I started with a piece of white card and decided to colour it with Brushos in Sea Green, Moss Green, Orange, Brown and Black, and sprinkled some of each onto a piece of white card and spritzed with water, using some kitchen towel to get rid of any excess water. I added bits of different colours as well as a sprinkling of gold mica powder which I then spritzed so that it mixed in with the colours and it did give a lovely shimmer to it. I must admit that it did end up with a mainly golden glow and not much of the other colour was noticeable, but it was a good base to put the die cut cogs onto, which I did, glueing then down in a random pattern.
Next I got out a set of metallic acrylic paints in gold, silver, bronze and copper and using a brush I painted these onto the cogs including the silver as I had eliminated the silver and decided to put some back..lol, and I also used a green which had the colour of verdigris and also some black for shading round and in some of the spaces in the cogs themselves, and also around the edges of the piece. I wasn't sure whether the paint would come off so I sealed with some Matt Modge Podge.
I was going to leave it in one piece but decided to cut it into three and to make the dimensions easier to calculate I ended up cutting a little off the outside edges and cut it into three pieces, each 1.25", though the last piece does look a smidgen less. I then placed it onto a piece of black card which measures 4.25" square, and I decided to add a couple of gold cogs over the gaps placing them towards the top and bottom, and I finished with a gold die cut sentiment.
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I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Week 800 Anything Goes.
Seize the Birthday Challenge - No. 292 Celebrate/Anything Goes.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.
We Love to Create Mixed Media Challenge - No. 9 Anything Mixed Media Goes.
15 comments:
You achieved a great effect for the background panel Pat and as you say so perfect for masculine cards, many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.
B x
Love this! Xxx
It's a beautiful card!
A lot of work went into this fab masculine card - but totally worth it for such a great result.
Thanks for joining in at Allsorts this week. X
You've done a wonderful job colouring those cogs - very effective. Cogs always come in handy for male cards so you will be glad you bought them I'm sure.
I had to go in for a closer look at all of that mixed media goodness Pat! Love it, and I also love that you cut the make into 3, such a great design, and thankyou too for joining in at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x
wow! This is amazing work, such an effective design. Thanks for joining in with us at Allsorts challenge.
Amazing card Pat!! LOVE the colours ... so perfect for a masculine card and perfect for cogs!! Great design with three panels. xx
A most perfect masculine card with such great details! Thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
wow, amazing layering of colours to create a wonderful Embossed background. Awesome masculine card ♥
What a fabulous masculine card! Love all the cogs and the great colour choices!
Stunning, Pat! If you don't keep this and frame it yourself, then I hope your recipient does. It's truly a labor of love and a work of art! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
You've managed to make a beautiful card again! Love the background, the placement of the cogs, the gold and bronze and your decision the cut into panels has a great effect!
Your card is terrific and so well executed! Love the layout too! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!
Such wonderful metallic panels - love them. Great gear texture too. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.
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