Today I am showing the card which has already gone off to its recipient (go meet Julia and view her great blog). We both participated in the Daisy Chain card exchange - perhaps you will, too? (here)
The card started with a brand new embossing folder ('Enchanted jungle' by Craft Consortium). After having watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to apply multiple colors on an embossing folder, then pressing it and calling it a day, I wanted to try it too. However, I got very disheartened as I just didn't get this technique to work for me.
I resorted to easier means. I swiped the debossed side of the folder with black in and pressed it through. This gave me a blotchy background (which was easy to correct later), but it also gave me me outlines. I painted the figures in with my Gansai Tambi watercolors.
The result reads like a wonderful painting of a leopard sitting in his jungle garden.
I am showing this in these challenges:
Craft Rocket: #138 Animals
SUYP: #125 Summer
Critter Crazy: #112 AG w/a critter
CYHTP: AG w/a twist of Purple - I am playing AG
NBUS: #88 AG never before used schtuff - the item being my embossing folder
I really love this beautiful card you sent me in the Card Chain Challenge, Alice and I'm happy to see just how you created it - I love all the water colors you used on the raised bit of the embossed panel with the black in the background! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting process, Alice, I had no idea this was embossed and watercoloured. Your card is stunning and really caught my eye in the Reveal post. Thanks so much for being a link in our chain once again. Jo x
ReplyDeleteYou have amazing talent with the paints, Alice! This really does look like a work of art ... you make we want to give this a try with my GT paints! I'm going to have a look through my e/fs. Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteOMG! This is wonderfully painted. It's so interesting and I really like it. [Bunny]
ReplyDeleteOooo . . . what a gorgeous and unique card! covering the background in black really allows the painted on colors to shine! Great technique! Thanks for playing with Critter Crazy Challenge.
ReplyDeleteUpea! 😍
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing at SUYP/Cats only challenge
ReplyDeleteHope to see you again! Good luck!
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