A huge thank you to Christine (calex) for helping me obtain this wonderful coated cardstock. Neutral bisters were used, sprayed with water and when partially dry, I added some blue. I stamped with Ranger Archival, then used bleach and a brush to paint out the color in the images. This tutorial can be found here. I colored the images with Zig brush markers and used water to blend. Love that the bleach removed color when once again, I color all my white space. The sentiment is embossed. I drew some wonky lines on ink jet acetate, then pierced it for a template for the stitches. I spattered with bleach as well as black ink. The ink faded so added enamel accents manually over it. Thanks for stopping by.
Date: Monday, June 6, 2016 GMT Views: 1286
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Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7619
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 @ 10:16 AM
LOVE this Nancy. Your bister powders looks amazing. And great job with bleaching and then zig colouring those fun flowers. The black splatters and stitching add even more fun! xx
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 @ 12:12 PM
OMG Nancy, you sure return with a bang. This is soooo ique and gorgeous. You make neutral colors sing. The bg has such a wonderful feel of movement, and you chose a perfect shade of blue. Faved.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92404
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 @ 12:47 PM
Nancy, this is FANTASTIC! I'm always in awe of the way in which you use Bisters. Now you have taken it even a step further with the ink and bleach to get more gorgeous results. You are a true Artist with a capital "A"!!!
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 @ 3:41 PM
This turned out fabulously! The background is awesome, and I love those stamps. Very creative to create the stitching template the way you did. I'm so glad to see you and your fantastic cards in the gallery again!
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46781
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 @ 5:29 PM
OMGosh, is that a heartbeat on the side in stitches???? That is amazing! I love your muted bg with that POP of beautiful turquoise stamped design!!! How cute! and OMGosh. I thought I invented the painting images with bleach to remove color and then painting in color..LOL!! Just goes to show you "nothing new under the sun!!
Your card is marvelous!! Oh, there IS a fairy behind one of those blue flowers, isn't there? Heehee!
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71971
Tue, Jun 07, 2016 @ 4:47 AM
Nancy, this very striking with all the techniques you used on this artistic card. Thanks so much for always giving us detailed deets on how you create your awesome cards. The background gives a great canvas for the whimsical flowers. I'm always amazed at the thought you put into the elements of each card.....they always flow together. The added stitching enhances the flower stitches. A new way to use bleach, which by the way looks cool. Sure glad you are creating again...you never disappoint. Fav'd