views: 940
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Sat, Apr 20, 2013 @ 8:28 PM
I'm glad you switched stamps, too, because I love this! I haven't seen either if these before, and I REALLY like the moth. The feather turned out great - the white pen was a nice touch.
I think it's interesting that you created the background last. I'm not sure what gel medium is, but I'm gonna Google it because I may need some!
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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 @ 5:38 AM
Beautiful card! I loved reading about your process! Those Inktense pencils are intriguing - glad to see a card that uses them. Great job!
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