Tuesday, November 6, 2018

More games

Making my own backgrounds is something I have done since the beginning of this blog (back in 2007). The possibilities are endless and the results are never the same.


This week, prompted by a challenge that asked to use playing cards, I started by glueing playing cards onto card bases. Next I dabbed white chalk paint through a stencil. It dried matte white over a somewhat shiny yellowed base - a very nice look I thought.


I decorated along the edges with matching red and black tissue tapes, then adhered the stamped, fussy cut images.
As you can notice I chose playing cards with spades, clubs and diamonds - no hearts, because they would come to play a part in each one.


Heart is always trump - that's the message here.
Lastly there's a sprinkling of white paint.


entering in:
TJK: viikot 45-46, käytä pelikortteja.
SimonSays Monday: Make your own background.
More Mixed Media challenge: Anything goes with optional black.

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful makes! The playing card baxkgeounds with the chalk paint stencilling and tissue tapes look amazing 😁. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! J 😊 x

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    1. Apologies, that should read "backgrounds" 😀 . Thanks! J x

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  2. Lovely work. Thank you for joining the challenge at More Mixed Media. Hope to see you again next time.

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  3. Fabulous projects and the background on all of them are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing and for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... x

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