We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
"Little Gidding"
T S Eliot

Saturday 30 April 2016

When the flower blooms ...

... the bees come uninvited.
Ramakrishna

The current other fortnightly challenge from the Craft Barn is red, white and a bit of black. I don't always have time to do this other challenge, but wanted to take a rest from my watercolour efforts!

The background is done with Brushos. Sprinkle first onto dry card, then take a flat brush and drag in one direction only. I used some diluted matt medium to do this. This seals the Brushos if you wish to overpaint.

When dry, I took my new Paper Artsy stamp set and stamped and heat embossed a flower three times.

Then I used white acrylic paint to paint the flowers, added a couple of butterflies, and a little bit of sparkle.


When I haven't any blue - I use red.
Picasso

Happy May time!

5 comments:

  1. I'm sure your made that birthday card thinking of me (JOKE). It's gorgeous, and the recipient will love it, I'm sure. I can't believe how many wonderful techniques you used to create this beauty. It's a real winner.

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  2. I use Brusho's a lot but hadn't heard of this technique for sealing it in...Thank you so much for the inspiration and your card is fabulous! This opens up lots more ideas...thank you x

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  3. What a great idea for the brushos, I must try this it looks good. I'm very jealous of your PaperArtsy stamp, love that one!

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  4. This is really beautiful, haven't done that with Brushos! Thank you for entering The Craft Barn Challenge.
    Jane x

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  5. A super background to set the white flowers against.

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