Poppies Mixed Media Card

I’ve been watching several Vicki Boutin Videos lately and this card was influenced by what she refers to as a kissing technique.  After watching this video, where Vicki used her art crayons to color onto acetate, then applied water with a wet paintbrush I was intrigued to experiment.  From there she turns the acetate over and kisses it on the paper.  As Vicki says “kiss it like your grandma, not the Rock”. 

I already had an image stamped and heat embossed on watercolor paper, just waiting to be used.  Let the kissing begin!

There are no Vicki Boutin Art Crayons in my stash, but I do have a small set of Neocolor II water-soluble wax pastels.  I pulled them out and figured I would get a similar effect using the same technique.  I simply scribbled a bit of the crayon onto my sheet of acetate, added water with a paintbrush, carefully turned the acetate over, and gently kissed it to the panel I had.  Once I built the background I used my wet paintbrush to apply additional color and shading to the Himalayan Poppy image.  

I was liking what I had going on, but I felt like it needed more mixed media.  I pulled my Tim Holtz Ledger stamps and some Hickory Smoke Distress Archival ink.  To keep the organic flow I opted to use the stamp without a block, allowing me to be flexible with where pressure was applied to build the image.  

I trimmed the watercolor panel with my favorite stitched rectangle dies, and adhered them to a kraft card base.  To complete the card I added a small sentiment banner using Avery Elle Classic Flags and a few small pink pearls.

Shopping Notes:

• Avery Elle Classic Flags - retired.

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