Ghosting

Hi folks.

I have been playing around with a technique I first came across awhile ago, GHOSTING.

I used it for a card when I GD'd over at HLS  CAS challenge, here. I used the same technique for this card.

The inspiration for this is from the garden as we have a huge rudbekia plant flowering profusely, even managing to survive the ravages of rabbits, sheep and slugs!

I inked up a panel of card with DIs in golden yellows and oranges then stamped the flower heads from a STAMPlorations set, in grey. I added the stems and leaves freehand. The flower heads were then painted over with water then blotted with a piece of kitchen roll, to bleach away the colour = ghosting. The centers were then coloured with brown and shadow added with Weathered Wood DI. The stems and leaves were painted with a mixture of greens and brown. 

To add further interest I covered the flowers and splashed the background with water before mopping up the splatters with the kitchen roll. I stamped the THANKS from STAMPlorations on a vellum strip and embossed it with gold and wrapped around the coloured panel.

The base card was also stamped with the flower head but this time I embossed them with clear EP.

I'd like to join in over at-

My choice is embossing

Autumn