This card is for a recent challenge using the silhouette technique.
I started by stamping one of my favourite stamps, PB's Poppy and coloured it in using a black texture pen. So far so good.....
Now for the background...I had my Lindy's magicals out and started with the green, yellow and blue but by the time I had finished it didn't quite look right and I thought my grandchildren could do better. Out came more colours when I spied my gesso...now this softens things, lets give this a go....mmm...much better.
I also have a few mixed media stamp sets that haven't seen the light of day and this year I intend to use them....so on go the circles and butterflies. Still missing something. Out comes the stencil and paste. Now I'm getting somewhere but still those colours.
Gelatos out and away I go adding more colour....some improvement, but the problem with me and mixed media is that I never know when to stop...and I'm having such fun
Twine, that's what it needs....I finally find some in red and white. I spy my SU red ink and before I know it I'm dying the twine to get rid of the white. So far ok except I really should have waited until it dried properly, but a couple of small red dots won't hurt
Charcoal pencil and white sharpie pen out and I'm going to town...when I think, I really want to try some splatters. This is the point where I really should have stopped, but why stop when you are having fun
I was about to splat some spots, when a huge drop fell onto my card....big oops.....no problem...out comes the gesso now and it's turning to mud...dry, more gesso, more gelatos...phew...I think I really must stop now.
It may sound exhausting, but given all of the above, I had fun and love this technique.
TFL. Happy day
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 GMT Views: 539
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Creative Crew SU Design Team Alumni
Registered: October 5, 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 15773
Wed, Jan 24, 2018 @ 12:52 PM
What a great card! Love the silhouette image that you created as well as the gorgeous background with the fun story behind your creative process- hugs and tfs!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131548
Wed, Jan 24, 2018 @ 1:32 PM
Having fun is the most important part! I think I gesso is great for dialling things back when they come out a bit too strong, and for allowing a restart. I especially like your white pen additions.
Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7304
Thu, Jan 25, 2018 @ 9:34 PM
I guess we all have days like this when we have the perfect idea in our head - but the stamping gods are not listening. Glad you carried on because the end result is just stunning.