when it is a birthday card. I have a lovely Romanian friend, currently living in the UK, but who is moving to Spain very shortly. It is her birthday before she leaves, so this card is for her.
Firstly I painted a union jack, quite thickly using acrylic paint.
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I love the texture, the colours don't matter so much as this won't be seen in the final piece, it is just a base...and as she is in the UK, and this is from a person in the UK, it is a fitting base.
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Next a layer of white acrylic, dry brushed.
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On some cartridge paper, I drew the little girl.
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and coloured her in using promarkers.
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Then I cut her out. The hearts she is holding are in the colours of 3 flags, romanian,british and spanish.
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see how thick the texture is.
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the little girl is glued onto the background
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needs more texture, so creased tissue paper is added. I also added yellow acrylic to the girl's hair.
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The background is brushed over with white acrylic. Blending in the edges of the little girl.
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This is where I got carried away and forgot to take photos. The next stages are to stamp all over the background, then add a layer of paint, then more stamping, then more paint, then more stamping then more paint.
I used heart,flower and butterfly stamps. You can just see tiny faint images of them thru the layers of paint. I love how they are all there but hidden. Go to http://www.willowing.org/ to see more of this technique.
I then printed out the text on the computer, using different fonts for each word. I glued them on
and edged each word with pencils. I then went over all parts of the girl with prisma pencils, shading and reshading.
I then printed out the text on the computer, using different fonts for each word. I glued them on
and edged each word with pencils. I then went over all parts of the girl with prisma pencils, shading and reshading.
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Finally I added stickle dots above and below her eyes, some glass gems inbetween the words and some glossy accents to the hearts.
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The page is then mounted onto very dark,shimmery blue cardstock and finally mounted onto a linen white card blank.
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The words read...Fată a zis “ bună dimineaţa Lume, este ziua mea!”
Lumea a răspuns “La Mulţi Ani,fată”
which translates roughly as...
The girl said " Good Morning world, it is my birthday", the world replied " Happy Birthday girl"
Pretty sure it is not grammatically correct, but I m sure she will forgive me lol
Wow - that's an amazing birthday card...one I'm sure your friend will treasure. x
ReplyDeleteGoish Darcy it's gorgeous - and it's amazing to do all that work and then hide it - am not at all sure about that for me! What a wonderful gift/card - it would be quicksmart onto a piece of canvas if it were mine.
ReplyDeleteOoh a fabulous creation Darcy. I love it all, but have to say that girl is wonderful and love the heart flags - great idea :-)
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
Wow, WOW! That is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work Darcy, really love what you've done and I'm sure your friend will too :)
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy. I sure missed you last week, and am glad to see your very clean desk this week. Are those copics in the background? I know, I'm supposed to be focusing on your lovely new pencil carrier, but some things just distract me. I really love that flag and little girl. What awesome texture. Happy WOYWW.
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