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
Craft Stampers Magazine Take It Make It - Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks - CAS
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)
so pretty Bonnie, I love the specks of gold in the petals for the poppy :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty Bonnie - love the touches of gold on the flower petals, and the gesso stenciled background is fabulous - subtle but definitely 'there'
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Blessings
Maxine
So petty. Great job with the gesso resist technique. Love the background and that pretty flower with the gold touches. TFS
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful card. Love the background and the touch of gold.
ReplyDeleteLynn
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.
ReplyDeleteFab example of the Gesso technique Bonnie - the gold on the flower looks wonderful. x
ReplyDeleteSuch 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
ReplyDeleteYour 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.
ReplyDeleteLovely card Bonnie, all the elements work brilliantly together, hugs stay safe Robyn
ReplyDeleteAll that pretty texture! Love the gold accents on your flowers, it really adds a royal aspect to your card
ReplyDeleteLove 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
ReplyDeleteThis 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.
ReplyDeleteBożenA xx
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!
ReplyDeleteHideko xx
A fabulous CAS card, whilst mixing the media's Bonnie...I am loving this one x.
ReplyDeleteThis 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!
ReplyDeleteLove the foil highlights, Bonnie. I just got some of that Duo gel and need to play with it.
ReplyDeleteNice, 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
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