Dramatics

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I coloured up the lady with my OLO markers and fussy cut around the image. 

To create the background, I took out a piece of watercolour cardstock and painted it up with salvaged patina + fossilized amber distress paint. I spritzed in some water to move the paint around a bit. Once the entire panel was dry, I painted over another thick layer of metallic distress paint. I immediately spritzed on some water, dried the layer without the water drops and then sopped up the extra water drops with a paper towel. This took off some of the paint to reveal the underlayer, creating a patina look! It took me a few tries to get this right but I just love the effect!

I cut the panel out with a stitched rectangle die and then set it on a piece of patterned paper. I set the lady onto the card base and added in a coordinating sentiment from the set.

You can find a tutorial video *coming soon

Paper: Coldpress watercolour (Canson); Wishes & Bits (Unity Stamp Co.)
Stamps: Dramatics (Unity Stamp Co.)
Ink: Salvaged Patina distress oxide (Tim Holtz)
Dies: Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
Paint: Antique Bronze, Fossilized Amber, Salvaged Patina distress paint (Tim Holtz)
Markers: BG 2.1, 2.3, 5.3, 5.5; N-G 0, O 1.2, 1.3; OR 1.0, 2.1, 4.2, 4.4, 7.4, 7.6; R 0.2, 0.3 (OLO)

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