Using gesso on a card background

Kate Yetter made this beautiful card with an aged background made with gesso and paints.  Instructions on how to achieve this look are below. 

 

Supplies:
Pink Persimmon ‘Society Lady’ Stamp Set
Pink Persimmon ‘Fine and Dandy’ Stamp Set
Embossing folder
Gesso
Distress Ink
Distress Markers
Spellbinder’s Moroccan Motif
Acrylic Paints- Various Greens

Instructions:
1. Emboss cardstock slightly smaller than the size of your card and glue to card front.
2. Paint background with gesso and various colored green paints.
3. Go over embossed areas with distress ink.
4. Wash the entire front with gesso leaving small amounts of color peeking through. Ink the edges with distress ink.
5. Stamp ‘Pocket Watch’ from Fine and Dandy stamp set and ‘Society Lady Bust’ from Society Lady stamp set onto white cardstock.
6. Color ‘Society Lady Bust’ with distress markers or markers of choice. Color in ‘Pocket Watch’ with distress inks. Cut out both images.
7. In the center, layer images on top of a die- cut Spellbinder’s motif (colored using the same technique as for the background) using pop-dots between each layer.

 

Comments

[Marilyn Mae]

Lovely Card. I really like the technique. I think I will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.

[Lisa M. Pace]

Beautiful card and love the technique.