torstai 9. helmikuuta 2017

Melanthium vulgari

Posting for the challenge at Our Mixed Media Moods. They have a beautiful moodboard, from which I took the deep wine red colour, texture, fabric/threads and black and white florals. I'm also posting for the VivaLasVegaStamps challenge (used reds, oranges, pinks, purples, splatters, drips and drops, check their moodboard behind the link) and the Craft Stamper take-it-make-it challenge where anything with stamping goes.


I made the background by scraping heavy body acrylic paints on a card with black gesso. I used some texture paste and heat embossed it with sparkly pink embossing powder. I didn't like the effect (it turned somewhat silvery) and continued with the acrylic paint, making it thick layers and continuing with the palette knife.  I mostly let the paint airdry, even though the heat gun gave some lovely bubbles (when I tried the heat embossing). The embossing powder still shows, but just as a gritty texture, which I like. All the stamps I used are from VivaLasVegaStamps: the lovely detailed flower in the foreground , the ledger and some botanicals and a plate number (the plate with the melanthium vulgari) in the background. 










4 kommenttia:

  1. This is fab ! Thank you for playing in the VLVS! Challenge this month !
    Corrie x

    VastaaPoista
  2. Ooh, love that background! Thanks for playing along at Craft Stamper Take It Make It :)

    VastaaPoista
  3. Thats a fabulous background, just love the colour. Thanks for joining in the Craft Stamper challenge, Elizabeth x

    VastaaPoista
  4. Gorgeous colors! Thanks so much for joining the VLVS! challenge :)

    VastaaPoista