Friday, December 16, 2016

Noel Angel: A Study in Silver and Gold

Seasons' Greetings, Lost Coasters! Today I have a Christmassy piece of wall or table art for you featuring some of Lost Coast Designs' very coolest (IMO) stamps! (Oh, who am I kidding...I love almost all LCD images so much, it's like trying to choose a favorite kid.) Anyway, I dig the medieval/Victorian Gothic vibe of these stamps so much that I had to combine them, with metallics, for some holiday glitz and festiveness! Here's the piece:



But this "official" scan doesn't capture the depth and sheen of all the metallics very well, so here's a photo of the piece in different light too, so you can see what we're really dealing with here!



Here's how I made it.

First I took some acid-free scrapbook paper that was printed with a sort of linen fabric-looking pattern, then brayered on some thin layers of silver and gold acrylic paint diluted with iridescent medium. This gave a rich-looking shimmer to the background.

Next, I got out this awesome angel from the Fortune Women set, inked it up with black permanent ink, stamped it...



...and then cut out a mask of the figure. I placed the mask over the stamped image using repositionable glue, and got out this fab arch from the ATC Misc. Set 6...and stamped right over the masked image.



Next, I got out some (slightly used) washi tape and masked off the area below the gothic arch where I wanted to stamp this Clover Scroll border, which I love SO BAD:



Here's what those impromptu masks looked like before stamping. 




After adding the scroll border, I pulled out my trusty Rustic Alphabet Set with its strong period feel, composed the word NOEL, and stamped that once in my permanent black ink. Then I overstamped it with embossing ink, offsetting the word just a TEENY bit to provide a hint of shadow, and embossed the word in gold powder.

Now it was time to add silver and gold gel-pen accents to the angel, border, and arch. And the piece was finished...


...Except for putting it in a frame, like so.  ðŸ˜Š  Et voila!--a shimmery angel in gold and silver.


Happy holidays to you and your family!


4 comments:

  1. All I can say is "WOW!!!" This piece is so beautiful. Wish I'd seen it before I made my Christmas cards. Really stunning. Thanks for the great design idea and techniques.

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  2. Hey, Susan, you're right--this design WOULD make a great Christmas card! And I haven't made mine yet! Hmm...thanks for the idea! And the support. :) I'm sure the cards you DID make came out lovely. Happy holidays to you and your family!

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  3. This is so gorgeous!I love how it looks in that frame. It's perfect.

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  4. How kind of you, Viki! Thanks so much for the nice comments and for letting us know you stopped by. <3

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