Yep, I know it's daunting. It had been on my to-do list (in a mini version, with shot glasses) since before Christmas. I do encourage you to try - we all have more time than normal on our hands, and Anita offers options for a DIY pouring medium (I was going to use white glue, but I got lucky and picked some DecoArt medium up when I visited my sister just before lockdown), and even just paint and water.
It's messy, but fun...
My bigger pieces all made me think of the sea, but I tried my dolphin and seahorse edgers with them and they just looked meh. So they stayed sitting by my desk, and stayed, and stayed. Then DH had to give me a birthday card from my stash, which reminded me of this stamp, and the other thing this particular panel reminded me of was Monet - so I was sorted...
I embossed a piece of heavy vellum with SU pinewood planks and sponged it with blue pearl alcohol ink for the pond. Stamped the image on light watercolour paper and coloured with Polychromos pencils, and fussy-cut. I added SN clear glitter pen to the butterfly, and glossy accents to the lily pad. I replaced the stamped cord with silver cord...
I added a 6" frame over this and mounted it onto a 6 1/2" white base. I was going to use a stamped birthday sentiment but it was too small, so I added a die-cut Hello from gold ard instead.
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Sun, May 03, 2020 @ 6:53 PM
DELIGHTFUL! This card just jumped to my heart...so many clever ideas used...beautiful pour background...and I, too, see Monet. Love the little lilypad mouse and butterfly...just delightful in every way!
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