For Judy's great fun TLC today my mind went instantly to the Texture Pressing tutorial. So before work I pulled out a piece of scrap card spattered with something green and spread acrylic modelling paste all over it in a thin coat. Instead of inking the stamp as per tutorial, I just pressed it in neat, as I knew I would be rubbing in some metallic finish after work. It wasn't till I got home from work that I saw that the moisture in the texture paste had transformed a very ugly spattered background into a beautiful sea-green...
Before work I also cut the die, and added high-gloss acrylic paints to the flower head.
Home from work, I buffed some antique gold into the textured panel. I had to try several colours to get the Chloe stem to stand out - I ended up with black but along the way I tried mowed lawn, and it stained some of the texture paste on my mat so nicely that I peeled it off and stuck it on to the main piece.
I added a TH sentiment cut down from wishes to wish, and for the dot on the "i" used the same red paint.
It's matted on black, and before adding it to the card base I spattered copper Twinkling H2Os in the top corner.
I wish this wasn't housework day AND an unexpected dinner guest or I would be trying the embossed hot glue technique again, and faux patina and...and... a very inspiring challenge, Judy.
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016 GMT Views: 2140
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 @ 7:31 PM
Wow Sabrina this looks fabulous. You do the BEST ever techniques and I always learn something new from you my friend. I wish I was the unexpected dinner guest!!!
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 @ 1:58 PM
Wow, wow, wow, my friend!!! This is absolutely awesome!!! I LOVE the background you created with the technique! I'm in awe of this marvelous creation, Sabrina!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 @ 8:49 AM
Oh my, Sabrina, this card looks amazing. The bg looks like a gorgeous metal sculpture. I love oxidized metal and I have 2 funky birds on my fireplace mantel . One is teal and one is copper. They look like they were made from your bg. Pinned and fsved.