A Bit of Gold Always Brings a Smile.

A few weeks ago I covered a card panel with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Oxide Inks.  It was pretty plain but splotchy.  I then added a bit of Broken China oxide ink to the green panel and added a few water drops.  The panel was set off to dry and forgotten.

While doing a bit of clean up I came across it and thought it needed leaves or some natural greenery to it but wasn't sure.  It sat longer.  Then today I took it up again and sent it through an embossing folder that had a lots of leaf impressions.  Next I put a little bit of Gold Nuvo Mousse onto the glass mat and ran a roller though it so I could roll across the paper and hit the high spots of the leaves.

Because I have a leaf theme going I took one of my leaf dies that sort of matched the embossing leaves and die cut the leaves with gold paper.  It is held off the paper with a green fun foam cut with the same die.

I still thought the card needed more so I ran a tiny bit of Black Distress Crayon around the edge and smudged it with a damp finger as I did not want it very black.  I next bordered the panel with Krylon Gold pen for a little bit of gold right on the edge.

I wasn't sure how I wanted to mount it onto the actual card as a full panel or cut it down so it would have a border.  I ended up cutting the panel so there would be a border of something else around the edge of the finished card.  Looking though my stash of printed papers looking for something to match and coming up with nothing I used a black and white print and sponged Mowed Law Distress Ink all around the edge.  When it was dry I used the Krylon Gold pen to border it.

In the end I think it came out pretty good.  I am still trying to think outside the simple box so doing cards that seem multi-media are not only fun but pushes me into a more artsy form of card making.  

The sentiment if from Cornish Hens Stamp Company embossed with black on a cut off piece of the original panel which I also used Krylon Gold Pen on around the edges and sprinkled Nuvo Mousse watered down on it.   I don't think Corning Hens Stamps are still in business.

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - All That Glitters is Gold.

Check out all the fantastic Cards using some Gold over on Simon Says Stamp Blog Wednesday Challenge.  Enjoy.

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-glitters-gold/

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my creative endeavors.  May you day always have a bit of Gold sprinkled in somewhere.

Blessings,

Deborah

Gel Press Papers for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

The Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Blog is to do your own background.  This gave me the perfect time to finally use the Gel Press I had purchased months ago.  I really had no idea what I was doing but for watching a few videos.

I gathered a few stencils, the roller, extra papers ready cut and my distress paints and thought I would go with that for my first try.  I later discovered it is better to use a more pigmented acrylic paints, as opposed to distress paints.  I have since purchased some of those paints but have not used them yet.  However the distress paints give a different effect and many people like how these paints separate on the Gel Press instead of a more even coverage.

I did four half sheets letter size paper.  I used standard card stock.  I wasn't too thrilled with the outcome, but have to recognize this is a new medium for me and in all likelihood what I produced is pretty standard looking for mono printing with the Gel Press.

I would like to in the future play with some other papers and of course the better paints.

I forgot to take a picture of the completed paper before making it into a card.  Here is a close up.

I have since fixed the glue over spill onto the white leaves, which show up in a picture but not so much in real life.

Full card

You can check out the Challenge here:
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/#TB_inline?inlineId=tb-7535

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a wonderful and blessed day,

Deborah