WooHoo it's Tickle a Teapotter time and Jean aka jkanack is introducing us to the ancient Japanese art technique of Kintsugi.
The purple background was from my NQR stash (not quite right). It was made with Brusho powder and water. There were a lot of areas on the A4 sheet of cardstock where the brusho didn't spread effectively and looked clumsy....enter Jean's fabulous challenge.
Kintsugi is a technique where items are repaired using gold, silver or platinum. This NQR piece transformed in front of my eyes within minutes.
I used Aileen's Gem & Glitter glue and little sheets of gold leaf paper. I applied thin lines of glue, but it was hard to get thin lines of the gold leaf, so I just went with the flow and let the gold settle where it was happiest. My middle finger is still sparkalarkling!
I looked through my stamps and images trying to see what would work on such a busy background. I settled on one of my all time favourite Molly Harrison digi images, printed on regular copy paper.
I used Prismacolour pencils, colourless blending pencil and Zest it pencil blend on her hair, and just pencils on her skin. As always, I gently wiped a walnut stain distress foam pad over the entire image before cutting it out. This step really does make a big difference.
After I cut her out I moved her around the A4 sheet to see where it was best to cut a 5" x 7" piece. I also used a 5 x 7 piece of acetate to determine where the pattern will look best. She is adhered with a kids glue stick, being careful to completely cover the image, this prevents air pockets.
A few more white pen and pencil highlights were added to her hair along with liquid pearls. I road tested a doodled border on an off cut, but it detracted from the gold so I simply edged the entire card with walnut stain distress ink.
Thanks for looking and I hope you get a chance to join in our fun Tickle a Teapotter and try out this great technique.
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 GMT Views: 1333
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