"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit,
the greater your capacity to create."
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
It's time for another art challenge on the
Paper Traders blog! The theme this time is
"Red, White, and Blue Bird" and I decided to go with a decidedly patriotic theme in honor of Flag Day this week. I actually made the background a long time ago when I was practicing some new techniques. This one was done by using clear embossing powder to stamp the framed words onto blank card stock to create a resist for the watercolor. After painting, I then reheated the embossing until it soaked into the paper to create a batik effect. The eagle image was trimmed from an old birdwatching book I found at the thrift store =)
These challenges are so much fun! And they're open to all art bloggers so check them out and come play along:
http://papertraders-art.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenges
2 comments:
Wow, cool. I was wondering how you did that. Do you have a clear stamp pad (ink) that the embossing powder sticks to?
Oh, yes. There are lots of brands of clear embossing ink out there and I own a couple different ones... both of mine have a pale tint that disappears when heated.
They're also good for using with colored embossing powders because they don't affect the result (although mixing a colored ink and a colored powder can give some fun results too!)
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