Friends Become Family

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

Something I made using my Gel Plate and some grasses I picked up on my walk.  I love being able to use natural elements on my backgrounds to give interest.
Someone told me this effect is call 'cyanotype'.  I looked it up and it is an old photographing process...interesting.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and got out my Gel Plate.
• Using my Speedball brayer, I rolled on some blue and purple paint that I got from the Dollar Tree.  The paint is a lot more watery then the better quality paints.  I find it doesn't cover as well, leaving some white areas behind which I like.  
• After I covered the plate, I carefully laid down the grasses onto the paint.  *I found using a tweezers for this process to be most helpful....I didn't want to get my fingerprint in the paint.
• I immediately laid my cardstock panel over the plate and rubbed all over.  When I lifted off the paper, I was left with a white area where the grasses had been.
• I let the piece dry completely before going onto the next steps.
• I placed the dry print into my Misti and stamped the thistles and the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed them to make them pop more over the painted background.
• I simply mounted the panel onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Mix it Up- ANYTHING GOES> embossing

The Artistic Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Knockouts- SOMETHING TO SAY

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Friends (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Acrylic Paint, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Speedball Brayer; Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; grasses