I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils: horses - black, cool grey 20%, yellow ochre, Tuscan red, terra cotta, grass – olive and kelp green, shading around horses cool grey 50%, cloud blue then I used an ordinary graphite pencil and drew the freehand distant ground and mountains, the green grass is freehand also – not a part of the image.
The Flourish Frame embossing folder from Cuttlebug was used for the embossing design. I sponged the embossing to make it stand out and also to cover some white that appeared from the embossing.
The nailheads are attached with AleeneÂ’s Paper Glaze (any lacquer product will work). To make the process fast and easy I squeeze a drop of lacquer onto a waxed paper (I repurpose the paper that stickers and labels are purchased on), touch the end of a large corsage pin to the lacquer then to the back of the embellishment which picks it up, position it on the card and press down with a finger, there is a little time to slide the embellishment into position if needed before it sticks tight.
The image panel and borders are mounted to the card with foam squares.
This is a card front for the image company to use for card displays at showsÂ…or IÂ’d do an envelope and insert!
Paper: DaisyD’s dark designer paper, The Paper Loft – lighter designer paper that is embossed, The Paper Company – brown, Fiskars – black, unknown dollar store find – rust, Beckett Expressions – Iceberg (white)