A rare Monday off, all the floors already washed after the last of the snow melted on Friday, and DH meeting friends after work meaning no cooking, have conspired to let me have some crafting time and make two cards for Judy's Gilded Faux Silk] TLC challenge today. You'll find the link to the tutorial in her challenge post.
I'll be back with the second card after some drying time (and housework) but in the meantime here's my first offering. I had some beautiful cling-wrap background I aimed to use for the dragon, but alas, I was lazy and didn't tape it to the die, and it moved...you know the rest. I made another piece in a rush and it came out beautifully but not really dragon-like, so I just used some old scrap paper. I inlaid his wings with matt gold but didn't like the look, so I coloured them with a green marker. He's buffed with some copper and gold rub-ons.
For my silk piece I stamped with the small flowers and foliage from Embrace Life I used assorted red inks for sponging, and gold for my gilding.
The ground is some metallic patterned paper embossed with the crackle ef and sponged with Brushed Corduroy.
He needs a catchlight in his eye, but the enamel accents haven't set yet ;-). Also not sure what sentiment to use that will result in a card I will use...don't have much call for good luck. I'll add something when the time comes.
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 GMT Views: 1104
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Sun, Mar 18, 2018 @ 9:28 AM
This has such a rich feel to it...like it would be in amuseum of ancient asian art. The silk look bg turned out beautifully. I love your color choices on this.