I really seem to be in experimental mode since the new year and have been playing with the PanPastels to create mixed-media backgrounds. This one includes PanPastels, glue stick, gesso, pens and inks.
1. Stencilled embossing ink through brick wall mask and blended reds and brown PPs over.
2. Rubbed top portion with Pritt stick and rubbed various colours of greens, blues and white over.
3. Heat dried top portion then scratched through the thicker areas where the glue is and rubbed small amounts of yellow, dark blue, red and mauve over.
4. Sprayed with colourless fixative.
5. Gave everything a coat of Maimeri acrylic gesso wash and heat dried.
6. Stencilled embossing ink through two mask and blended PPs over.
7. Sprayed with colourless fixative.
8. Used black and white pens to highlight shapes from the masking.
9. Stamped cats, branches and text in black archival ink. Used black pens to extend the branches and twigs and to give more depth to the silhouette cats.
(Before)
(After)
Hope to see you over at the PanPastel challenge blog and if you enter you could be in with a chance of winning a trial set of pans from Your Creativity Store.
Have fun creating and learning new things.
Have fun creating and learning new things.
hugs {brenda} x0x
Challenges to have fun with -
Bloggers Challenge - Make your own background
Raise the Bar - Animal Attraction
Sunday Stamper - Animals
Challenges to have fun with -
Bloggers Challenge - Make your own background
Raise the Bar - Animal Attraction
Sunday Stamper - Animals
45 comments:
a wonderful compositiion, love the light tones
Beautiful, the soft shabby chic and textured background is the perfect foil for those feline friends. Have a great Sunday. xx
oh hun I too have been playing with making different backgrounds its just so much fun,and yours is just amazing hun love,it to bits,and love those cats hugs Cherylxxxxx
Loving how you are creating these amazing backgrounds Brenda. So much depth and interest in this and then the perfect silhouette on top. The little red blooms make such a difference too. Hugs, Jenny x
Hi Brenda, I am really enjoying your experimental mode, this is fabulous! Love how you created all that texture, some really interesting ideas to try and remember. Love the cats. Hugs, Anne x
Gorgeous ... I pinned it! love the mixed media background and the adorable cats..
Suzi b xx
Really gorgeous creation Brenda. So love the arty background and the cats look fabulous against it.
Have a great day.
Hugs, Fliss xx
beautiful, love the background and its colors!
Fantastic Brenda. Love this scene. Beautiful cats and background
lovely greet and nice Sunday
Marja
Love this Brenda, the Background is fabulous and it made me laugh as my little black cat sits on a branch in our tree just like that!
Joan
Lovely Brenda, the background is perfect for the cats. Great card. Tracy x
Wie wunderschön!!!
Ich bin entzückt über diese wunderschöne Katzen-Karte.
Meine Lieblings-Tiere...
Das sieht einfach Spitze aus!
Und total originell und witzig.
Danke für mein Lächeln :-)
Super bit of experimenting Brenda :)
Von ♥
Woweee!! What a stunning piece of work Bren!! The composition is great and the colours are fabulous. You have this uncanny knack of making these techniques effortless when we all know how much time they take. A really fabuous piece! xx
Stunning background and colours love it Brenda x
wonderful Brenda...thanks for the lesson!
xxx Margreet
hi Brenda, well your experiments are having some beautiful results, that background is stunning. Love the cat stamp too. Hope you're having a good weekend and congrat on your exciting news too
Claire xx
What a great project and another amazing background! Trace x
Hello Brenda
Always rewarding when an experiment works, and this most certainly works.
It has a wonderful muted palette, and I bet if you tried to re-create it you couldn't.... Ha, making ones own Bg's are one offs, that is what is so exciting about the process.
This is a gorgeous card.
Smiles:)
Sue
Oh wow, love the subtle background and colours on this, and such a wonderful contrast with the cats. A gorgeous piece!!
Wow, Brenda - your work with the PPs is so inspiring - you are creating gorgeous works of art, with such depth and texture. This is simply beautiful... and it's wonderful to see the layers developing - thank you for all the close-ups of your creative process!
Alison x
You are rocking those PPs, girl! Love your amazing background and all the fine touches. Thanks for sharing so many pics.
looks fantastic, Brenda!
Beautiful card, love how you did the amazing background.
Yvonne x
this is GORGEOUS!!! so ARTSY!
Rhooo!I love all your work and the cats!!!!bisous
Hey there Brenda, your project for this weeks is absolutely fabulous, love the fabby colors on the background and the little kitty's are just popping out of your project absolutely fabulous, thankss for sharing sweetie xxx Terry
This looks just super Brenda and such fantastic techniques too.
x catherine
Oh I love this Brenda its gorgeous.
luv
Debby
Beautiful combination, love all elements.
aw, I can't resist a black cat... loving the background you created too... Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x
This is so sweet, Brenda! What a lovely card. Beautifully created!
I really LOVE this! It is just perfect!
Can a card be cool, beautiful, and adorable at the same time...this one is!!!
Gorgeous background, Brenda! But the things I love most are the two cats, of course!
Stunning work Brenda you do backgrounds so well! Hugs rebekah xx
Brenda, this is lovely, VERY pretty!
:)
Who would have thought you could do such amazing backgrounds with pan pastels, Brenda. I thought they were just for blending with...just goes to show what you can do when you experiment. I love it. Those cats are great too. They look very happy on their wall.
Hugs Lisax
Lovely images, a wonderful piece of art.
Terrific work! And can't wait to hear about your win from Tim!
Lucy x
Beautiful mixed media background, Brenda. The kitties look right at home on this wonderful creation! Hugs!
Fabulous mixed media, love your background! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!
Wonderful mixed media Brenda!
Thank you for playing along in our Animal challenge this week at Raise The Bar! ~*Joni RTB DT
So much better in the flesh Brenda it is a very pretty project. Love it.
Hugs Shirley x x
fab! Love the silhouettes! Hugs Juls
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