Fence

Yep, must be in my "fence" period as, even though I have a die to cut the shape, I felt compelled to make one from a raw piece of wood!
Artful Times challenged us to make something on or with wood and I immediately thought weathered wood and fence.  And of course in front of my fence I had to have some flowers... just perfect for the Fashionable Stamping challenge.

I used the colour scheme suggested by A sprinkle of Imagination with the Irish cream, steel blue and seafoam green with a touch of deep cobalt and rich ruby. Or at least it WAS ruby when I stamped it but then dye ink has a habit of sinking in gesso and appearing paler.

I created the fence look by scoring the wood with an embossing tool and a ruler and cutting the top of the fence with a Zigzag die.
Then I painted the panel in blue acrylic paint, in crackle paint and cream (mix of gesso and brown paint) as the top coat. In a few places I had smeared a bit of petroleum jelly and was able to go back to wood at the end.

The small flowers were inked with multiple markers (Zig graphic, Faber Castell big brush) to get the right colours. The large flower was inked with Memento Rhubarb Stalk and Zig markers.

As usual, I didn't want to cover my background but since there was such an expanse of empty space I created a house number with a Spellbinders label die, embossing the centre with WOW Vanilla powder. Unsurprisingly the 7 didn't stamp very well on top of the embossing... I let it lie on the basis that it is supposed to be weathered...

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