The second challenge is the Teapot Challenge, based on making a card for our dear SCS member Vicki aka Hawaiian who has not had a very good year so far with lots of pain and loss.
I decided to use my new found favourite background technique - Soap Bubble Art. I'm probably going to drive everyone nuts using this technique but I do love it. If you want to know what it is all about your best bet is to pop over the Kim's aka berlycece kid's VSN challenge and look at the video or you could follow the link here; JUL18VSNKIDS ~ Soap Bubble Art ~ Sat. July 14 ~ 12 Noon ET by berlycece at Splitcoaststampers
To achieve the effect I did I used 1 part acrylic paint to 2 parts washing up liquid, I didn't add water.
The only issue I had with this card was stamping the greeting. From past experience dye inks do not stamp well onto acrylic paint, the paint seems to absorb the ink so I used StazOn but had to stamp several times and then I even went over the large greeting with Spica pen and again clear Wink of Stella just to add a bit of glitter.
Other than that it was pretty straight forward, I traced the image using my newly acquired light mat (boy does that make life a lot easier) then masked the image did the bubble background waited for it to dry, coloured the image did the stamping added the bow because I didn't like one of the leaves lol and finally added the liquid pearls and that's all folks.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers Marg
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2018 GMT Views: 688
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132004
Sat, Jul 21, 2018 @ 12:19 AM
Paint! Aha!!! The time I tried this out a while back seeing if it would be suitable for a TLC, the instructions were to use reinkers or food colouring, and I didn't get great results. No wonder yours is so rich and vivid and totally gorgeous. With your great masking, thé flowers almost seem to be growing out of the bubbles. I hear you on the difficulty of stamping on acrylic, I always have to remember to use my Rangers Archival.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83747
Sat, Jul 21, 2018 @ 5:04 AM
Marge, this is amazing! I love how everything came out - such cool patterns and flowers. wow!
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Registered: February 23, 2007 Location: Brooksville FL Posts: 19774
Sat, Jul 21, 2018 @ 1:29 PM
Me, too! I loved the soap bubble technique! Did it with friends, Monday! Marg, now you know I have been a long time follower/student of your work and I have loved your cards in the past, but honey, you outdid yourself on this one! Just gorgeous. You are such a great artist and you try new things all the time.
------------------------------ Jean2009 Stamping Royalty, Papercraft Magazine; Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen, 2016; Proud Fan Club Member; Teapot Tuesday TEAm
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Sat, Jul 21, 2018 @ 6:04 PM
This is truly breathtaking Marg. Wow! I am speechless (which is rare my friend). I know for a fact Victoria will swoon when she opens this beauty up. Thank you so much for sharing a link to this technique too! Hugs! ~Karen.
Whoa!! Gorgeousness!! The softness of he Hibiscus here an yet it scream out look at me look at me I’m beautiful!! Even up against that magnificent masterpiece of the bubble bath bkg which I have to tell you got my eyes pooping and jaws and tongue touching he ground!!! Did I remember to Mahalo you Fairy Much and say breathtaking? High ho. So can’t wait to touch this beauty I know it will leave me picking up my face from my floor!!