Birthday Number Three, Happy Birthday, Rachel!

 

Crikey, three birthdays in four days. That has to be a record!!

Well today it is the turn of Rachel (aka Taniwha)

Again, Rachel,  is a scrapper friend of mine & I decided that

as she had a scrap style Christmas card, I would do a mixed media birthday card.

 

I am quite pleased with this, it turned out better than I imagined & I got

chance to play with some forgotten art materials, my soft & oil pastels.

 

 

I won't bore you too much with the detail,

 but basically I glued book text to a piece of watercolour paper.

I applied white gesso to the surface & once dry

I coloured it with the soft pastels, adding oil pastels at the edges

to give a darker frame effect.

I stamped the background with TH Attic Treasures

& Elusive Images - Paris Postcards set of 4 plates.

I die cut the bookplate (TH) & applied gesso then antique linen distress paint.

I added a touch of brushed Pewter distress paint too.

Added Madame Payraud -  Washi Tape strips

an Xcut die cut swirl & Memory Box Butterfly

which was stamped with text. Adding two brads for decoration.