I had the most fun creating this flower panel.
-First I stamped and colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits.
-Masked off the flower with my trusty sticky note and inked distressed the edges then using the same distressing ink, balloon with rice inside I stamped it all over the card but kept it a light touch.
-Before the distressing ink could dry I stamped on the flourishes, then I heat embossed in white without rubbing the embossing bag over it so some powder will hang onto the distressing ink and give a hazy look to the background. Where I didnÂ’t want the haze I rubbed the bag over before stamping the flourish.
-It wasnÂ’t quite dark enough to show off the flourish so I ink distressed a bit more in those areas after embossing.
-The bottom beige layer is only stamped with the rice balloon and heat embossed on the edge.
-The brown strips and pink base are stamped with Brilliance white and ink distressed with the tea dye ink.
-Tool distressing is done with a Tonic paper perforator.
-The image panel sets up on foam.
Registered: June 10, 2007 Location: BC Posts: 44872
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 @ 4:41 PM
Gorgeous dimension you achieved with your colouring of this beautiful coneflower!!! Just got finished reading your fabulous description of how you created this!.. Love the embossing and distressing on the sand coloured area- really a gorgeous card - as always, Roxie!
Registered: December 2, 2006 Location: Jackson, TN Posts: 7832
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 @ 7:32 PM
Oh, so pretty. Love the coloring- very realistic.
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Fri, Feb 22, 2008 @ 9:26 PM
This is just lovely, Rox! I love all your creative techniques for that gorgeous background- TFS all the details! (Who needs to EAT rice anyway?) The layout is beautiful, the distressing adds just the right touch, and the flower coloring is very pretty, too! TFS!