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We started off our day with church. Today there were missionaries from Peru visiting. They are a great group of Peruvian Pastors. They had a message that really resonated with me. Basically, it was about God being with us during times of adversity and providing comfort. I really liked what they had to say as did our congregation.
This afternoon we went to Ethan's (youngest grandson) baseball game. They were playing over our side of town and at a field that was about 15 minutes from our church. They lost the game, but it was a good time nonetheless.
Now onto my card for today. This one is a mixed media that I created with the colors of so saffron, smoky slate and strawberry slush from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #480. We were also to use twine on our cards.
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| so saffron, smoky slate and strawberry slush |
For this card I created a mixed media using a gesso resist technique. It’s just like emboss resist but you use gesso instead of embossing. This was a fun technique and I like how my card turned out. Here is a link to the tutorial that I followed.
I took my Hero Arts background stamp and covered it with gesso and placed my cardstock over the stamp. When it dried I used Ranger distress inks –wild honey and picked raspberry and sponged over the gesso. I used a baby wipe to remove the ink from the gesso.
Then I used the embossing folder that is part of this stamp set. I like how it highlighted the flower, butterfly and friend word.
Cut some notes and a few butterflies, added some twine to complete this card.
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Friend (Hero Arts)
Paper: Smoky slate, strawberry slush, so saffron (Stampin-Up), Gina K White
Paper Size: A6
Ink: Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry (Tim Holtz distress inks)
Accessories: Liquitex Gesso, Hero Arts Stamp and Embossing folder combo, Twine, MS butterfly punch, MFT notes die, SU pearls, Mink Ink blending tool (Ranger)
Techniques: Gesso Resist
I am also entering:
1. 613 Avenue Create- anything goes/optional create something for your best friend.
2 Crafting Musketeers Challenge is to use a stamped image.
3. Crafting At The Weekend- has an anything goes.
4. Mixed Media Mojo Challenge #1. Use at least 2 mediums and stamps.
