The theme was left open for this week's 4x4 friday. I decided to make my own background for this sweet girl image I bought. I thought this 4in square would go nicely on a 5in card blank & could be used for a Mother's Day card. Although it will have to be for someone else to send with me not having a mother. I also used my distress inks to colour the photo as I saw on a Tim Holtz DVD. I thought the pale lemon flowers looked dull.
The background was made similar to my other pieces. I add my distress inks to the card on damp kitchen towel swirling them into one another & then I spritz them with a little water to get them to puddle & bleed into one another. Using more kitchen towel I blot the excess water & leave a mottle effect where I press the towel firmer on the piece. I use my heat gun to dry it off & then its ready to decorate.Colours used; Peeled Paint, Tattered Rose & Spiced Marmalade.
I used an old plastic business card to add the Stazon timber brown lines to give it an old film look. I stamped script down one edge in Peeled paint & the flourish at the top. The flower is stamped over the top of the script & the petals coloured in faintly with some Royal Blue Versamark ink.
I like the fact that no matter how many times you use the same colours they always look different.
32 comments:
Wow this is really beautiful. Fabulous image. Gorgeous 4 x 4.
I love your daisy girl, I have that image, you've transformed her so beautifully with color. Fab background as well! This will make a lovely MDay card!!!
Gorgeous Paula - thanks for sharing your techniques!
Fabulous Paula, great background and a gorgeous image. I love how you have coloured the flowers they look wonderful.
you can send her to my house! love the inks, I have only 2, and need to experiment more. I love the idea of using a card edge for distressing too. Thanks for the tip!
Wow, this is soooooooooooo beautiful! Love the colors you used a lot! Thanks for the explenation!
I'll be your mummy - even if it means adopting you - so I can have that wonderful card! Lol xx
Fabulous card paula!! Love what you did with the flowers!!
Wonderful 4x4. The background looks great. I love my Distress pads, too and take them nearly every day.
Fabulous Paula!! Love this image and your background is wonderful!!
Paula...your 4X4 is adorable!! I love it.
malieta:)
Paula, this is soooooo beautiful. I love how you've created the background. The image is lovely too.
Absolutely beautiful, Paula. Great job I love how you distressed the piece. It really makes the image pop.
Very nice card. Sure beats running up to the store and buying a generic 'On Mother's Day...'
Nice site.
Oh Paula! this is STUNNING!
lovely,lovely piece, I just loved reading how you created it...
Hi Paula, Great 4 x 4. It's nice to read how you created this piece.
Very, very lovely piece!
This is beautiful - the flowers harmonize beautifully with the background.
it's wonderful paula! and the background looks like Basic Grey Paper! fabulous!
lovely colours Paula!
Hey Paula - fab! There is something very unusual about the colour combo that is amazing! I think it that they seem like such strong colours, but are done in a soft way iykwim - really like how the flowers bring out the background colours too.
Wonderful soft colours. Lovely work Paula.
One of my fav piece of yours so far, lovely composition Paula:)
Very beautiful Paula!
That's a beautiful image, and I love how you did the background, it looks great!
Beautiful--so soft! I envy lovely backgrounds like this.
Wow! wow! wow! omg, I love this. I am going to try your technique, cause I am so not with the whole blending thing and this came out so incredible.
All I can say is just gorgeous! How wonderful!
Really beautiful work - again :)
stunning Paula.. absolutely love it!
This is really beautiful, I'm off to buy some distress inks!
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Beautiful 4x4 Paula. Love the technique used for the background.
Ros
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