Saturday 22 August 2015

Gels and Mediums



The PaperArtsy topic this week is Gels and Mediums -  I definitely found this theme a challenge and like a few others had a bit of a play - this is what I came up with. This is for my son who had some great results on his GCSEs this week.

I started with the tag, mixing black paint with gloss glaze and applied using an alphabet stencil. Being a bit runny it seeped under it a bit but I quite like the effect this gave.  When this had dried I coloured the tag with distress inks.  To add a bit of interest I applied drops of glossy accents along the bottom.


The paper I used for the background already had some lovely distress effects and stamping - wish I knew where it came from. I used perfect medium to stamp the diamond image and using bonding powder applied gilding flakes ( and to everything else in the vicinity). Then I added some paint to Matt glaze and produced some fantastic drips..

I think I'll invest in some of the other mediums now I've seen lovely examples of how to use them.

Thank you for looking xx

3 comments:

  1. great card, and well done to your son, too!

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  2. First of all well done to your son on his results. Now on to the fab card you made for him. ...... I love it! The tag looks great and I know what you mean about the effect of the paint seeping under the stencil. I does look effective and those drips are brilliant!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  3. Fabulous dramatic colours - and congrats to your son!
    Alison x

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