I made masks using Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die and used some techniques from a Ranger Ink video on using Dylusions that was posted on their website this week to create the background colors. I used Distress Markers and a water brush to color the interior of the leaves.
Here is the tag after I painted over it with Picket Fence Distress Paint. I let it dry a little, then misted parts of the tag with water. Some of the Dylusions ink came through and you can see some of the leaf images in the back ground. I used gesso to stamp the leaves and wheat stamps and then did some shading with Distress Markers. I used an ink blending tool and Distress Ink to ink around the entire tag (Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey). I stamped a paragraph on Nature and leaf veins in black archival ink. I topped it with a small tag that I stamped and a bow.
Gotta Run. Deadline looms!! -- Mary Elizabeth
4 comments:
Both beautiful and very artistic Mary Elizabeth. The 'before' tag is so beautiful in its own right - but your transformation has made it even more interesting and in keeping with nature as time goes by. Stunning work. Nicola x
Wow... what a gorgeous card! The colors and textures are so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)
I am not getting your feed...makes me mad! These are fabulous. I love the first and then covering it up again really adds for awesome texture...cool idea! Gorgeous!
This is so lovely, Mary Elizabeth - I love the vivid colours that you started from, but am even more taken with the subtle muted palette you ended up with! The gesso stamping looks utterly brilliant with the shading around it - so dimensional - a really gorgeous RE-creation!!
Alison xx
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