A card for today's Mixability Challenge, to create a mist with brayer and paint, and the Free for All Challenge, to use hexagons. I used gold metallic paint and a brayer to create a misty bg, but then I went and added so many other layers, it's hard to see in my photo! However, there's a fine gold shimmery mist in the bg, and IRL this whole card shimmers and sparkles. I pressed the French Script bg stamp into the gold paint while it was spread out after brayering and stamped lightly to add to the card base. I was deciding which stencil to go for, then saw today's Free for All challenge was about hexagons - decision made, used a chicken wire/hexagon stencil in the corners. Then used embossing paste and a leaf spray stencil for another layer. I added some sequins, a double layered vellum butterfly and a little "nest" of gold cord.
Date: Friday, February 21, 2014 GMT Views: 1694
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Fri, Feb 21, 2014 @ 4:22 PM
That is one, incredible background! I am fascinated by the stamping in wet paint and yet getting such a beautiful impression! Love the dimension on the foliage. You truly are a mixed media artist!
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Fri, Feb 21, 2014 @ 4:34 PM
Ooooh very pretty!!! Love the honeycomb bg!
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Fri, Feb 21, 2014 @ 6:16 PM
Oh Bridget, this card just glows in it's beauty! I love the hexagon/script background. The embossing paste leaves are awesome and I love the vellum butterfly. the sequins are a perfect addition to make this a truly festive card.
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