Rust

I'm making confirmation invitations for my son, and decided to play with a steampunk CAS look... besides, I just got the Finnabair rust pastes, and I had to try them out :) I'm joining in Sandee and Amelie's steampunk challenge and the Country View challenge (rust). Here are the links, since I'm posting on my tablet, and can't embed them.

http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.fi/2017/04/round-two-of-our-april-2017-challenge.html

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.fi/2017/04/april-2017-rust.html

And here's the card in all it's simplicity: just a rectangular piece of cardstock from which I first diecut a cross (the die is from Paper Smoochies) and then covered with brown and red rust paste. Once it was approximately dry, I put it under weight for the night to straighten it out. It has been adhered with foam dots. Love the way it turned out! And I can see myself using these pastes for all sorts of stuff...

Blue and Ochre

I am playing with the "Blue and Yellow Ochre" challenge at Paperartsy, but also with the moodboard challenge at Our Mixed Media Moods. The moodboard has a mustard theme that fit well with the Yellow Ochre, and I was especially inspired by the photo with lines of stones. I have had something like this in mind for about a month (since I got the background done...) and I'm glad this is done at last!

I want to link this straight away, so here is the link to the Paperartsy challenge: 

http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2017/03/2017-5-blue-and-ochre-challenge.html

And the "Our Mixed Media Moods" linkup:

http://deedeecatron.blogspot.fi/2017/03/metaphysical-our-mixed-media-moods.html

I'm posting this on my tablet, so I can't make a neater link :)

The background is a square piece of junk wood that has been covered with book paper and painted with a rylic paints. I sprinkled pigment powders into the pain while it was still wet and spritzed some water. I had planned to use it for a previous project, but just didn't want to cover so much of it, because it turned out quite magical, so I set it aside for the right moment...

I decided to combine the background with a gelli print that I had stored away. The print has yellowish and white acrylic paints, and Infusions (The Sage and Golden Sands) have been sprinkled in the paint before drawing the print. I cut out some wonky circles and smudged the edges with acrylic paint. (Actually I used more Quinacridoe Nickel Azo Gold than the Indian Yellow) I considered inks, but I only have Distress Inks in suitable colours, and being water soluble, they wouldn't have worked with the gel medium I used to adhere the pieces.

While I had the gel medium out, I decided I wanted some glitter too... so I took fake gold leaf and added little bits here and there. I finished the piece with some metal wire and a frase sticker from Tim Holtz. Here are some more closeups :)