Today’s Technique Challenge on Splitcoast (TLC500) is based on Lydia’s tutorial found HERE. And I admit, I’ve been wanting to try it. I love the way the flower looks after Lydia was finished and the hard part was not recreating the exact same thing she did, lol. So I purposely hunted for different images…maybe a bit ambitious to use so many leaves, though. It took me quite a while to “etch” them all. Then I wanted to color them…but I didn’t want to cover up all those etched lines so I masked them, placed a piece of drywall mesh on top to use as a stencil and sponged in some background color.Â
After adding the greeting, I also added a frame by using a ruler and a black pen and a hint of border color with a water brush and the rusty hinge distress ink and some stickles on the oak leaf/acorn for the “sparkle” part of challenge.Â
Thanks so much for stopping by!
I’m also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Mon Challenge …Stamps & Stencils.Â
Supplies:
| Stamps: DRS Designs- Med. Silhouette Leaf, Open Leaf, Fall Leaf w/ Acorn, Hayrides Greeting |
| Paper:Â white |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks in warm honey, scattered straw, rusty hinge, crushed olive, ripe persimmon |
| Accessories:Â Â stickles, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, drywall mesh, .01 black Micron pen |
This is gorgeous! I love the contrast of those leaves! Thanks so much for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! – Ashli 🙂