This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day. For the background, I used a small piece of card I had in my stash with a Dylusions Spray Ink over it.
I masked off a small section at the base of the card for the landscape and then stamped the flowers from the Tracy Evans Boutique "Poppy TE39" stamp set. In the background, I used the Tracy Evans "Distressed Background Stencil SS31" with "Morning Mist" Versafine Clair ink. I used the same ink to stamp the text along the left hand side of the ATC, which is also from "Poppy TE39' stamp set.
I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the word "poppy" at the base of the card. I then coloured the poppies using a mix of Van Goch Pastel Pencils, a red Posca Pen and a white gel pen.
You always have some lovely backgrounds in your stash as a starting point which is a great idea Sam and the tones of green are perfect to display your colourful poppies, and the added diamond shapes of stencilling and the script, and the bit of grounding and added little red and white flowers and the word 'Poppy' are all great as a finishing touches. x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the backgrounds comments Pat. When I have a session of making backgrounds, in whatever format they are in, I always make several. I find it makes it easier to just pick up something and create, rather than planning the background in advance.
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