It's challenge play time again with Nancy Williams (nwilliams6), using the set Natural Beauty to make a background.
I started out making my background. I stamped the leaf in a diagonal row 3 times. Then on the opposite corner, I stamped the single flower in rows. I used the acetate inking technique to add color, but instead of bending my acetate to get the ink on my paper, I bent the paper and dipped it into the ink on the acetate, allowing me to be fairly precise as to placement of color. I did a diagonal rainbow of colors more or less corresponding to the rows of stamping. Then I stamped the word stamp all over the background using vintage photo ink. I really liked it... but wait...
Then I created the main image. I stamped the floral spray and colored the green with watercolor pencils and blender pen. I stamped the flowers several more times on scraps and cut them out and apart, so I could just sponge the edges of the petals with salty ocean. I then glued all those tiny pieces back onto the main image. I backed both the main image and the background with black.
I wanted to add some crochet, so I made up a little edging in a dark ecru, but I wanted it even darker, so I pressed some vintage photo on my kraft sheet, spritzed with water, and proceeded to dirty it up a bit. Somewhere along the line, I managed to get some spots of brown ink on my main image panel - NOOOOO!
OK, now what? I could either redo that image, but it was a lot a work. OR, I could just go with it and see where it led, which is exactly what I decided to do. I dirtied (really dirty) up that panel, dirtied up the background, did some tearing, doodling, distressing. And I was liking it more and more. I stamped and cut out some more of the leaves and single flower, made them dirty (what fun), and proceeded to put it all together. To accommodate the depth of the crochet piece, it was necessary to raise the main image and some of the leaves on dimensional tape.
Although my cards are usually pretty CAS, neat and clean, I really love how this one turned out. Must be that underneath the outward neatness, I'm really a messy person.
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Fri, Feb 09, 2018 @ 6:10 PM
So much to love on this fabulous mixed media card, Melody, and you have used one of my favourite SU sets! Your panel with the beautifully coloured flowers looks terrific all dirtied up and your bg looks wonderful! I really like the added flowers, fussy cut, I would never have thought to do that with this stamp!
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Sat, Feb 10, 2018 @ 12:24 AM
Wow, I am loving the cards in this challenge and this is another beautiful one. I especially love the layers, the torn edges, the crocheting and the doodling. Your mistake just makes it even more awesome. TFS Happy day
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Sun, Feb 11, 2018 @ 9:48 AM
Triple WOW, WOW, WOW! Melody this is magnificent...your little boo-boo with ink on your flower panel by mistake blossomed this is a superlative mixed media evolution! Love the tearing, inking, dirtying, crocheting (oh yeah!!!), dimensional fussy-cutting, popping, and on and on...love your descriptive diagnosis of the card evolution! Soooo FAV'd!
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