I wanted to try some masking tonight for this month's Hero Arts Challenge, so I started with some vintage sheet music and a Glimmer Screen & this weeks Get Sketchy sketch. This card ended up being more of a learning experience than a card I'm thrilled with, but I decided to post it any way.
The first thing I learned is that aged paper absorbs Glimmer Mist differently than cardstock. I ended up with pooled puddles of the ink and less color soaking into the paper.
I started with Snow Angel Glimmer Mist, which provided little contrast with the stencil and quite a bit of pooled ink. Next I tried some sprays of Java Walnut Ink, which turned out to be much darker than I anticipated, giving it almost a muddy look. I tried drying it with a heat tool, and then ended up dabbing away some of the ink with a rag. It probably would have been better if I'd just let it dry overnight (learning moment #2).
I should have just left the stencil image alone at that point (learning moment #3), but I tried to stamp some flowers from Hero Arts With Sympathy Set along the bottom, which ended up just contributing to more of the pverall muddy feel of the card.
As I said, while I'm not thrilled with this card, I did learn several things, so I call it a success … sometimes it's more about the process than the finished piece.
LOL @all the learning moments! You are beating yourself up! I saw this pic on my blog feed and I came right here to check out what it was… I think you dont realize it (cuz you made it) but this actually looks like some sort of fabric or a play with flower soft… it has a very velvety feel to it. It sure looks gorgeous believe it or not! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE it! And honestly I cant see the flowers! LOL But I sure do LOVE the card! You should enter it in the challenge if you havnt already! Trust me, IT IS GOOD! It looks like ART.
Okay so I took a closer look… and it looks even more beautiful!
Love it!
I thought it was what you intended all along-neat look.
This card turned out wonderful! I too thought it was flower soft – the texture appears to be the same! I love the musical paper in the background – thanks for joining us this week at GS! 🙂
Beautiful and soft! Perfect for sending thoughts and prayers.
The rest of us would never know that’s not how you intended this to be–it’s wonderful.
It looks fabulous! So totally artsy! 🙂
Thanks for joining us at Get Sketchy! 🙂