Hello my dear friends, today I have a card to show you that I made following my challenge buddy’s instructions. Yes, it was BożenA’s turn to choose the topic of our challenge and she chose a gesso resist technique to make a background. She gave me this video as the example. I decided to go with a slimline card for this project as I wanted to include all three fairies on my card.
I don’t have white gesso as mine dried up and I never replaced it, but I do have clear gesso. So I worked with that. As a result the background is more subtle than it would have been with white gesso, but I think it still worked for my fairy background. I applied the gesso through a stencil and then when it was dry I added Distress Oxide inks with a makeup brush. Once the ink was dry, I wiped over it with a damp paper towel and I was interested to see that the gesso pattern showed up better on the pink ink than on the yellow.
I used Spellbinders dies to cut the fairies and the doves out of plaid patterned paper. The sentiment is cut out of black cardstock and covered in Nuvo Crystal Glaze. I popped the cardpanel onto the cardbase with foam tape for a little bit of dimenstion.
So now that you have seen my project for the challenge, please head over to BożenA’s blog and see what she has made. It would be nice if you left her a comment too while you are there.
Supplies Used
 Canson Watercolor |
 Clear Gesso |
 Peacock Feathers |
 Picked Raspberry |
 Mustard Seed |
 Platinum 6 |
 Craft Tweezers |
 1/2 inch Foam Tape |
 Aleene’s Tacky Glue |
 Nuvo Crystal Glaze |
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Monica
Hello Monica,
what a magic card !! I love your checkered fairies, it's a brilliant idea, I would never have thought of it !! Your background looks gorgeous. I think the pattern is more visible on pink ink because it is a darker color. But I love your rainbow background, great colors. Thank you for so much inspiration and having fun together 🙂
hugs,
BożenA
This is absolutely lovely. The colors are fantastic. I've never worked with Gesso but have seen a lot of beautiful cards made with it. [Bunny]
Great idea using the clear gesso, Monica! It certainly made a fantastic background for your darling fairies! hugs, de
Wow…Monica this is so pretty, amazing design and the slimline card perfect for your fairies to float around on. Gorgeous card, hugs, Lori m
A really lovely background. xx
LOve the beautiful die-cut Fairies and great inky background
Carol x