Fancy Faux Enameled Flower
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Today's card includes a faux enamel technique using liquid embellishment drops. This was my first attempt. I have been wanting try this out.
This is a 5 x 7inches card made with white cardstock, then layered with a dark pink cardstock, then with a patterned paper from Anna Griffin.
The center die cut decoration was done with a patterned cardstock and a border die from Diamond Press.
The Technique:
For the above card I used the following embellishment drops:
- Scrapbook.com Pops of Color:
- Sparkle Snowflake
- Purple
- Lilac
- Tonic Studios NUVO drops:
- Vintage Drops in Pioneer Green and
- Crystal Drops in Plum Pudding
I die cut a flower from lavender pearl card. I chose this die because it has open areas that I can color. It's not too intricate.
I started out with the Sparkle Snowflake and filled in the petals. Then I used Plum Pudding starting where the petals meet at the flower. I used just a little and drew out the color with the tip. I did this for all the petals.
For the leaves I used two shades of NUVO Vintage drops. I used the darker color at the base of each leaf going about halfway up. Then I switched to the lighter shade and completed coloring in the leaves. Then I used the bottle tip to blend where the two colors meet on each leaf. I did not mix them. I was careful to pull one color into the next only 1-2 times. (I think the leaves could have used a little more work but I didn't want to go over them again for fear of mixing the colors together.)
I probably could have used a toothpick or a poky tool. The bottle tip worked fine. I made sure to clean the nozzle to avoid contaminating the color in the bottle.
So, what do you think? Leave a comment and let me know!
Thanks for stopping by,
Lis
