Sunday, 16 March 2014

Of Art and Textures

The Craft Barn quote challenge continues with the words Art and Road. Of course I chose Art and had my heart set on this quote "Every artist was first an amateur." by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It lets me think there is hope...
Then I realised the quote didn't actually have the word Art in it!


No great designs here, I just wanted to experiment (i.e play).
First I used Inktense blocks to colour my background, then I used a script stamp with Versafine black.
Using an hexagons stencil I applied Texture paste, gloss medium and an iridescent medium to create 3 different looks. I stamped over some of my texture paste in blue dye ink, but this was somewhat lost in the next step, as I sprayed micas mists over the panel.
Finally I applied roughly some glue to the edges and used gold and silver foil, then to eliminate any residual stickiness I brushed some micas powders in red(ish) and gold.

No stamped image this time, I just wrote the quote and die-cut a label to take centre stage.

I am also entering the Pan Pastel UK challenge.
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16 comments:

  1. Bleubeard and Elizabeth16 March 2014 at 15:43

    You put a LOT of work into that background. I was super impressed as you described each of the layers as they went on. And of course, I like the shape, too, as well as the quote.

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  2. Scrapmate16 March 2014 at 15:44

    A great quote. I love the background on this- it has great texture.

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  3. kaybee16 March 2014 at 19:04

    I love the textures and colours of your background - very tactile!

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  4. Craftymoose Crafts16 March 2014 at 20:20

    Awesome background!

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  5. Cocofolies16 March 2014 at 20:57

    Oooh, c'est magnifique !!! Je trouve les couleurs somptueuses... Encore une réa très aboutie et très réussie je te félicite !! Bises

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  6. Margik16 March 2014 at 22:04

    Genial experiment!!! Love the background texture. A Fantastic work.

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  7. Silvia(Barnie)16 March 2014 at 23:31

    FANTASTIC - a gorgeous piece, love the texture.

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  8. Elaine17 March 2014 at 08:37

    Great background and that quote is brilliant. If only we had nothing else to do in life!!

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  9. Unknown17 March 2014 at 11:38

    So beautiful!! lots of techniques, wonderful!

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  10. Carol17 March 2014 at 20:35

    Love the techniques and layers fab sparkly texturized background and great quote

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  11. Neet18 March 2014 at 11:06

    Great use of texture paste here. Popped over from AT blog - something like this done on the back of a playing card, or with a jigsaw piece attached - am sure you can do our challenge - piece of cake.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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  12. buterfliecrafter18 March 2014 at 16:16

    no great design you say, I like the design a lot. and you still see the blue stamped. Great layering.

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  13. lena-dailyscrap19 March 2014 at 21:11

    great experiment - LOVE that textured background! beautiful effect!

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  14. BJ21 March 2014 at 17:19

    Gorgeously rich. BJ

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  15. Sylvia22 March 2014 at 11:30

    Running late with all my commenting this month but here I am. Fabulous colours and textures, love both quotes.

    Sylv xx

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  16. Tracy22 March 2014 at 18:43

    Beautifully created full of texture!
    So happy you joined us over at Pan Pastel UK XXX

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