Prim Poppies and Gesso for CAS Mix Up

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

I hope you are well and feeling crafty.

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up where our 

delightful Linda is hosting this month.

My gesso was kind of thick.  I'm not sure if it's supposed to be that way

or if it's thickened with age?   I used a palette knife to apply the 

gesso through a stencil that had been a gift from a sweet friend.

I carefully removed the stencil and set the piece aside to dry while

I washed the stencil.

When the gesso was completely dry, I used a blending brush and some

Peacock Feathers Distress ink over the piece.  The gesso acts as a resist and

the ink rubbed right off the gessoed part but filled in the spaces around perfectly.

I sprayed the gessoed piece with some Shimmering Bliss.

The shimmer is so pretty! Too bad the camera is blind to shimmer.

The poppies were die cut from some Brusho scraps and doubled up

to add some dimension.

My mixed media are Gesso Resist, Stenciling, Die Cutting, Brusho and Stamping.

I know you're going to love what the rest of the Design Team has done as well as

our Guest Designer, Pooja.  If you're unsure how to use gesso, check out the 

tutorials on the challenge site.

I hope you'll check us out and join us at 

CAS Mix Up!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Real Red (SU), Peacock Feathers (DI)

Paper:  Neenah 

Other:  Gesso (Faber Castell), Deco Fan Stencil (CP), Blending Brush, Double Pierced Rect. Die (Avery Elle), Prim Poppy Die (MB), Shimmering Bliss (Technique Junkies), Brusho Snippets