OH, I have spring fever really bad! Last night the sun didn't begin to set until after 9pm. In my head I know we can have another month of winter but oh, I am so-o ready for summer. Um yes, we actually don't have spring, yes no spring flowers :-( So a girl does what she must...MAKE ART!
The background was made with scraps of designer papers. I embellished some papers with the wrinkled distress technique. I added a distress look to the wrinkled hills and valleys by coloring were colored with mists, distress inks, distress stains and mists then sanding and repeating. Inka Gold was added to further define smaller textured areas.
The hills in the background remind me of the snow capped mountains that are so clearly seen for the next few months. But my wishes for summer had me creating lots of green mountains and only edged with snow :-) And if you note the top flower is soaking in all the sunlight.
To create the flowers, I colored white glossy paper with alcohol inks with the polished stone technique and cut with TH tattered flower die. Dimension was added to the petals by creasing and bending.
Date: Friday, March 22, 2013 GMT Views: 578
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Sat, Mar 23, 2013 @ 9:55 AM
This has a lovely flow to it! The papers you used are great together and the way you placed your blue flowers give balance to the design! And it sounds like you had fun making it!
Thanks for sharing!
Rachel
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Sat, Mar 23, 2013 @ 9:37 PM
Outstanding card! The obvious thought you put into each detail make this card a joy to look at, and each time I do I find a new small treasure!
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