Thursday, May 21, 2020

More Gesso Resist

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

I've been playing with gesso again.



I've put some of my thick gesso through a stencil and let it dry.  Then I ink
blended some Scattered Straw Distress ink over the design, wiping it off the gesso.
There's a bit of texture stamping in the top left corner under the die cut.

The die cut was cut twice and glued together then watercolored.
After the watercoloring was dry, I brushed a little Transfer Gel Duo 
over the top and let it dry.  I used some little bits of left over foil
to rub on the gel to give the flower some golden highlights.

My mixed media are Gesso Resist, Die Cutting, Watercoloring, Foiling
Stamping,  Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing and Splattering.

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up - Gesso Resist





Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!




Card Recipe 
Stamps:  Botanical Blocks (PTI), Texture Stamp (Darkroom Doory
Ink:   Scattered Straw (DI), Whisper White (SU)
Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Basic Black (SU)
Other:  Gesso (Faber Castell), Stencil (TH), Magic Poppy Die (Alexandra Renke), Transfer Gell Duo, Foil, Stately EF (ret. Craft Concepts)


17 comments:

Christine Alexander said...

so pretty Bonnie, I love the specks of gold in the petals for the poppy :)

kiwimeskreations said...

What a beauty Bonnie - love the touches of gold on the flower petals, and the gesso stenciled background is fabulous - subtle but definitely 'there'
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine

JoAnn said...

So petty. Great job with the gesso resist technique. Love the background and that pretty flower with the gold touches. TFS

jimlynn said...

Another beautiful card. Love the background and the touch of gold.
Lynn

Brenda in IN said...

Beautiful, Bonnie. Love the gold on the flower and how you did that. Very clever idea to just use bits and it gave such great results. Love this card.

Viv said...

Fab example of the Gesso technique Bonnie - the gold on the flower looks wonderful. x

Pat said...

Such a gorgeous tulip Bonnie, and I love the gesso resist using a stencil and the colour goes beautifully with the flower and love the foiling too. x

Nstiz said...

Your die cut is gorgeous, Bonnie and I just love that background. I'd have never thought to use gesso through a stencil and the results are terrific with a wonderful fade to the edges. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas.

Robyn Oliver said...

Lovely card Bonnie, all the elements work brilliantly together, hugs stay safe Robyn

TK said...

All that pretty texture! Love the gold accents on your flowers, it really adds a royal aspect to your card

Loll said...

Love the soft and subtle stenciling from the gesso resist and Straw ink colour. Adds a lovely background for your bright and bold flower. Gorgeous with the gold foil highlights! xx

BożenA said...

This is a wonderful card. The delicate texture and beautiful background color wonderfully puts your amazing poppy in the foreground. I love that you added gold highlights.
BożenA xx

Papercraft Boutique said...

This is so lovely, Bonnie! The subtle gesso stenciled background makes a perfect backdrop for the gorgeous poppy. The blended Scattered Straw almost looks like glow of the poppy. I love that you added a bit of foiling to the flower. The shine is so pretty!
Hideko xx

Mac Mable said...

A fabulous CAS card, whilst mixing the media's Bonnie...I am loving this one x.

Linda said...

This is gorgeous ..... I love the delicate stenciling in the background and the shading from the gesso resist. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge!

Bobby said...

Love the foil highlights, Bonnie. I just got some of that Duo gel and need to play with it.

Jo said...

Nice, love all the texture to this card. The softness of the backgroun brings that bloom forward and I love the splatters to compliment the stem. Lovely xx